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A Tree Grows in Longmont by Philip Middleton Williams

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  • William J. Goodwin:
    11 Jan. 2020
    “ An impressive and ambitious work! Covering years in mere pages, Williams makes wonderful use of sound cues, music, and lighting to transport his audience through a lifetime of memories. It is drama and meta drama, fiction and meta fiction, fact and meta fact. A true masterwork. ”
  • Franky D. Gonzalez:
    22 Nov. 2019
    “ It had never occurred to me that memories and nostalgia are plays-within-plays until reading A TREE GROWS IN LONGMONT. For Philip Middleton Williams the memories become the literal stuff of dramas and bring audience, actors, and readers close to the playwright in unique ways. The play is meditative, melancholic, hopeful, somber, joyous, and ultimately heartfelt.

    Written with love and layered with heavy-yet-playful dialogue that bends the conventions of what we expect from a play, take this work and read. Watch how the parts flow, and see in real time a tree filled with love comes to life before you. ”
  • Doug DeVita:
    19 Nov. 2019
    “ Lovely and loving, Philip Middleton Williams' "A Tree Grows in Longmont" is a memory play that zings the heart with its depth of feeling. A beautiful tribute to a lost, and ardent, love. ”
  • Matthew Weaver:
    19 Nov. 2019
    “ Love stories rarely end the way that we want them to, rarely end the way that they should. Williams literally opens his heart for us in loving memory of Allen, and gifts us with this opportunity to witness and treasure their love story. It's deep and intimate and gorgeous and lovely and unflinching. All the answers to the secrets of the universe are here. They're right here. May these words find their way into the hands and eyes and lips of people who will embrace and honor them with their whole hearts.
    Thank you, Philip. And thank you, Allen. ”
  • Chris Gacinski:
    17 Nov. 2019
    “ A deeply personal memory play that regards the passing of a lover. A deep commemoration for him and all he did. A play that’ll move you to tears of laughter and tears of sadness. An absolutely stunning piece that encapsulates many years of love. ”
  • Kenneth N. Kurtz:
    17 Nov. 2019
    “ In thia lovely play, my friend Philip leaves the living rooms that cage so many plays and ventures out into the fine eternal poetry of the empty stage. And his final speech is a gem of theatre prose. ”

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