"As an audience member, the ultimate delight of this show is gradually discovering how it’s all connected. The show is richly thought-out and incredibly complex, and following the threads is deeply enjoyable. 'Providence, RI' is extremely smart, funny, sincere, and creepy, with something for everyone...Audience participation can often be gimmicky, but 'Providence, RI' uses it sincerely and in a way that makes it absolutely vital to the show."
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"Without a doubt, this piece desperately needs to be edited down with more cohesion and clarity. There are moments and beats that are interesting…What made sense to the creators didn't always shine through for the audience. Fox and Henriques have a unique voice together. Their ability to incorporate humor and poetry kept the piece afloat. It's playful dialogue yet tragically full of itself…There's great promise in this piece. It just needs fresh guidance from a new source."
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“It’s all a bit madcap and a bit messy...The excellent structural trick of 'Providence, RI' is that Act One functions as an abstract of the play. It summarizes the characters and settings that will accrue meaning in the subsequent acts…There are some limitations to this scheme. As the play increasingly leaves behinds the detailed pleasures of Act One for something weirder and grander, certain narrative threads are harder to shake off…The cast is uniformly excellent.”
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