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Member Reviews (35)
See it if You like to support a playwright and actors even if neither may be at the top of their game for this production that could use much editing!
Don't see it if You can’t sit through contrived storytelling that throws everything...and I mean EVERYTHING at you in the place for any depth or meaning.
See it if Family of 6 with issues/personal problems. All living in one home, the struggles of making ends meet, the worry of losing their home.
Don't see it if you donot small show about family.
See it if if you want to see a show with some potential but isn't ready for prime time.
Don't see it if if a show much too long that tries too hard for an almost happy ending will never do it for you. Read more
See it if You want to see a play about a family and how they deal with loss, overcrowded household and social media. You have an open mind.
Don't see it if You want to see a play that has one theme throughout, this play has several. You are not interested in seeing a play about family issues. Read more
See it if You want to support small theater. The actors worked hard, but the material was all over the place. Many subplots, no real point.
Don't see it if you want a story that actually has a point. This covered so much territory, and ended with one wondering "what was that about?"
See it if If you don’t mind endless dialogue while pray for information
Don't see it if You expect to be entertained
See it if If you are friends or family with the cast/developers--like the audience I was in seemed to be mostly comprised of.
Don't see it if Series of underdeveloped/overdramatic plots that never conclude & unlikable characters. Can't really tell you what the point was..just don't
See it if Your pleasure in seeing a family play outweighs any desire for coherence
Don't see it if You are not interested in six members of the same family all with separate issues
Critic Reviews (3)
"Despite its high stakes and fast emotional clip...rarely feels soap operatic: credit lies in the well-rounded script and the cast's subtle chemistry...By presenting characters we can simultaneously laugh at, root for, and relate to, Bigwood drives home the point that these merciless systems can impact any of us...Edging the peripheries of TFTNA's black box...This tight internal frame keeps us invested in the action yet removed enough to observe the broader issues at play."
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"It’s refreshing to find a conventional, naturalistic production of a new script...What’s most striking about the script is Ms. Bigwood’s naturalistic dialogue. She’s very skilled at delayed exposition...What’s more, the playwright imbeds the most significant lines in the conversation with marvelous subtlety...Varnell’s direction is smooth and subtle, seemingly effortless...Some of the actors rush their lines...They’ve neglected to balance the needs of naturalism with the needs of the listener."
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"It's frustrating that this play never starts nor illuminates how 'gentrification sucks'. No protagonist is compelling enough to care about. And it's hard to maintain interest in a dilemma - even a potential eviction - that the playwright herself is not sufficiently focused on...Suffers from a profound lack of cohesiveness, dramatic imagination, and theatricality. It's a chaotic mix of mystifying sub-plots, exasperating narration, and a gentrification plot that only resurfaces now and then."
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