←Recommendations of Black Escalade

Caitlin creates a world which slyly hijacks male excess and power, and subverts it into a space where Ros and Dee can ultimately find connection; despite the tricked’out, technological world which suffocates us all. Her language and theatricals lift off the page and tease at what this celestial play would feel like in three’dimensions; onstage where it belongs. A stunningly constructed excursion of women resisting those that held power against them.

This play's brilliance stems from its simple premise of 2 characters that want something from each other. From there, Caitlyn Saylor Stephens takes us on an exploration of power, gender, capitalism and fame/infamy in the digital age all through these under-represented voices. This play is asking the questions that we need to be asking on our stages and its bound to excite any actor, director or designer that reads it.

This play is on fire. The script narratively and structurally innovative, and the story is built around under-represented voices, and the play feels more fresh than anything I've read in a long while.

Had the pleasure of seeing a reading of this play at The Jam. I found it to be powerful and daring, a play about power wrapped up in a discussion of gender dynamics that happens organically. Caitlin Saylor Stephens writes with precision so sharp, her words tear you in half.