Two women look back at three months that changed their lives in small and surprising ways.

“People aren’t just one thing.”

So says Jessica Hecht’s Alice, recounting a revelation from her youth near the beginning ofSummer, 1976.

Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht in ‘Summer, 1976’

Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht in ‘Summer, 1976’.Jeremy Daniel

She just thought she was unconventional because her house was messy."

Under the direction of Daniel Sullivan, Linney and Hecht deliver commanding performances in sharply different ways.

Again, people are not just one thing.

Jessica Hecht and Laura Linney in ‘Summer, 1976’

Jessica Hecht and Laura Linney in ‘Summer, 1976’.Jeremy Daniel