CRITIC’S PICK: "It’s a ridiculous, convoluted plot, with only a tenuous logic in its connection to Shane’s orgasmic quest, but there is a gleeful, almost punchy abandon to this play’s dedication to queer female pleasure, embrace of bawdy fun and relish of theatrical in-jokes."
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“Hansol Jung’s ‘Merry Me’ is a ribald comic paean to lust...The laughs, at least, come nearly non-stop, with help from madcap performances, silly props and loads upon loads of sex.”
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“Jung remains the master of wordplay, delighting with dialogue jam-packed with references and jokes; as fun as it is to watch ‘Merry Me’, it will be even better to read the script when published...artistic forces make ‘Merry Me’ an entertaining, energizing, and unmissable queer comedy.”
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“ ‘Merry Me’ has a heart, and it has wit and mischief and plenty of smarts. If only it spent less of its time appealing to our contemporary brand of softly self-flagellating vanity, it might have been merrier still, and riskier, and more free.”
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“This comedic casserole borrows ingredients from ancient Greek drama...yet somehow feels less than the sum of its parts. This is despite some very funny performances and a zippy DIY staging from director Leigh Silverman — both of which reveal the undercooked qualities of the script.”
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“Silly Me would be a better title for this loose collection of plot devices and carelessly contrived situations….Jung, whose previous works have skewed toward the dramatic, is in a much airier mood here, putting her characters through all sorts of complications while dropping jokes about The L Word, Shonda Rhimes, Emma Thompson, HBO Go, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But hers is a peculiarly ADHD form of comedy, in which gags vanish on impact, leaving no trace.”
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“Jung has an original comic voice, and ‘Merry Me’ is a raucous setting for it. Here and there you may roll your eyes at the arbitrariness of everything, or grimace as everyone around you laughs at a pop-culture reference you didn't get. All the same, stick with it. It'll give you the merries.”
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“Synopsizing the plot is pretty much pointless. It wouldn’t go far towards revealing a logical storyline. There isn’t one...So, when all is said and done, is ‘Merry Me’ a jes or a no? Jes, it’s a no.”
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