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  • Nick Malakhow:
    7 Apr. 2020
    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!
  • Lainie Vansant:
    13 Jun. 2019
    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!
  • Rachael Carnes:
    15 Nov. 2018
    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.
  • Shaun Leisher:
    19 Sep. 2017
    An emotional journey about the power the imagination has to help us cope with our lives. I especially love how this play doesn't spoon feed details to their audience but just asks them to sit with this family for a brief time and wrestle with the choices they make. In this play, no one is 100% a hero or 100% a villain. Just like how life works.
  • Mike Mecek:
    23 Sep. 2016
    What a wonderful play! SUPER, OR HOW CLARK GRAVES LEARNED TO FLY is a very sweet and heartfelt story which captures the magic of a young person's imagination, exploring the many hardships of being young, confused, and helpless. Not only do we see many perspectives on love, sacrifice, violence, loneliness, and happiness, we also get a window into a family's personal experience with being part of the poor and hungry working class. I highly recommend reading it!