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  • Michele Clarke:
    14 Nov. 2023
    A taut and hilarious look at fate, exasperation, and the push-and-pull of marriage. The 2023 reading by the Truro Playwrights Collective was delicious -- see it live if you can.
  • Bruce Karp:
    9 Mar. 2023
    A great premise, well-executed, funny, then ultimately heart-tugging. Imagine being able to end a drought, just by showing up? (I personally can do it by getting my car washed, but that's another story.) Southern California needs you, Norton! Seriously, though, the play provides two solid acting roles and lots of laughs and should be produced.
  • Brian Cern:
    9 Mar. 2023
    Fun and thought provoking, the the notion of Norton traveling the country to solve an areas weather issues bright outright laughter.
    But in the comedy, there is a real human core, of two people connecting through tragedy.
    A delightful read, I very much enjoyed.
  • Richard Shirk:
    9 Mar. 2023
    Love this on so many different levels.
  • Nora Louise Syran:
    21 Jan. 2022
    A walking pathetic fallacy! Loved it. Witty banter juxtaposed with real warmth despite the cold atmospheric weather throughout. Well done!
  • Ricardo Soltero-Brown:
    23 Apr. 2020
    A sweet soupçon of romance, a well knitted and effective short mixed with the ingredients of a 1930s remarriage comedy and a Mike Leigh family drama. Chicky has been living with Norton's peculiar problem for long enough, but what causes her to confront him about it and task him with going at it from each angle possible? It's now effecting their daughter...her wedding no less. Although actually solving every aspect of their circumstance is basically unrealistic, the play serves as a reflection on accepting all of the good and the bad that comes with the one you love.
  • Paul Donnelly:
    16 Apr. 2020
    A wild yet sweet-natured comic ride! Norton and Chicky contend with inner storms that are far more potent than the meteorologic plague that has befallen Norton. A wacky seeming premise leads to real depth of character development and a satisfying romantic ending.
  • Jo Brisbane:
    28 Mar. 2020
    The initial premise of this ten-minute gem -- a twice-struck man, banished from his daughter's wedding as "weather-provoking" -- rumbles forward like a prairie thunderstorm. In the play's short space, we learn much about the parents of the bride, as they both inflict damage and heal themselves. Barbs are flung between them, and yet the play delivers a sweet and simple, and unexpected happy ending.
  • Asher Wyndham:
    14 Mar. 2019
    If you're looking for a dark comedy for two actors in their late 40s, this should be one of the first plays you check out - and produce.
    If you're looking to produce a different kind of romantic comedy that will win over your audience, produce this.
    The journey that this couple goes through in 10 minutes is captivating because it feels so REAL despite the bonkers-premise.
    A masterful short play by Garrison, distinct characters that feel fully-realized, so alive on the page - it would be a satisfying work of theatre to see on stage.
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    13 Sep. 2018
    A very sweet ten-minute. It's no wonder it's had productions all over, and that it's by a playwright who has literally written a book about writing ten-minute plays! I'm so impressed with the depth of character we get in the brief ten-minutes, Garrison packs in all the heart break, the love, the joy, the pain, all in an incredibly short amount of time.

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