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Rekidk (short) by Charlie O'Leary

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  • Lainie Vansant:
    12 Aug. 2021
    “ This short play is innovative -- a great example of how to integrate technology and solo performance. The story feels honest and vulnerable and incredibly brave. It's a confession and a little slice of life. ”
  • Veronica Tjioe:
    8 Aug. 2021
    “ A truly disarming piece which effectively through form and content speaks to the weirdness of being on the internet in the early aughts and how the quickly changing nature of online culture and our own selves can come back to haunt us. ”
  • Grant MacDermott:
    6 Aug. 2021
    “ This play is so deeply accurate as to what it is to be a teen online and only gets more relevant with time. Had the pleasure of seeing Charlie himself perform it and it is really a joy to watch. ”
  • Shaun Leisher:
    5 Aug. 2021
    “ We all have done and said things as kids that we don't look back on fondly. Millennials and younger generations just have the misfortune of having online proof of these missteps. This solo/multimedia/interactive short play is an enthralling exploration of looking back on our past in a curated way and the idea of fake vulnerability. A play that young people that are growing up with social media should see. A play really everyone should see. ”
  • Nick Malakhow:
    23 Jul. 2021
    “ This is a disarming and effective piece that explores the intersection of adolescent identity formation and the digital age. Yes, there is the requisite "cringe" of seeing/hearing gloriously awkward "teenagerdom" relived. The viewer comments interspersed throughout, however, are poignant, deeply unsettling at times, and funny at alternating turns. It shows how young queer boys are sexualized, silenced, and made ashamed. What is really represented here with such clarity is the vocally "assured" shutdown of queer sexual identity as a teen juxtaposed with a rueful, regretful reality that lies beneath the facade. Inventive in both form and content! ”