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  • Cheryl Bear:
    4 Aug. 2020
    The dangers of fundamentalism are handled with extreme care as it genuinely speaks both sides truthfully and fairly. As politely as you may want to handle things, it's incredible to think you can have a close friendship when someone rejects your identity. And it's not polite as we come to find. An incredibly layered and powerful story that captures the entire picture completely. Fantastic work!
  • Nick Malakhow:
    9 Apr. 2020
    A beautiful piece in its dual simplicity and profundity. What begins as a clash between "ostensible friends" with grave fundamental ideological differences becomes a poignant and terrifying parable about the dangers of fundamentalist thought. The increasingly ominous atmosphere heightens the stakes and that tension is made more effective by the fact that there aren't histrionics or huge emotional fireworks on display--just little seismic ripples that reveal each characters' truths beneath everyday pleasantries and coworker relations. Each character here is beautifully realized and voiced. I would love to see this onstage to even just view its amazing final scene alone!
  • Lia Romeo:
    9 Jan. 2020
    This is one of the smartest, most balanced, and most heartfelt plays I've seen about our current political and cultural moment. A beautiful and powerful piece.
  • Jonathan O'Neill:
    10 Jun. 2019
    A clever, frightening drama about the distinctions we make between the personal and the ideological. Gatton's characters are complex and recognizable. The torment they experience -- at the hands of others and themselves -- is palpable. As superhuman forces aggravate the rifts in their relationships and push them past the bounds of polite society, ALEXANDRIA offers a uniquely 21st-century perspective on diverse friendships in divisive times. An intense and rewarding Pride Month read.
  • Duncan Pflaster:
    8 Oct. 2018
    I've seen this play both in a reading and a fully staged production; it is smart and powerful and goes places you don't expect. What starts as a simple disagreement among civilized friends leads to important decisions when the stakes are raised. Highly recommended.
  • Scott Sickles:
    17 Aug. 2018
    Evil is most insidious when it has a kind face, a calm voice, and words of love to make its agenda seem reasonable to the people it's trying to destroy. In ALEXANDRIA, the subject of the Lord comes up and suddenly bigotry isn't personal, self-defense seems intolerant, and "agreeing to disagree" is a lethal trap! It gets you thinking while you're watching it, talking when you're done, and sticks with you long after. And it will help you determine which Christians truly love their neighbors and which just say they do.
  • Unicorn Theatre:
    6 Apr. 2018
    This play was a SEMIFINALIST for the 2017-2018 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support ALEXANDRIA.
  • Gillian Beth Durkee:
    3 Mar. 2018
    Alexandria is an intimate, empathetic exploration of navigating one's sociopolitical differences in the direst of circumstances. There is so much to appreciate about this play: its diverse representation; the way it steers away from cliché, allowing for very truthful ironies and idiosyncrasies; the way it encapsulates and dramatizes the polarity of America today; the fact that each character has something to learn, to name a few. This play questions what we let go and what we cling to when we are stripped of the basic systems around which we have built our lives.

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