Bite Me NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (27)
See it if you like edgy teen dramas
Don't see it if you don't like edgy teen dramas
See it if you want to see a play about teenage angst.
Don't see it if you want to see a play with a happy ending
See it if relish plays by adult women for adult women that let us assume what we assume at the starting point without having to explain it all for men
Don't see it if comforted by conventional happily ever afters & all the narrative signposts/scaffolding building up to them; if ur actually in high school.. Read more
See it if you want a well done two hander that will resonate after you leave the theatre. A subject that should be familiar to most, well presented.
Don't see it if you don't like stories that revolve around high school life and the aftermath.
See it if Two very talented young actors giving nearly perfect performances in a refreshing new play.
Don't see it if This is a small show. Don't look beyond its simplicity.
See it if Intimate theater well done, entertainment with an edge at 90 minutes the characters were developed and avoided the obviously easy answers
Don't see it if Want a big stage musical or don’t like coming of age stories
See it if you are interested in teenage problems, fabulous acting, realistic characterizations, excellent script & dialog.
Don't see it if you favor entertainment and dislike characters that spend time on dealing with angst that is often overwhelming.
See it if This is a well-perf 2-person play w Melody,a Black studious worrier& Nathan,a part-time drug dealer.It's abt the drama of trying 2fit in a*
Don't see it if While I empathized w the yg lady during the first part,@the end I believe she was confused &tried 2 politicize her feelings far 2 much.YMMV. Read more
Critic Reviews (6)
"The fantasy of returning to the scene of one’s adolescent torment as a hot and successful adult is well-trodden, and Pipes’s use of it here is a bit too pat."
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“Most disappointingly, ‘Bite Me’ is a missed opportunity to peel back the curtain on the cruelty of a society in which the choices one makes as a hormone-addled teenager have the potential to make or break a happy adult life”
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“Martínez and her actors don't miss a detail in exploring this fraught, would-be affair, noting the tiniest shift in feeling between Melody and Nathan… the playwright carefully lays a snare that entangles her protagonists in a web of need and grievance from which there may be no escape.”
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Both Garelik and Samuel’s performances as teens are fully formed and not stereotyped; their portrayals as young adults at their ten-year high school reunion are just as authentic. Direction by Rebecca Martínez is terrific, guiding both actors organically through their curiously intimate and emotionally climactic moments, at both stages of their characters’ young lives. Pipes has written an excellent play; she draws the disparate socio-economic and racial lines between Nathan and Melody with a fine pen. The arc and landscape of their friendship and its ultimate struggle is carefully wrought and effective.
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Garelik and Samuel bring enough conviction to their complex roles to maintain our basic interest. However, for all the apparent realism of their dialogue and behavior, Melody and Nathan never rise to memorable character heights, nor do their crises prove affecting, pertinent, or convincing enough to make us care deeply about them. And since too much of the play depends on our willing suspension of disbelief, it’s hard to recommend you follow the instructions suggested by the title.
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“ ‘Bite Me’s’ story in general proceeds somewhat uneventfully, even though Nathan’s home life and self-destructive acts, as well as the racial factor, hint at a calamity that could ensue...’Bite Me’ doesn’t resort to any LaBute-ish nasty gamesmanship or revenge. It takes a more life-affirming tack, and that turns out be one of its strengths.”
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