←Recommendations of Break Room

  • Paul Donnelly: Break Room by Rachel Bublitz
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    This play is so disturbing because it feels so true to life. Luke is clueless and narcissistic and capable of great unintended harm. Chloe is manipulative but too young to be involved with Luke. The power dynamic between them veers wildly, but ultimately leads to a disheartening equilibrium. But in the journey there every beat rings true.

    This play is so disturbing because it feels so true to life. Luke is clueless and narcissistic and capable of great unintended harm. Chloe is manipulative but too young to be involved with Luke. The power dynamic between them veers wildly, but ultimately leads to a disheartening equilibrium. But in the journey there every beat rings true.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Break Room by Rachel Bublitz
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    A play about the reality of life, the desperation for love and the misguided direction to finding it. Well done.

    A play about the reality of life, the desperation for love and the misguided direction to finding it. Well done.

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  • Claudia Haas: Break Room by Rachel Bublitz
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    A topsy turvey, he wins, she wins, nobody wins play. It’s honest, it’s disturbing, it’s real and it happens. All the time. A grand play about relationships, misplaced love and even Me, Too. This is today, this is America and this is a slice of life about our times.

    A topsy turvey, he wins, she wins, nobody wins play. It’s honest, it’s disturbing, it’s real and it happens. All the time. A grand play about relationships, misplaced love and even Me, Too. This is today, this is America and this is a slice of life about our times.

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  • Andrew Roblyer: Break Room by Rachel Bublitz
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    My favorite plays are about the messiness of life, and this play captures that in a completely unexpected and somewhat uncomfortable way. I know people like Luke and Chloe (separately, not together), people who crave connection and relationship and so end up looking for it in the wrong places. I love the care with which Bublitz writes these characters, giving them dimension beyond their inappropriate relationship, helping us understand not only what is going on between them, but *why* this was ever the answer to their loneliness.

    My favorite plays are about the messiness of life, and this play captures that in a completely unexpected and somewhat uncomfortable way. I know people like Luke and Chloe (separately, not together), people who crave connection and relationship and so end up looking for it in the wrong places. I love the care with which Bublitz writes these characters, giving them dimension beyond their inappropriate relationship, helping us understand not only what is going on between them, but *why* this was ever the answer to their loneliness.

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  • Emily Hageman: Break Room by Rachel Bublitz
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    It's funny, it's real, it's sad, and it happens. Bublitz doesn't shy away from it, and I am so grateful. Young girls who are desperate for love may do stupid things, but that doesn't make them stupid people. Luke and Chloe are painfully real--especially Chloe--and you don't know whether to try to hug her or smack her. The end is incredibly poignant and heartbreaking and all I could hope for after I read this play was that Chloe figures it out and lives a wonderful life. Bublitz writes with razor-sharp and unapologetic honesty. A necessary piece.

    It's funny, it's real, it's sad, and it happens. Bublitz doesn't shy away from it, and I am so grateful. Young girls who are desperate for love may do stupid things, but that doesn't make them stupid people. Luke and Chloe are painfully real--especially Chloe--and you don't know whether to try to hug her or smack her. The end is incredibly poignant and heartbreaking and all I could hope for after I read this play was that Chloe figures it out and lives a wonderful life. Bublitz writes with razor-sharp and unapologetic honesty. A necessary piece.

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