←Recommendations of Phillie's Trilogy

DOUG DEVITA’s play, “Phillie’s Trilogy’, is truly a must-read. I have loved reading Doug’s short plays and it has been on my ‘to-do’ list to read this play. I was totally engrossed and found it poignant, witty, breathtaking, and fascinating. There was nothing predictable, yet it all made sense as I finished the play. Doug’s creative talents are so readily apparent. You will fall in love, grimace at times, laugh out loud, perhaps cry, certainly feel the deep emotions, and come away with the joy of reading this play. BRAVO!!!

PHILLIE’S TRILOGY theatricalizes the spectacular returns of truth-telling, especially for artists, and especially for LGBTQ+ artists. It shows us how using one's creative work to expose what was once buried takes both courage and a willingness to hurt the people you love—or believe you’ve loved. Doug De Vita gives us deliciously grounded, salt-of-the-earth characters within a theatrical structure that allows us experience how combustive moments resonate throughout the lives of Phillie, Barbie, and the rest of this gloriously aggrieved crew. I'd love to see this play.

Phillie's Trilogy is about the best thing I've read about the greatness and the horror that is a deep, long-term friendship. Philip and Barbara are besties, and so are their moms, and if that sounds simple and sweet keep reading. You can lie to someone you've known since you were five years old, but you can never truly fool someone who knew you when. Through grace and betrayal, and across the chasm that is trying to truly know and understand another person, Phillie's Trilogy packs a hugely enjoyable wallop.

A masterful piece of writing that completely transports us to the era, DeVita’s play is a ruthless, funny, heartbreaking revelation. “Phillie’s Trilogy” rightly deserves all its praise, evoking memories of the great American dramas, but speaking on issues that are laser-focused to our time, as well as simultaneously timeless when you consider the bigger canvas of humanity. The characters are brilliantly drawn, even when unlikeable, and the ending is one of the more perfect denouements I’ve encountered. Ever. If you’re on NPX, you should be aware of this work. You should also do it.

A sprawling, ambitious yet intimate view of a life lived in stages, Doug DeVita's 'Phillie's Trilogy' is rightly praised for its heartbreaking scope, bruises and all, of a life lived with bravery and integrity. This is a play that bristles with fear: fear of lost potential, fear of irreversible adult damage on childhood psyche, fear of uncontrollable sexuality. Yet, it is a play about connections: family, friends, that stretches and spans generations yet never tries to 'fix' the flaws of a past wrong. People are flawed but we love them anyway. Phillie's bravery should guide us all.

The memorable characters in Phillie’s Trilogy are instantly involving as this multigenerational drama/comedy crosses decades and reveals the secrets and the scars we accrue though our own decisions. The choices we make, and others make for us, reverberate throughout our lives into adulthood. This play deserves all the loving accolades it has received and I look forward to seeing a production.

I directed this play and have never felt so close to the genesis of what will likely one day be considered part of the canon of great American plays. Why it's not being done in every theater in the country is beyond me. Any actor or director would be thrilled to work on such a great piece of writing.

This play is terrific. DeVita skillfully moves his characters through time, showing us the inescapability of our of personal histories. The Characters are honestly written and believably change over the course of the play. I was pleasantly surprised that there so much humor in a drama that takes no prisoners. Highly recommend it!

Phillie's Trilogy should be required reading or better yet, viewing. A complex saga of family and how the bonds that connect us are both connecting and imprisoning at the same time. Those that have our backs are sometimes the same ones who stab us in them, and yet, somehow, we continue to orbit each other in a never ending spiral of need and longing for acceptance that sometimes never comes. My favorite character is Phillie's mother, Veronica. Phillie may not know whether she truly loved him, but I feel I do. This is just terrific.

Set on Long Island in an affluent North Shore suburban community, this epic dramedy takes us from the 1970s right into the new millennium. A great vehicle for actors, since this is a multigenerational play, and the characters are real, gritty, troubled, and often funny. There is so much truth, tenderness, and angst in this riveting play, I can see why it has garnered so much praise! I would love to see it fully staged.