What a trip. Nice comments, bwonka. Sorry it took me so long to review this.

I think you're right that this was a marimba on that single tone. Very interesting use of that minimalist music (if there is such a phrase) on this particular episode which was a psychological drama with little action. This sort of reminded me of some of the old "Twilight Zone" episodes wherein someone would die and be condemned to live out their mistakes over and over again.

I reviewed an RMT play "The bloody legend" (more of a mystery in the traditional RMT sense, but I don't think quite as well written as this one) that had a man in psychotherapy who apparently had a similar dysfunctional family. I was left with a more hopeful sense for "Joyce" in this play than the guy in the other...maybe just because I perceived that the psychotherapist did seem caring and perhaps even cautiously optimistic for her patient at the end.

Teri Keane (she with the Jane Curtinesque voice) did a great job and was excellent for this. Cort Benson as the doctor (and her second husband, I believe) also did a fine job, as did Bryanna Raeburn in her limited role.