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Hashtag Jones (short) by Olivia Matthews

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  • Hannah Lee DeFrates:
    29 Jun. 2023
    “ This piece is a powerful representation of the ways twists facts into lies and narratives to make points instead of listening to the truth and preventing tragedy from happening again. HASHTAG JONES is an important piece that everyone should read. ”
  • Stephanie Hickling Beckman:
    29 May. 2023
    “ Bravo on behalf of Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective who produced this piece as part of their "369 Monologue and Short Play Festival" in April 2023. It was truly an audience favorite. At just 5 minutes, this short play was as powerful as a full length production in making us question our use of social media and what we take to be fact, or fiction. ”
  • Luke Schumacher:
    5 May. 2023
    “ Even in six pages, Matthews manages to get across an amazing yet disturbing message. An amazing play which I'd love to see. ”
  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn:
    5 May. 2023
    “ I have never seen the social media spiral of news/misinformation portrayed for the stage as powerfully and effectively as this. This is an important play. And its brevity makes it all the more effective. It's like Tweet Theatre. Make it happen. ”
  • John Medlin:
    2 May. 2023
    “ "Hashtag Jones" may be short, but it's effective. Olivia Matthews deftly comments on the erasure of identity in an age of social media and mass reporting on people. Especially for people born with dark skin. It tells of Jamal who just wants to be seen as a person. Who is instead put on trial simply for being who they are. It is a great piece with nuanced writing. Sure to pack a punch in any short play festival. ”
  • Curtis Barber:
    28 Apr. 2023
    “ Ooof. This piece hits hard and is so timely. Jamal Jones just wants to be Jamal, but once an incident happens, he becomes so much more.

    Lyric, clever, and hard-hitting.

    Brava Olivia Matthews! ”
  • Lainie Vansant:
    6 May. 2022
    “ Matthews explores the differences between a hashtag and a person in this moving and inspiring piece. This is sure to be an exciting piece for directors to work on! ”
  • Larisse Campbell:
    22 Jan. 2021
    “ Read this, produce this. It's nuanced writing, so so important and sticks to your bones long after you read it. ”
  • Steven G. Martin:
    3 Dec. 2020
    “ An intense, honest, unflinching drama that shows a nuanced, fully dimensional life reduced by bickering and potshots in fewer than 280 characters. Produce this play.

    An audience will ache for 17-year-old Jamal, who starts idealized and ends disillusioned after being demonized, deified, dragged through the mud and put on a pedestal. All nuance of his life and his tragedy, left behind in the Great American Pastime of piling on via social media. ”
  • Emily Hageman:
    18 Jun. 2020
    “ This is an absolutely incredible play, one that we need right now. It's powerful, honest, sincere, and hits perfectly in a very, very sore and disgusting spot in our country. This is a masterful piece of writing, and it should be required viewing for everyone in our country. ”

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