A famous artist invites old friends to her new home for a long awaited reunion. But the celebration comes to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. An almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be the group’s next work of art?
 pool (no water) is an unflinching look at the vulnerability of friendship, the power of resentment, and a deep-seated yearning to create something truly memorable.
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"Three cheers for the small but ambitious One Year Lease Theater Company for bringing this terrific 2006 play to local shores, in a vividly acted production. . .Full of perceptive commentary on the tension between affection and antipathy among friends --
and the interior tensions in the individual soul between self-love and self-hate"
  -The New York Times

“Anytime A.R.T. or anyone else wants to bring Ravenhill or One Year Lease Theater Company back, I’m there”
  -NPR Boston

"This piece made me laugh, cringe, and think a great deal in a mere sixty minutes…an excellent group character study, go see pool (no water).”
  -The Huffington Post

​"playfully poisonous theatrical piece... Irresistible..."
  -Boston Globe

"In 60 minutes of shadow-cut theatrical witchcraft, Demos and her superb cast make Ravenhill's vinegary misanthropy dance, literally and figuratively."
  -NY Magazine

"This cutting and frequently disturbing story rivets from start to finish...”
  -Theatermania

“[OYL] should serve as an inspiration to other theatre groups. You can still take a chance on the bold.”
  -NYTheater.com