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I Will Be Gone by Erin Courtney

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  • Samantha Marchant:
    28 Oct. 2022
    “ The interactions between characters feels very real. A play about longing and loss. ”
  • Nick Malakhow:
    11 Oct. 2020
    “ Funny, unique, and human, "I Will Be Gone" is a haunting piece that straddles genres to explore universal themes of loss, bereavement, and loneliness. The small, nameless town (and the adjacent ghost town) is another key character in the piece, rendered so well through the distinctly-drawn and sympathetic characters. The reactions, interactions, and conversations in this play take nuanced and complex terms that you don't necessarily see coming, make them feel all the more organic and natural. ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    8 Oct. 2020
    “ A beautifully lyrical play that aches with longing and loss. The characters are wonderfully rendered. This play gives me the ineffable feelings I get when the future feels far away and the past is moving in the opposite direction, and I'm sure that any minute I'll be left all alone in a permanent present - it feels good to see that other people know that longing for and running from connection. Great work.
    (And as an aside, I am proud to recommend it as my 700th play recommendation for NPX.) ”
  • Amy Berryman:
    14 Aug. 2019
    “ I love this play with all my heart. Funny, awkward, haunting, exquisite. More theaters need to produce this play! ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    11 Aug. 2019
    “ Absolutely beautiful play about impermanence and loss. Stunning and powerful work! ”
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    30 Jul. 2018
    “ I love this play. I haven’t had the chance to see it staged, but I had such a strong reaction to it just from reading it off the page. It’s haunting and funny and brilliant. Begging all theaters to produce so I’m able to finally see it! ”
  • Sara Jean Accuardi:
    30 Jul. 2018
    “ An absolutely beautiful, haunting, and truthful play that stays with you. ”
  • Terry Guerin:
    3 Jul. 2015
    “ I saw this play in Louisville. I thought it was haunting and beautiful. It was given a stunning production. It is more than a ghost story, it is about loss and how we try to rebuild our lives after losing a loved one. The small mining town which provides the world of this play serves as a way of expressing Penelope's feeling of abandonment after her mother dies. We (my husband and I) loved this play....looking for a production in Philadelphia some time, I hope soon... ”