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Show-Score Member Reviews (35)
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 like family dramas
Don't see it if you are impatient. The unfolding story is slow.
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 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 you are interested in a dysfunctional family, each unravelling in their individual dramas while living under the same roof.
Don't see it if are trying to escape the reality of current modern society and it's impact on folks who are trying their best despite the odds against them.
See it if you like good ensemble acting involving timely and/or trendy modern subjects. And props. A lot of props.
Don't see it if you aren't keen to sit through a whole act of exposition just to set up an explosive 2nd act. Or you're easily distracted by too many props. Read more
See it if You like a family drama.
Don't see it if You need a well plotted story.
See it if you're really into family dramas, the kind where a whole family sits around a kitchen table hashing out issues and secrets are spilled.
Don't see it if you'd be disappointed that the most interesting theme - middle-class economic uncertainty - gets lost amid lesser, soapier subplots. Read more
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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