The Hope Hypothesis NYC Reviews and Tickets

77%

(19 Reviews)

Positive

79%

Mixed

21%

Negative

Members say

Funny, Great acting, Relevant, Absorbing, Thought-provoking

About the Show

In Voyage Theater Company's world premiere, when a law student arrives at a government facility to finalize her immigration paperwork, her unusual birth certificate triggers an absurd series of events.

From the show:

When a law student arrives at a government facility to finalize her immigration paperwork, her unusual birth certificate triggers an absurd series of events that take on a life of their own. THE HOPE HYPOTHESIS is a dark comedy that asks how we have arrived at this place of suspicion and fear — and what it means to us as individuals and as a society.

Member Reviews (19)

Insightful, Dark, Relevant, Refreshing, Funny

See it if Dark comedy in a Twilight Zone DMV office that is paranoid about terrorism. Witty dialog & surprising plot twists reinforce a serious theme

Don't see it if You don't like dark comedy with an emphasis on the comedy. You want more realism. You are uninterested in the theme of fear doing damage.

Quirky

See it if You like shows about a very serious topic where they try to lighten it up with comedy

Don't see it if You are expecting this to be a serious drama about immigration Read more

Critic Reviews (2)

"Governmental bureaucracy is serious yet slyly hilarious in 'THE HOPE HYPOTHESIS' at The Sheen Center"
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"The dialogue, consisting almost entirely of short, snapped lines (some of them non sequiturs or near non sequiturs), amuses, even as it displays humanity as a fairly sorry lot. The play's immigration theme is, of course, a timely one."
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