I had the opportunity to see a production of this at Rogue Machine Theatre and boy howdy. There’s nothing I love more when a play starts firmly in our world, then bends, and bends, and bends. Beneath each of these incredibly drawn & darkly comic characters is a primal keening for intimacy and connection in a dying world, one where we’re losing the art of achieving them. When vulnerability is so difficult it’s soul destroying, when it’s so goddamn cold…how do you fix anything? Fun and brutal.

I was with Will at Ojai Playwrights Conference 2017 and had the pleasure of hearing this play read twice. It is endearing and the world of the play so specifically realized. The character of Maiworm is instantly relatable because she is stuck in a situation where she is forced to do right by the city (progress) or do right by her friends. Evanston Salt Costs Climbing perfectly encapsulates the dilemmas of our current situation where environmental concerns (which have a human cost) and economic concerns (also with human cost) clash wrecking moral havoc. Will's crafting of comic dialogue is masterful.

Ahhck this play is so sweet and moving and unique. Will lets us sit with these kinda lost, kinda weird characters for a while and its awesome! This play feels like a drunk Sam Hunter play in the beat possible way. I am a fan!!