Karen Jean Martinson:
21 May. 2022
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Wow. Didn't expect to start out laughing and wind up crying while sitting and reading a play on a beautiful afternoon. This is an incredibly moving, beautiful play. ”
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Cheryl Bear:6 Jun. 2021“ A beautiful capture of the true process of grappling with grief and the connection that can help us through. Well done. ”
- Nick Malakhow:1 May. 2021“ Gorgeous piece that straddles many different genres--comedy, tragedy, drama, and magical realism, most notably. Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters creates three very vivid characters who we zero in on and get to know and understand well, while exploring larger and socially relevant themes of grief, intersectionality, racialized assumptions and violence, generational conflict, and more. The use of music is wonderful and the mix of lyrical dialogue, witty and on-point naturalism, and powerful visual metaphors makes for a theatrically compelling aesthetic whole. I'd so love to see this live and in performance! ”
- Audrey Lang:5 Mar. 2021“ This play about grief and deep connections and friendship and family made me laugh and cry over the course of reading it. I especially appreciated how Esther and Anthony talked openly to each other about big topics like race, and were willing and able to change their minds because of their profound connection and love for each other. ”
- Unicorn Theatre:21 May. 2020“ This play is a FINALIST for the 2020-2021 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support ESTHER CHOI AND THE FISH THAT DROWNED. ”
- Alissa Klusky:21 Apr. 2020“ It is a special thing when you meet a play that depicts big emotions in teenagers without seeming trite or like it is talking to down to them. This play deals with loss on so many different, swirling levels and features really impactful intersectional conversations between two bright young POC. This is how young people deserve to see themselves depicted. Highly recommended. :) ”
- Nikki Brake-Silla:23 Jul. 2019“ What a wonderful play that deals with friendship, loneliness and familial isolation. ”
- Rachel Bublitz:10 Apr. 2019“ This play would be so devastating if it weren't for the incredible humor Walters uses throughout for levity. What this does to me instead, is create these intense moments of juxtaposition where my need to laugh and cry crash on top of one another. Would love to see this produced! ”
- Erlina Ortiz:23 Mar. 2019“ I enjoy how this play unfolds and lets us know more and more about these characters and how they try to keep each other safe. Very rarely do we get to see a grand-daugther grand-father relationship portrayed on stage and I think this play does it beautifully while dealing with important contemporary concepts. When grandfather talks about the cops being so mean my heart just breaks! ”
- Julie Zaffarano:15 Mar. 2019“ Ester Choi is a young woman struggling with abandonment, grief, anger, as she questions her motivations and choices. As Walters masterfully reveals her characters through a series of telling vignettes, we are drawn into their familiar, yet unsettling world. ”