Katie Orenstein:
2 Aug. 2022
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Saw the July 2021 workshop and it completely blew my mind. Gina Femia for president, hire her for all your things, this is the good shit! ”
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Ky Weeks:13 Aug. 2021“ The opening scene of this play bends the common vision of space and other worlds, building into a story in which the world we know is colored and shaped through the powerful and blunt emotions of the characters. Words are presented in a way that's natural and stylish in a way that matches the online chatspeak in which the main characters communicate. The blending of short fragments of sentences and the fascinatingly formed longer lines give a sensation akin to calmly drifting through space, freed from gravity, hoping to find someone else reaching out. ”
- Emily Grimany:6 Jul. 2021“ This is a beautiful play. Loneliness and depression are difficult topics that could have easily made this a dark play but Gina Femia still found a way to incorporate humor and hope. Everything felt very real and natural. A truly wonderful play. ”
- Charles Scott Jones:13 May. 2021“ Initially attracted to “meet you at the Galaxy Diner” because of the title but ended up feeling so connected to the space that AG and Bill create between NYC and Alaska - there's large small-talk and lovely line breaks (Shit. / I had a. / Huge crush on her.), carefully woven-in suicidal tendencies, AG’s funny poignant job interview, Bill’s theory of sadness, stage directions (as in the stars that freckle the air), alien sci-fantasy, awkward hilarity, virtual/real interplay, the slow wonderful build. I love so many things about Gina Femia's Galaxy play and didn't want it to end. Thanks! ”
- Reinette LeJeune:24 Dec. 2020“ This play resonates so much after this last year of isolation and quarantine; we can all relate to the two central characters who desperate ache for connection as I’m sure many of us these days often are. The writing is wonderful, empathetic, and balanced amongst the characters. Even with the tallest mountain of melancholy and sadness, Gina Femia’s characters always retain their hopeful airs as they ascend its gradual climb. Empathy is the ink with which she pens her plays. ”
- Amara Janae Brady:27 Sep. 2020“ A sweet and introspective look at the things and people who carry us through the tough times. How do we find what we've lost and is that possible.
Really delicate and gorgeous dialogue and some very tender moments that make us all swoon. Cheers :) ” - Lia Romeo:23 Aug. 2020“ A lovely and delicate play with lots of fantastic lines and a perfect - and perfectly hopeful - ending. ”
- Melody DeRogatis:19 Apr. 2020“ This play is so, incredibly wonderful... and honestly, the perfect play to read in the middle of this harrowing pandemic. Gina captures loneliness and the sacredness of human connection (even from over the interwebs), in the most wholesome way.
AG is said to write like John Steinbeck, because of the "realisticness" of her dialogue... the ironic thing is, the playwright's dialogue is INCREDIBLY realistic, to the point that its cathartic.
The imagery in this play is beautiful. The allegories are stunning. And all the character development is dynamic and relatable.
This play is a true gift. Thank you.
” - Nick Malakhow:25 Sep. 2019“ So sweet, small, and utterly human. Femia captures the pathos of loneliness and depression balanced with a pitch perfect thread of nuanced humor. The two central characters' evolving relationship/reconnection is profoundly truthful and full of a genuine ache for connection. As a bonus, each character's main supporting scene partner gets their own beautiful arcs. It's rare to see the plight of someone in a relationship with a person coping with mental illness in such a way that shows all of that "caretaker's" warts, missteps, and heartbreak so delicately. Truly a theatrical and sublime work! ”
- Heather Helinsky:10 Sep. 2019“ Gina Femia's plays are always intersectional and focused on characters who are working through traumas, but are not without humor, nostalgia, and playfulness. Dialogue over a forgotten form of communication (AIM) is well-crafted, poetic, and full of juicy subtext as the characters try to connect across the universe. The nuanced, sometimes awkward stories these characters tell are raw, honest, and shine like stars. And the theatricality of different fantasy worlds provides delightful opportunities for staging. As our society struggles to tell stories about mental health, I absolutely trust Femia's strong, thought-provoking writing to help create important conversations with the audience. ”