←Recommendations of Chill

  • Cheryl Bear: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    A fantastic capture of the full experience of the teenage years. The friendship, the love, the heartbreak and the fights along the way. As they enter adulthood, a similar dynamic with different concerns. Well done!

    A fantastic capture of the full experience of the teenage years. The friendship, the love, the heartbreak and the fights along the way. As they enter adulthood, a similar dynamic with different concerns. Well done!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    This is such a beautifully crafted play!!! The way Burgess looks at the passage of time between people is so smart. Between the acts things change but so much stays the same and the way that's brilliantly reflected in the structure of the acts particularly related to the combination of character moments. This should be in the canon for university theatre.

    This is such a beautifully crafted play!!! The way Burgess looks at the passage of time between people is so smart. Between the acts things change but so much stays the same and the way that's brilliantly reflected in the structure of the acts particularly related to the combination of character moments. This should be in the canon for university theatre.

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  • Nicholas Vasilios Pappas: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    A sharp and moving portrait of four teens on the brink of a rapidly changing world, Chill is a fantastic contemporary play perfect for professional and university productions.

    A sharp and moving portrait of four teens on the brink of a rapidly changing world, Chill is a fantastic contemporary play perfect for professional and university productions.

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  • Brianna Sloane: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    I used Chill in my all-woman Acting class last term and it went over great. We used the final scenes of Act 1 and 2 for scene study and it was delightful to see the (college) actors really relate to the characters and themes that were so cleverly crafted yet so close to home. Lots of laughs, too. The students who performed read the play in full and were really intrigued by the format and the way the text overlaps and interplays.

    I used Chill in my all-woman Acting class last term and it went over great. We used the final scenes of Act 1 and 2 for scene study and it was delightful to see the (college) actors really relate to the characters and themes that were so cleverly crafted yet so close to home. Lots of laughs, too. The students who performed read the play in full and were really intrigued by the format and the way the text overlaps and interplays.

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  • Charles Haugland: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    I saw this play in its premiere production at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Eleanor has crafted an emotionally sharp, dramatically ingenious, and very very funny portrait of four friends ten years apart. The way she shows the changes in the relationships by mirroring moments between the first and second act is both beautiful and skilled -- and translated wonderfully in the production. The play has four great roles for actors in their 20s. Read this play.

    I saw this play in its premiere production at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Eleanor has crafted an emotionally sharp, dramatically ingenious, and very very funny portrait of four friends ten years apart. The way she shows the changes in the relationships by mirroring moments between the first and second act is both beautiful and skilled -- and translated wonderfully in the production. The play has four great roles for actors in their 20s. Read this play.

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  • Cassie Stokes-Wylie: Chill by Eleanor Burgess
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    CHILL was a finalist for the Salt Lake Acting Company/David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists grant. It is a smartly written play about the evolution of friendship and the journey into 'adulthood' -- whatever that means. Its subtle philosophy is served by its well-crafted conversational dialogue. A terrific play for anyone who is (or has ever been) in their late 20's.

    CHILL was a finalist for the Salt Lake Acting Company/David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists grant. It is a smartly written play about the evolution of friendship and the journey into 'adulthood' -- whatever that means. Its subtle philosophy is served by its well-crafted conversational dialogue. A terrific play for anyone who is (or has ever been) in their late 20's.

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