←Recommendations of Mermaids

  • Debra A. Cole: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    Touching and beautiful, this lovely short play portrays a moment of hope for one character and reality for the other. We all need to believe that there really are mermaids.

    Touching and beautiful, this lovely short play portrays a moment of hope for one character and reality for the other. We all need to believe that there really are mermaids.

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  • Samantha Marchant: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    Smart dialogue that makes it clear what they are not saying. A chance of mermaids = beautiful.

    Smart dialogue that makes it clear what they are not saying. A chance of mermaids = beautiful.

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  • Marj O'Neill-Butler: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    Heart breaking thinking of the things they may be facing. A slow, lyrical romantic tale of two people sitting by the ocean. I hope she sees a mermaid.

    Heart breaking thinking of the things they may be facing. A slow, lyrical romantic tale of two people sitting by the ocean. I hope she sees a mermaid.

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  • Jack Levine: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    JESSICA HUANG’s characters are looking for faith of a better future. Her short play, “Mermaids”, is a beautiful look at a husband and wife wanting a sign of hope. We all have feelings of wanting to finding something good. Our search leads us in ways we may never fully understand. This is a thoughtful play.

    JESSICA HUANG’s characters are looking for faith of a better future. Her short play, “Mermaids”, is a beautiful look at a husband and wife wanting a sign of hope. We all have feelings of wanting to finding something good. Our search leads us in ways we may never fully understand. This is a thoughtful play.

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  • Molly Wagner: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    This short play is tenderly devastating in a way that sneaks up on you.

    This short play is tenderly devastating in a way that sneaks up on you.

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  • Lily Dwoskin: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    This little gem of a play manages to paint a heart-wrenching portrait of two supremely real human beings in such a short play. It brought me to tears.

    This little gem of a play manages to paint a heart-wrenching portrait of two supremely real human beings in such a short play. It brought me to tears.

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  • Doug DeVita: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    This is such a beautiful play. Beautifully crafted, beautifully realized. And oh, how I want there to be mermaids for Cecilia.

    This is such a beautiful play. Beautifully crafted, beautifully realized. And oh, how I want there to be mermaids for Cecilia.

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  • Connie Schindewolf: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    A beautiful play of humanity and hope. We all need mermaids at times, and Huang's characters take us with them on a roll in the waves of the dark side of life, and as we come up for air, we see the mermaids.

    A beautiful play of humanity and hope. We all need mermaids at times, and Huang's characters take us with them on a roll in the waves of the dark side of life, and as we come up for air, we see the mermaids.

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  • Kate Danley: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    An aching and bittersweet play that explores so many levels of our humanity. It examines life and death, hope and truth, and asks the question that when faced with terminal illness, are the myths we cling any more rooted in reality than believing in mythical beings. And it is done subtly with a deft touch. A beautiful 10-minute piece!

    An aching and bittersweet play that explores so many levels of our humanity. It examines life and death, hope and truth, and asks the question that when faced with terminal illness, are the myths we cling any more rooted in reality than believing in mythical beings. And it is done subtly with a deft touch. A beautiful 10-minute piece!

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  • M.r. Fitzgerald: Mermaids by Jessica Huang
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    Such a breathtaking ten-minute launch into a grounded world and characters desperate for the hope of the fairy tales we've heard as children. Huang wisely leaves breadcrumbs of a marriage steeped in romantic love and tragic history and I felt the wave of their personalities and sad melancholy as adulthood hits them over and over-wearing them down like rocks on a shore. And yet...there is always hope.

    Such a breathtaking ten-minute launch into a grounded world and characters desperate for the hope of the fairy tales we've heard as children. Huang wisely leaves breadcrumbs of a marriage steeped in romantic love and tragic history and I felt the wave of their personalities and sad melancholy as adulthood hits them over and over-wearing them down like rocks on a shore. And yet...there is always hope.

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