Daniel Repp:
12 Feb. 2022
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A brilliant play that gives a tour of how the horrific colors the mundane. And on top of that, it's absolutely hilarious! ”
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Chris Reisig:3 Feb. 2022“ Timely and clever with a suburb premise, “cara has a hole in her head” is a must read dark comedy about how survivors care for one another. Cara’s guilt over becoming “more interesting” after being wounded in a mass shooting is a brave, unconventional take that was explored succinctly yet thoroughly. ”
- Emily McClain:16 Apr. 2021“ This play is speaking to the moment we are in right now. I found myself both horrified at the idea of a "gun violence survivor's camp" and also keenly aware that such a place SHOULD exist simply due to the number of people that need it. The language is direct and the characters are both very present in their need to connect. I appreciated the moments of humor and surreal theatricality (I will certainly never look at hotdog buns quite the same way again!). Excellent, timely work. ”
- Michael Aman:30 Aug. 2020“ This is a very clever play that shows two people who've been traumatized, but don't wallow. The language stretches to poetry at times, but still feels very real. I highly recommend "Cara has a hold in her head." ”
- Nathan Christopher:29 Aug. 2020“ This is an incredibly satisfying play -- the characters are 3D, the setting is perfect, and the balance between despair and humor is right on. This is a unique take on who we are and what we do to each other told in a pleasingly macabre and tender way. ”
- Rachel Bublitz:19 Aug. 2020“ The thing I appreciate most about "cara has a hole in her head" is how matter of fact this play is. It is dark and hilarious and contains so many levels of pain, but these are the facts of life for the characters and that makes the dark parts so so so much darker. It's Unsettling. I very much enjoyed reading it. I think it would be excellent in production. ”
- Kyle Smith:19 Aug. 2020“ Wien's play vascilates between hysterically funny and horribly depressing with wonderful precision. I found myself not knowing if I should laugh or cry; somehow, I think the answer is both. ”
- Steven G. Martin:10 Jun. 2020“ For all of its dark, off-the-wall, kooky, screwball dialogue and action -- you'll never think of hot dog buns in the same way! -- Elise Wien's one-act play has serious questions at its core: how do we live, how do we cope, how do we connect while living through something so life-altering? Unforgettable. ”
- James McLindon:10 Jun. 2020“ A wonderful piece, savagely funny sometimes, deeply disturging at others. I suspect it is one that will stay with me long after I have read it. ”
- Alexander Perez:15 May. 2020“ Funny, weird, and raw. A sweetly twisted and surprisingly heartfelt story about mass-shooting survivors and the emotional load they carry with them long afterwards. IT reminds us that despite shared origins we all deal with trauma in different ways. ”