A deep sense of loss pervades Rebecca Gilman’s eloquently mournful new play “Swing State,” receiving its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre.
Sometimes, the loss is extremely specific: the lead character Peg, played with layered subtlety and welcome flashes of sarcasm by Mary Beth Fisher, has been grieving her husband for the last year, when he died suddenly of a heart attack almost immediately after retiring and just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
