←Recommendations of Strange Men

As an Indian American, this is the first play I ever saw that centered someone who looks like me. A gripping exploration of the relationship between race & nationality as well as the politics of violence that surround sexuality, 'Strange Men' is a piece that I continue to think about years after seeing it. An exceptional play for a globalizing world where people of disparate backgrounds all end up in the same room.

A moving and fascinating exchange as a forbidden relationship explores some deeper territory than they may have been prepared for. A question of intentions and our knowledge of who the other is. Powerful and well done.

A well-paced, taut, intimate drama. Snider's eye towards the intersectionally challenging dynamics at play here--race, ethnicity, sexuality--make for complex and meaty scenes. This plugs along at an always engrossing simmer until reaching a sudden (and well-earned) boiling point.

When an openly gay newcomer appears on the scene, an Indian Ugandan's world is turned upside down. Snider's lyrical lilt, his brash poetry — the three characters draw you in. Layered subtext and complexities, with great dialogue — I appreciate what Will is doing. It's a fascinating deep dive, well done. With heartbreaking moments and graceful humor, he asks us to consider the darkness and the light in each of us.

Strange Men by Will Snider was featured in NNPN's 2018 National Showcase of New Plays.

Will's writing is hypnotic in its deceptive simplicity and this play is no exception. With keen humor and insightful depiction of humans and all their beauty and flaws, Will draws you in and doesn't let to go.

An engrossing, funny, surprising, and ultimately devastating play. Will writes with compassion and an earned knowledge of life in Africa, and dives into one of the thornier issues of life in Uganda, the so called "Kill the Gays" bill that criminalizes homosexuality. All three characters of STRANGE MEN and complex and dynamic and the play is both romantic and sad. Highly recommended.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Will Snider and their play Strange Men as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 54 finalists out of more than 1,450 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especcially appreciated the intimate, muscular, and nuanced writing.