This play centers around three distinct, wonderfully rendered characters who each bring their own points of view, identities, and baggage to their relationships with one another in subtle ways. I loved the exploration of fanaticism, power dynamics, competition, and coming of age in a pressure cooker of an environment with three vividly drawn teens. The examination of the cultural elements around and concerns of riding and horse culture is also thorough and unique! I'd love to see this onstage.

SWOON! SWOON! SWOON! Gorgeously paced, delicious character dynamics to track, with monologues that come swinging off the page like a fist, Maddie has once again crafted an instantly loveable play with a precise balance of nuance and heart and humor. Such a clear eyed, FUNNY, tenderly written love letter to horses, competition, and the very real responsibility of caretaking (two-legged and four-legged friends). The final scene and monologue? Hit me with a car! Smart producers should jump on this!

Maddie is brilliant when it comes to capturing the way young people talk. The dialogue felt so authentic. Even when the characters are at a loss for words, the lines feel perfectly crafted. This is a play about things like race, gender and class in the world of competitive horse riding. At its heart, this is a play about three people that are so passionate about one particular thing. This play could have been about anything and the passion these young people would still be moving. The fact that it's about horses makes it all the more compelling.