←Recommendations of Welcome to Matteson!

A brilliant take on the "living room drama." Loved how weird this play gets at the end. Would love to see this produced and watch actors inhabit these rich roles.

I had the pleasure of seeing this piece performed in its rolling world premiere at NJ Rep this past weekend! Inda Craig-Galván has written four well-rounded, nuanced characters colliding in an often funny, hard-hitting skewering of how classism and racism manifest within factions of the African-American community. This piece's strength is in its dialogue, and Patricia serves as an exceptionally human antagonist. I have no doubt this piece will become a standard in black box theaters across the country and world, deservedly so!

Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván was featured in NNPN's 2022 National Showcase of New Plays, and we are pleased to recommend it.

I’m happy to add onto the heap of praise this play has received! Craig-Galván has taken the living room drama and shaken it up expertly. The interplay between the two couples is delicious enough, even before you get to the brilliant ending—one that’s done so deftly that it feels almost inevitable, rather than gimmicky. This script was an absolute joy to read, and I desperately hope I get to see it up on its feet one day!

Everyone has said it. It's brilliant. It's so funny, authentically nuanced, courageous, enticing and ultimately gut punching. Inda uses everything at her disposal- her deeply drawn character work, her gift for dialogue, her mastery of metaphor and visual language to create this complex and powerful piece that is highly entertaining and says so much.

A brisk and funny and ultimately chilling comedy about class-based prejudice and suburban bigotry. The metaphor that emerges perfectly captures the way in which both couples are trapped by the roles they have chosen and the roles that were thrust upon them.

This play takes the family dinner trope and flips it on its head in such a dementedly fun way! Its take on gentrification is something I want to see more of in theater.

A stunning play. The playwright presents a perspective that many may not have even considered, and yet exists in the framework of our society. The story is fair to all characters, and presents their points of view while making its larger statement. This play works on so many levels.

A powerful look into class, race and gentrification in Chicago that examines the heart of prejudice in American suburbia. Well done.

Deliciously tense and blackly funny, Craig-Galván ratchets up the tension until the ending's masterful theatrical rug-pull. A sharp satire that puts the lie to the image of suburbia, and the internalized racism that comes with the pursuit of the status quo.