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  • Hannah Lee DeFrates:
    21 Jan. 2023
    We love women supporting women! SUGAR is a smart piece with powerful dialogue. Jaden's plan unravels skillfully to a beautiful conclusion...or shall I say a beautiful new beginning? Applause for O'Grady. Let's get this piece onstage!
  • Arianna Rose:
    18 Jan. 2023
    What a smart, important, gripping play. Playwright Jennifer O'Grady knocks it out of the park with Sugar, concocting a roller coaster ride with the highest urgency. Truly brilliant writing. It's getting lots of productions and awards and deservedly so! I would so love to see a production of this. Thought-provoking and so well-crafted.
  • Jeffrey James Keyes:
    14 Jan. 2023
    Sugar illuminates O'Grady's masterful storytelling. In this powerful ten-minute play, a gripping and urgent drama unfolds. I appreciate the way O'Grady set up the story and built to the climax of this piece. It's truly one of the best short plays I've read...and I'd love to see it performed. Thank you for this fine work.
  • Paul Donnelly:
    5 Jan. 2023
    This is a gripping exploration of one woman's rescue from domestic violence. The play builds subtly and inexorably from a seemingly banal neighborly encounter to a mission of real urgency. These characters are well-defined and engaging and the final reveal is a moving surprise.
  • Raven Petretti-Stamper:
    5 Jan. 2023
    So powerful and suspenseful right from the opening. A stranger in the hallway who may or may not want to get in but for what reason? I'm not a director but I could visualize and hear every word every intention spoken. An important work emphasized by the restraint and brilliance in the writing. Once I had a firm view, this will keep you guessing, each line made me ask will she and hope she would.
  • Vince Gatton:
    5 Jan. 2023
    Tense and unsettling from its first moments, Sugar is a scary and suspenseful real-time two-hander that upends expectations in a powerful and emotional way. The reveal of the misdirection at play here is not only a throat-catcher on its own terms, but speaks volumes about the characters, their circumstances, and their histories. A scary, compassionate, and urgent piece of work.
  • Steven G. Martin:
    5 Jan. 2023
    "Sugar" is a slow burn that builds to a life-or-death moment hinging on the seemingly straightforward action of opening a door and passing through it.

    Jennifer O'Grady's characterizations are terrific, especially Jaden's persistence in trying to engage with Lilia. Audiences will genuinely care about the outcome of this 10-minute drama.
  • Evan Baughfman:
    31 Dec. 2022
    Suspenseful, important work! A fantastic two-hander, full of hard truths, that ends with a dash of hope! Now published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2023!
  • Scott Sickles:
    16 Nov. 2022
    Taut and unsettling from the get-go. There’s an intrusion happening, even though the door is closed. All we know is something is wrong, a persistent danger is both present and looming, and if Lilia opens that door the danger will escalate. But is that a bad thing? SUGAR had me in the edge of my seat right up to the end. Even now I’m wondering if Lilia is okay. Urgent and necessary writing.
  • Claudia Haas:
    18 Jun. 2022
    Sugar is a tightly-woven, suspenseful take on a subject that cannot get enough exposure. It will take your breath away. It needs to be produced everywhere.

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