Reborning NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (58)
See it if You are an Ily Rickards fan lol You enjoy dramas You like plays that make you think. You are a new mother or thinking about motherhood.
Don't see it if You are looking for a strong comedy. You don’t like touchy issues dealing with trauma and addiction. You are not interested in non musicals.
See it if Loved the 2009 production at the Public and wondered "Where did it go?". It is here at Soho Rep. Fascinating Concept
Don't see it if If you need hilarity and laughter with no thinkin involved this is not for you.
See it if Really interesting dark story with great acting. Intense and absorbing play perfect for a small theater.A thriller vibe with some laughs too
Don't see it if you’re looking for something light or upbeat. Otherwise, go and enjoy these fine performances
See it if You like captivating stories.A great performance makes you forget about the time.It draws you in like you are part of it.Scary,yet thrilling
Don't see it if You simply prefer a different genre of shows. Read more
See it if you want a little show that packs a big punch. Emotionally powerful. Characters are flawed but complex. One truly terrifying moment.
Don't see it if you don't like small venues or shows that might scare you. Read more
See it if I was hesitant to go, as the subject matter seemed creepy. So glad I did. Great performances, set, entertaining, and emotional.
Don't see it if Small theater, trauma experience, creepy
See it if great dark comedy. Well acted, written and staged. Bit of a thriller.
Don't see it if you don't care about trauma, coping mechanisms and consequences.
See it if You like psychological explorations of damaged people,
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Critic Reviews (7)
"A Meticulous Artist, Numb to the Touch, in ‘Reborning.’ This play by Zayd Dohrn, about a victim of a horrific crime who grows up to be a dollmaker, is a dark comedy — with a touch of horror."
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"Whatever the best way may be of treating this unappealing situation, 'Reborning' heads in several directions at once. Dohrn, whose dialogue is reliably snappy, treats it with humor at first. Later, the action veers into devil-doll thriller territory, although rather half-heartedly. Melodrama takes over in the later passages."
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"Nevertheless, through the efforts of the actors and valiant direction by Triolo, this dark play does succeed in bringing to light some of the complexities of motherhood, child loss and abandonment through the very unique reborning lens."
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"Zayd Dohrn's three-person play is a family affair. Director Lori Triolo, who also acts has brought her mom and dad along for the ride: Joe-Marie Triolo's the art director and Peter Triolo designed the meticulously detailed set...It's hard not to project Zayd Dohrn's own parents on to this drama."
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"A compelling three-character play about loss and trauma…described as a dark comedy, the witty one-liners are not delivered to encourage hilarity [and so] this production struggles to maintain a consistent genre."
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"'Reborning,' a dark comedy by Zayd Dohrn, well written and excellently executed; does not allow itself to become bogged down in its big themes, but is entertaining, even at times outright funny, and leaves you feeling very satisfied."
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"On paper…'Reborning' embodies a promising idea for a tense drama of parental love and loss, and the lengths to which people will go to deal with the trauma of grief...Dohrn's play presents the problem but does little to dig beneath its surface."
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