We might be grappling with the issue right now. It could be tearing our lives apart.

“Twilight in the Park: A Story of Love, Aging and Dementia” tells the story of how a young girl in her prettiest sundress and a handsome hero, a soldier just home from the war, met at the Statue of Liberty which. of course, turns into a storybook tale of life-long love and devotion.

“Twilight,” a poignant play by Paul Kodiak, is more than that. It chronicles the onset of how dementia and PTSD can upend lives, while pointing the way for help.

“Twilight in the Park” continues through June 16, Charles A. Brown Ice House, Bethlehem.

John Corl is mesmerizing as Oscar, the aging husband and war veteran who slowly changes over time from a thoughtful, loving, dependable partner to one who can’t be trusted or managed and tests the bonds of love. Corl brings to the play a great range of emotion, from tender and sweet to profane and dangerous.

Pamela McLean Wallace is fascinating as Lucy, his wife and true love of more than 50 years. She transforms from loving and trusting wife to a person living a nightmare.

Lucy shows great resilience as she tries to reason with Oscar as he evolves into his illness manifested by paranoia, brandishing his pistol during flashbacks to his combat experiences.

Lucy finds Oscar’s forgetfulness the most painful as anniversaries start to go unnoticed and treasured keepsakes are broken. Wallace’s Lucy is superbly performed.

Agnes, Lucy’s best friend and long-time pal magnificently played by Marcy Repp, takes a sordid romantic interest in Lucy’s husband Oscar who, with his dementia, is hardly aware of who he is.

The role of Agnes provides some welcome comic relief as she sniffs at the idea of day-old donuts while eating them with gusto. Her encounter with a mouse is a masterpiece in suspense-breaking.

Bruce E. Brown directs the play and brings the message home, greatly enhanced by the realistic set design, also by Brown.

“Twilight in the Park,” produced by Crowded Kitchen Players’ Ara Barlieb and Pamela McLean Wallace, has a strong social message underlined by pre-play video message and notes in the program.

The play is augmented by a video by Barlieb and Wallace, depicting times and places for various scenes and includes a heartwarming “Last Dance” by David and Nora Oswald.

“Twilight in the Park,” 7:30 p.m. June 14, 15; 2 p.m. June 16. Crowded Kitchen Players, Charles A. Brown Ice House, 56 River St., Bethlehem. 610-704-6974, https://www.ckplayers.com