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Hiccups by Ben Rosenblatt

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  • Emily Hageman:
    13 May. 2018
    “ An absolutely magnificent play that educated me, entertained me, and completely enraptured me. I went into this knowing little to nothing about OCD. Ben is a fantastic guide through the disorder and makes you really feel what it would feel like to have it. This play is half-stand up, half-theatre, and it works on an amazing level. Rosenblatt could totally tour with this fantastic show and probably sell out every night. This is so important, SO important and I am so glad that I have been educated by someone who is clearly kind, thoughtful, and honest. Highly recommended. ”
  • Rachael Carnes:
    7 May. 2018
    “ This impressive piece digs through layers of underrepresented characters with humor and grace and engaging drama. What if I am my own obstacle? What if I create my own tension? With sensitivity and depth, writer Rosenblatt treads knee-deep through waters I've not really seen presented onstage. His writer's voice is both charmingly self-depricating and confident. A new Spalding Gray, exposing a vein. Glad to discover and learn from this writer. ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    6 May. 2018
    “ This is a very funny one-person play with great roles! I found the information massively interesting - this is such a disorder of our time with so many people suffering, and the play actually helps us all understand how to deal with it because Ben performs the solution for us! Save us all a lot of therapy and tour the country with this play! ”
  • Asher Wyndham:
    21 Apr. 2018
    “ This solo play about OCD addresses life as a 'web of instrusive thoughts, rumination and anxiety' - and makes you, the [un]diagnosed, wonder about the same. You might freak out because you might recognize yourself in the parts played by the character-actor, you might laugh because you might recognize certain behaviors (hand-washing) or thoughts (hurting people, Antonio Banderas). Theatre should be always be a safe place to feel uncomfortable -- to recognize our common anxieties and traumas -- and this powerful play in the right theatre can make that possible - and make it ok to laugh. ”
  • Claudia Haas:
    20 Apr. 2018
    “ Rosenblatt covers a lot of ground in this very human, nuanced play about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD takes many forms and there are varying examples throughout the play. There are poignant moments where the characters explain how they have needed to hurt someone so that they wouldn't hurt that person. Then there are the various way that people dismiss them, "Don't do that. Germs are good for you." Told with self-awareness and humor, audiences will find something to relate to in this play. Everyone has a hiccup in the brain at sometime in their life. ”
  • Paul Vintner:
    25 Mar. 2018
    “ With the right design and staging, this would be an intensely theatrical and eye-opening piece about OCD and its effects. And what a powerhouse role for an actor! My favorite line comes near the end and lends a beautiful insight into the title/the disorder: “it’s just a hiccup in your brain, and you didn’t choose to have it, and millions of people around the world suffer from it and there’s no reason to feel any shame…” ”

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