I thought I would die but I didn't

See it if you are interested in the process of developing a play based on a devistating personal experience and the effect of that work on the writer.

Don't see it if you require a unified production with a clear progression. This performance is divided between an absurdist play & a dramatic monologue.

See it if you are willing to see what seems like an early reading of an absurdist play , with one major surprise by the author.

Don't see it if you want to see a coherent idea fully developed.

Also as currently constituted, the show is 4 relatively disconnected absurdist scenes. It is somewhat similar to Ensler's "Fruit Trilogy", but without the purpose.

The third of the scenes is incredibly weak and needs to be completely rewritten or dropped.

The author "plays" the audience in the 4th, most "moving, scene. This makes the show more tolerable once you know the joke. (HINT: look at the Cast pictures on Show Score before seeing the Show and/or writing your review). The problem is, the author never lets the audience in on the "play", which leaves it an "inside" device.... Read more Read less

See it if you like to support new work & young playwrights. There are some good elements, but they don't work together. I liked the author's monologue

Don't see it if you expect a play that makes sense; this seems like 3 separate ideas smashed together. The set is sparse and unattractive. Frankly, tedious.

See it if This is just a mess. Not funny, silly, made little sense until the very end. The longest 75 minutes I've spent in one place.

Don't see it if I can't think of any redeeming quality to see this show.

See it if if you like Dateline type murder stories

Don't see it if you have no interest in a murder phobic young woman in an apartment on the LES in 2011, who actually lives above a woman who gets killed

Also It was interesting to me when this true story comes together at the end, as I grew up down the block from Kitty Genovese. Google it if you are too young to know about her. However, as theater this is not very good. I do understand how life altering this would be on a person's soul, and for that I am truly sorry for the young woman that bares her soul in the final act of this play.... Read more Read less

See it if you love absurd/zany theatre with a touch of true crime (that mostly centers on a straight white woman's story)

Don't see it if you want a cozy evening of theatre; strong writing; you want theatre that examines true crime fascination & unpacks white female victimhood

Also I wanted to love this. The blurb of the show gives it a bit too much credit, I'm afraid. While the piece has good acting and very strong staging, it doesn't really come to terms with what it is, or is trying to be - it plays with some true crime form and some interesting "real/unreal" "what is real" moments, but it also centers a white female victim (and a white female narrator at points) while having several male actors of color do a lot of work and re-enact trauma in a way that feels unearned or unexamined. This ends up feeling more like some skits, and some funny moments, but doesn't really dig deep into what it's doing.... Read more Read less

See it if You’re open to experimental theatre.

Don't see it if You’re into straight linear storytelling