Jackson Castello:
23 Dec. 2020
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This is such a beautiful piece. Do yourself a favor and read this play. The premise is creative and original, and the execution is flawless! ”
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Samantha Marchant:23 Dec. 2020“ This script shifts with ease. I enjoyed the line about Persephone being a goddess and Jill being a nursery-rhyme character, it's packed with so much this play is about - fate, disappointment, motherhood, relationships. Great! ”
- Jack Levine:29 Oct. 2020“ JENNIFER O’GRADY’s play is magnificent! The circle of life is so much a part of this moving play. A man tragically loses his wife; his young son loses his mother. Each needs to cope. In this play, “Persephone” - the name of the deceased - finds a way to help from the after-world. I love this play and want to see it performed on stage. ”
- Dave Osmundsen:22 Aug. 2020“ SUCH a beautiful play that is emotionally resonant and theatrical. The final moments are stunning. ”
- Maximillian Gill:22 Aug. 2020“ This play feels so much bigger than its short length. The themes of loss and renewal, the fully rounded characters--each with their own arcs--the mythic layer, all are packed into a piece that takes us on an emotionally rich and rewarding journey in a short span of time. What O'Grady is able to achieve here is simply astonishing. ”
- John Bavoso:22 Aug. 2020“ This is a beautifully poignant play about how our relationships transcend death and the need for the living to go on. O'Grady has created such well-rounded, authentic characters within a world of the supernatural, all within 10 pages. Highly recommended! ”
- Zach Wobensmith:19 Aug. 2020“ What a lovely play, with real presence of mind, clarity and heart from beginning to end. It's always interesting to see a new perspective on an old tale about death and the afterlife, in a way that sheds new light on the topic and appeals to a modern audience. I'm not at surprised at all by the attention it's receiving, and I look forward to seeing more of her work. ”
- Arianna Rose:10 Aug. 2020“ An absolute stunner of a play about love, loss, and the everlife. What Jennifer O'Grady accomplishes in ten minutes is remarkable. I didn't want the play to end. PERSEPHONE has had several productions and been published and I can see why! While Persephone may never have wanted to be named after a goddess, her actions are nothing short of god-like, no small feat for a professed atheist. Read it, weep, laugh, you'll be a changed human being and the better for having read this jewel of a play. ”
- Christine Foster:9 Jul. 2020“ Most ten minute plays don't deliver full characterizations, or layers, or complexity, or even proper "big" themes very well - but this one does all four brilliantly, proving just what can be done in such a short piece. If it's "moments" that push and propel our feelings in theatre, they have to be well chosen. They are here, and they lead us on a dramatic,moving and satisfying journey. ”
- Larry Rinkel:13 Apr. 2020“ Do not expect a literal re-telling of the Persephone myth, with the heroine spending six months for eternity in the underworld and six on earth. Instead it is a tale where the deceased Persephone guides her best friend and her widowed husband to a new beginning for both them and her little boy Sam. It is a story of hope and renewal, with beautiful language and touching characterizations. Persephone may never return to the land of the living, but Ellen and Laurence will carry on. If only, that is, Persephone can get her comically annoying mother out of the way. ”