At rise the overbearing, 73 year-old Pound is confronted by Ann Polley, a young psychiatrist who aspires to help the man who has been labeled “incurable". Pound dismisses her, as he has so many psychiatrists, but when he learns of his imminent release, he experiences an inexplicable dread that drives him to Ann for help. ​Ann embarks on a course of treatment that, at first, seems merely peculiar and perhaps justified given the short time in which she has to work. But, soon her techniques become disturbing, visiting extreme guilt upon Pound for a lifetime of manipulation and abuse. Then, after reducing Pound to almost childlike vulnerability, Ann reveals her true purpose.

The play, POUND, challenges us with questions about whether words can be as powerful as actions, whether revenge can be just, and, ultimately, whether sanity is possible when we’re made to see the world as it is and not as we would have it.

Christopher Lloyd as Ezra Pound
Kate Abbruzzese as Ann
Cynthia Darlow as Nurse Priscomb
Redman Maxfield as Archibald MacLeish