Georgia Mertching Is Dead NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (39)
See it if To see incredible acting and a touching story about female friendship, this is such a feel good show that also has depth
Don't see it if Honestly it’s such an accessible show, anyone can see it and can relate, if you don’t like buddy comedies I guess?
See it if You want to see a new play about lifelong friends experience a low point in their lives
Don't see it if You want to see a comedy where the jokes feel fresh. Read more
See it if you want to hear a smart young voice talking frankly about her generation, just turning 30.
Don't see it if TV comedy writing in the theater gets on your nerves, or you prefer scatology in the theater to have a dramatic point. Read more
See it if Interesting and novel story line.. See it if you like punchy and well written plays undertaking unusual explorations of commonplace topics
Don't see it if Not for you if you are turned off by buddy movies about women. Or if you are bored with the chatter of young women or limited focus plays Read more
See it if You want to see an interesting play with good acting by a talented ensemble of players.
Don't see it if You are looking for big production values
See it if you enjoy humorous plays with some heavier themes like addiction and suicide, you like bold female characters or stories about friendship.
Don't see it if you don't like plays with much profanity and sexual language. Dialogue often has shock value but plotting is predictable.
See it if McMullen's female buddy dramedy about a road trip to another woman's funeral Breezy but substantial w/ impressive acting by 3 leads Neat set
Don't see it if Funny, incisive writing covers host of "woman's issues" yet offers no new insights Knowledge of AA recovery issues/lingo helpful Potent end
See it if you like well-directed productions of plays containing struggling characters in their 30s. Some good acting.
Don't see it if you like a maturely written play consisting of complex characters. Read more
Critic Reviews (7)
"In ‘Georgia Mertching Is Dead,’ a Road Trip Takes Detours: Catya McMullen’s work is a memory play, a friendship play, a delayed coming-of-age drama and briefly a romantic comedy."
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4/5 Stars "The play may not break much narrative ground, but it breaks your heart with a piercing exploration of the ways in which loss, trauma and love-romantic, platonic, familial-shape our lives."
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"Beneath the charming, if familiar, premise of the production is a sombre core, about loneliness, brokenness, and addiction, but the play doesn’t take the time to mine that fascinating ground, instead opting for a quick, calculable resolution."
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"Adulting Is Hard for Three Millennials in "Georgia Mertching Is Dead':
Catya McMullen's road-trip play makes its world premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre."
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"Under the direction of Giovanna Sardelli, Catya McMullen's new play is a relentlessly wisecracking affair, rarely rising about the level of eighth grade snark."
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4/5 Stars "'Three Amigas Who've Been to Hell and Back': Millennial survivors take a road trip in Catya McCullen's new play"
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"I found myself unmoved, incredulous (to use an au courant word), bored even, and—apart from a few good zingers—unable to find it as amusing as did many others in the audience…It survives more because of infusions from its able cast than from the nutrients in its dramatic bloodstream."
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