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  • Ian Donley:
    12 Jun. 2024
    This is such an original and beautifully written take on what it's like to live with neurodivergence. Its a timely reminder that everyone has different demons they fight (literally in this case) and all it takes is someone who is patient with us to defeat them.
  • Sam Heyman:
    12 Mar. 2022
    You can take a wild scroll and pick the first Scott Sickles play your mouse lands on, and you're basically guaranteed to find a winner.

    Morning After the Melee showcases this playwright's trademark knack for insight, humor and heart all while handling a premise that could, in another writer's hands, prove unwieldy. I loved Miguel and Cristobal's dynamic, and the way that their neurodivergent experience enables them to support each other, even when their shared foe is whisper-growing sour somethings in their ear.
  • Ross Tedford Kendall:
    20 Aug. 2021
    The symbolism is heavy without being heavy-handed in this fine ten minute piece by Sickles. The playwright humanizes the characters with real conditions that are only now being recognized, and places them in a backdrop that is high adventure and purely theatrical.
  • Vivian Lermond:
    16 Aug. 2021
    Every human battles to slay their dragons, and Sickles skillfully captures the essence of the never-ending battles of the human experience to conquer our personal demons. A provocative, powerful piece of writing that leaves us feeling hopeful that even though we might not have won the battle, we haven't lost the war!
  • Emily McClain:
    14 Aug. 2021
    A beautifully rendered portrait of what it’s like to struggle with invasive thoughts AND what it’s like to love someone who struggles with those thoughts. Sickles use of the offstage dragon-demon as the manifestation of self-doubt and self-loathing is simply brilliant. Read and produce this play so we can all slay more of our own dragons.
  • Philip Middleton Williams:
    14 Aug. 2021
    Myths and legends are born within us to explain the demons that haunt us from within. We invent fantastic stories to explain our human conditions to others and to ourselves. In doing so, we learn about us: our limits, our flaws, our fears; those things that make us human. By ascribing them to outside forces, we can either fight them with all our might, or surrender. In this tale of valor, Scott Sickles has given us a finely-crafted tale where all is not lost and hope lives on, as it must. Go forward, Sir Cristobal and Sir Miguel!
  • Dave Osmundsen:
    14 Aug. 2021
    It’s one thing to fight the dragon and think you’ve defeated it. It’s another to deal with the emotional aftermath of the dragon not being completely vanquished. Here, Sickles gives us two characters who are flawed, hilarious, and compassionate. They drive each other up the wall at times, but are ultimately there for each other in the best possible way. This will also be a blast for sound and set designers—I found it exciting to imagine to blood-soaked stage and the sounds of Astaroth! Hilarious and moving work.