Cheryl Bear:
4 Mar. 2023
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A hilarious piece for any theatre goer or maker as it just goes right through that fourth wall and takes us into the process. Fantastic! ”
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Adam Seidel:25 Mar. 2020“ Um, some of the funniest frickin' lines I've ever read. This piece is so dope because it captures the enthusiasm and joy that every writer has when they think they've just thought up the next stellar play of the century. I'm not ashamed to admit I've been the playwright in this play only a few hundred thousand times every waking moment.. I think the moral of the play (both in writing and in life) is we all need Audience member 3 and their final line. :) ”
- Steven G. Martin:30 Jan. 2019“ Audiences will laugh during the madcap start of this short comedy and the playwright character's writing process. But tables turn and -- while still respecting all the rules she has created for this world -- Hageman, indeed, delves into something profound: that playwrights want to affect the audience, playwrights want to be understood and there is an audience for everyone's work. Very theatrical, very funny, very empathetic. ”
- John Weagly:29 Dec. 2018“ This ten-minute play really taps into what it's like to be a writer. Very funny with a ton of laugh-out-loud lines. ”
- Rachel Bublitz:29 Jun. 2018“ Really had a great time reading this rule bending/breaking ten-minute play about creativity and craft. SOMETHING PROFOUND is hilarious, and offers a bit of a secret look at what all of us playwrights really want: to be brilliant without any questions asked. Hageman creates a great piece for theatrical playing from a director and a group of actors. This would be a ton of fun to stage. ”
- Ricardo Soltero-Brown:11 Jun. 2018“ The atmosphere a playwright feels in their heart/head is seldom without hard work achieved in the room, that is to say, the theatre. It's like constructing a greenhouse then claiming you've wielded Mother Nature. Hageman makes a jovial sports-like piece out of the searching for that component so elusive, so ethereal in 'Something Profound', while skewering gender tropes; it's both testament and homage to theatre-making. Her use of the technology available is challenging and appreciated. This meta-work of comedic half-fiction is more than worth accomplishing, as much for us as for them. Both of whom are in the play. ”