The Book of Mountains and Seas by Yilong Liu

Recommendations

Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin:

11 Jun. 2018

“ What a beautiful play about grief and friendship. The script is well laid-out, rhythmic in the way it parses through dialogue. The characters are vivid, the dialogue is snappy, and the premise compelling. The strength of this play lies in its emotional truth as Raymond and Andrew reckon with each other through the man they loved and lost. ”
David Valdes:

18 Feb. 2018

“ Liu takes the quieter personalities on either side of a colorful character and throws them together in the wake of his loss to see what combusts when they meet. The audience gets its own loss too as the play’s visible characters dwindle from three to two, and we see the gulf between them. It’s a play about answers that can’t be found, and how we make and remake family in unexpected ways. ”