Only Human - 4.5 out of 5 stars PitchWhite Productions TICKETS: Only Human Tickets | Holden Street Theatres What does connection and care look like in an era of stress, isolation and loneliness? This is the premise behind Pitchwhite Productions’ Only Human , an original play written by Louise Hopewell.  The play opens with Ruth (Sharon Malujlo), an elderly woman recently settled into an aged care facility, and her stressed but loving daughter Jody (Monica Patteson) reminiscing over old photo albums. Ruth is lonely and bored in her new home, and Jody’s capacity to advocate for her mother is limited due to her own problems. It’s a situation that is heart wrenchingly familiar for many of us with relatives in nursing homes and is an increasingly important topic within our society’s aging population. A shared dissatisfaction in both women arises from the mismatch between the glossy advertising brochures, and the realities of the overworked and understaffed facility.  When the facil...