Super, or, How Clark Graves Learned to Fly
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Nick Malakhow:
7 Apr. 2020
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Absolutely amazing! I've read/seen several plays that use superhero/comic tropes and motifs, and this is surely top of its genre! Femia deftly utilizes the conventions of the comic world to explore what happens when your real-life mentors' character flaws just might outweigh their positive qualities, mental health, hunger, compulsions and addictions, and living through and overcoming family trauma. Double-casting is done with deft skill, and the dialogue--not a word of it wasted--is absolutely propulsive and dynamic. The ending is unexpected and nuanced, much like the entire play. How I'd love to see this wonderful piece onstage! ”
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Lainie Vansant:
13 Jun. 2019
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This play is beautiful and engaging from beginning to end. The characters' backgrounds are rich and deep, and Femia reveals their stories in little slices that leave the reader hungry for more. The characters are engaging, the questions are big, and the play in general is going to haunt me for a while. Someone get this script a production, STAT! ”
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Rachael Carnes:
15 Nov. 2018
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This play is just gorgeous. Wow. Love how Femia defines and builds these characters with nuance and flaws and lets them stumble and shine. Love how we move in and out of a colorful comic book language and into something that feels hyper realistic, a reminder that we’re all leaping tall buildings in a single bound... just to get through life. This play would be a delight to see staged, with wonderful opportunities for actors and designers alike. ”
Development History
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, Hub-Bub, New Plays Exchange
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Awards
, Summer Playwrights' Conference
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