Eureka Day NYC Reviews and Tickets

88%

(28 Ratings)

Positive

96%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

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

About the Show

Set at a private school in Berkeley, CA, this east coast premiere from Colt Coeur dives into the vaccination debate and asks: how do you find consensus when you can’t agree on the facts?

From the show:

Carina has just enrolled her son at EUREKA DAY School in Berkeley, CA, where all decisions are made by consensus, diversity and inclusion are valued, and vaccinations are a personal matter. As a freshman member of the private school’s board of directors—one position is always reserved for a new parent so no one gets too calcified in their thinking—she is thrown into the deep end when a mumps outbreak hits the school, forcing parents to choose between their own personal beliefs and what might be best for the community. Opening the discussion up to online trolls during a Facebook Live meeting only moves the committee further away from answering EUREKA DAY’s—and our era’s—most pressing question: how do you find consensus when you can’t agree on the facts?

Show-Score Member Reviews (28)

Great acting, Occasionally tedious, Thought-provoking, Intelligent, Clever

See it if you value very good acting all around; you find politically correct characters amusing; controversy re mandatory mumps vaccine interests you

Don't see it if Oh, so politically correct characters are of no interest to you; you don't see why there should be any controversy about the mumps vaccine

Timely, Thought-provoking, Intelligent, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if you want to see a satire with underlying seriousness about the response of parents in a Berkeley private school to a mumps scare.

Don't see it if you don't like satire and are impatient with human foibles. Read more

Relevant, Resonant, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if you like new plays that are relevant, topical and funny.

Don't see it if you do not like plays that poke fun at very liberal ideas while also poking fun at ourselves.

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

See it if Satire on trying to find a consensus, being inclusive & representing diversity in general; the vaccine controversy in particular

Don't see it if don't want these issues satirized; don't want to read projections - online posts of Facebook Live group are very funny altho add to fights Read more

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

See it if you want to see a clever and at times hilarious, satire centered around the vaccination debate in a Berkley, California private school

Don't see it if if you aren't interested in a play that pokes fun at human pretensions, yet examines what lies beneath in a sympathetic manner.

Thought-provoking, Clever, Very funny

See it if You need a good laugh at political correctness run amok and possibly at yourself.

Don't see it if You dislike satires about liberalism, strongly held beliefs,, good intentions, and hypocrisy. Off-off Broadway. Read more

Thought-provoking, Masterful, Resonant, Funny, Entertaining

See it if you want to see a play that deals with a current event with humor, irony and complexity. Great cast and direction.

Don't see it if you are interested in thinking too much when you go to the theater. There is a lot going on and you have to be willing to go on the ride.

Topical, Great acting, Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing

See it if can't get enough of adults doing their best to be open minded & politically correct with everything. Think it's possible? See the play.

Don't see it if you don't like satirical, topical, or provocative plays; seemingly self composed adults hit a snag; 2nd act is a little too long. Read more

Critic Reviews (9)

"As the new member, Elizabeth Carter's Carina is just learning the ropes. Inevitably, she comes into conflict with Suzanne, whose own position, though untenable, receives sympathy in Spector's balanced script…Under Colt Coeur artistic director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, the actors' timing is impeccable."
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Creative team

Adrienne Campbell-Holt

Director