The Memory Exam
The Memory Exam
Closed 1h 20m NYC: Midtown E
75% 4 reviews
75%
(4 Ratings)
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Members say
Intense, Absorbing, Relevant, Ambitious, Thought-provoking

In a future where forgetting can spell disaster, vigilante laws turn neighbors against one another. 

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Critic Reviews (4)

The Observer
September 22nd, 2022

"All we get is a not-entirely-believable, last-minute switcheroo that sputters to an anticlimactic denouement."
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Theatermania
September 10th, 2022

"Though its concept is solid, 'The Memory Exam' suffers from a lackluster production...Provocative and occasionally even thrilling, The Memory Exam is a timely symbol of our new age of paranoia."
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Talkin' Broadway
September 10th, 2022

"I regret having to end with an unfortunate sour note. But as too often happens in short plays, the otherwise polished and credible narrative has been padded by bringing in two additional plot threads that barely pass as 'tangential'."
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New York Stage Review
September 10th, 2022

"Death as the consequence of memory failure: Scary, no? In Fechter’s discourse on that subject of infinite facets — memory — he wants audiences to think loss is a nagging common concern. And he’s got something there. Where’s the person even at 40 who doesn’t have a temporary qualm when a name isn’t remembered for a few troubling seconds? There’s even a blaming phrase: senior moment."
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