←Recommendations of THE GANTRY GIRLS

A spectacular, authentic portrait of a family that goes to the heart of the trauma and the bonds that unite these women. Well done.

Great roles for actresses, each returning to their childhood home and mother with their own baggage. These sisters don't demand any pity from the audience, which is refreshing given the heavy subject matter that reunited them. As they discuss the past and the present we understand why they stayed apart, and why they came back together.

This play delivers a good emotional suckerpunch...or at the very least, a metaphorical bloody nose! Yes, there are family dramas aplenty set when a parental figure is dying, but this character-driven story about six half-sisters gathered together in their rural home one last time is fun, gritty, and tense. Would hate to see a story with six prime roles for actresses sit on the sidelines for too long---give it a chance, these characters are ready to get in the ring and duke it out about about family secrets and sisterhood.

Stephen's GANTRY GIRLS touch upon forbidden moments so often hidden from polite society which explode on the stage with a visceral, raw reality that knocks you back in your seat. Would someone finally please have the audacity to produce this play.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Stephen Spotswood and their play "The Grantry Girls Come Home" as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers responded to the suspenseful, well-crafted pace of this piece, as well as the distinct voices among the ensemble of sisters.

Stellar character study of 6 very different women. Fantastic parts for actresses. The play slowly unravels a horrific moment in the past, as the six sisters grapple with their lives and (occasionally literally) with each other.