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  • Doug DeVita:
    31 Aug. 2019
    A heady, fast-moving mix of disturbing, challenging, and fun, Hoke's "Elevator Girl" may very well be the paradigm of the modern well-made play.
  • Jean Koppen:
    23 Jul. 2019
    Wow! This play tackles so many issues - sexism, assault, misogyny, relationships, trust - and weaves them seamlessly into an engaging story with well-drawn characters. I especially appreciate the playwright's ability to tackle such a serious subject within a play that has humor and light. From the moment the characters started speaking I could see it on stage. This is fantastic material for production.
  • Asher Wyndham:
    9 Jul. 2019
    Hoke's ELEVATOR GIRL is a remarkable play because it can't be dismissed. It will f-up your evening in a good way. It's a dangerous play because it makes you question assumptions about gender and sex. It will definitely get people arguing after the show. Much of it has the pacing and intensity like a comic book for the stage.
    A scenic and media designer will have a fun time collaborating.
  • Stephen Kaplan:
    5 Jul. 2019
    Surprising and unexpected moments throughout starting with a surprising and unexpected approach to the subject matter. Hoke takes on rape culture and sexual objectification through the lens of comic books and superheroes and the resulting piece forces new perspectives and a very necessary reexamination of these important topics.
  • Jackie Apodaca:
    18 Jun. 2019
    Donna Hoke is an extraordinarily gifted playwright who comes at her subjects in unexpected ways. We recorded ELEVATOR GIRL at Play4Keeps with three very talented young actors who absolutely killed it. But first they had to talk their way through all the different issues their characters raised for them. Like the big league talent she is, Donna pitches knuckleballs that will have you swinging wildly at your assumptions and thinking long after you've finished this play about all the subtleties and nuances she delivers. We highly recommend it.
  • Scott Carter Cooper:
    16 Mar. 2019
    Saw the Vanguard Arts Collective production of Elevator Girl in Chicago. A crisp satire that combines the national epidemic of sexual assault with the national craze for super heroes. This piece not only explores the impact of sexual assault and imagines the different responses between the traditional genders, but will generate a lively discussion among theatre goers long after the final curtain.
  • Sarah King:
    25 Feb. 2019
    I feel like words can't really describe the excellence of this play. You really need to read it to understand. Highly recommend!
  • L.C. Bernadine:
    6 Feb. 2019
    Got to see this play on the Chicago leg of its journey, and it prompted so many conversations afterwards about fantasies turned upside down and inside out, and about violence and what it poisons. All done in a very non-traditional way by Donna Hoke -- (as sad as it is to say that there even is a "traditional way" to tell the story of violence against women)
  • Ellen Davis Sullivan:
    6 Feb. 2019
    This is a dynamic play offering great theatricality. All aspects of this play work: the humor, the political issues raised, the graphic novel elements, along with the terrific characters. Topical and thought-provoking.
  • Megan Chaney:
    1 Feb. 2019
    The script avoids the easy traps of making the central conversation simple or black and white, instead remaining true to it's characters and getting into a more nuanced and interesting conversation about how we respond to and think about issues surrounding sexual assault. There are no purely good guys and bad guys here, as much as we'd like that to be the case, and the comic book framing brings the difference between that desire and reality into clear focus.

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