←Recommendations of Welcome to Matteson!

Read this. Savor every incredible word. After you've read it, think about it, and then read it again. And if you're in a position to produce this, PRODUCE IT. I can't say anything else because anything else I could say would just be gilding refined gold.

Not only is the imagery in this play is absolutely breath taking, but it is populated with characters who feel real, they are like-able yet flawed. This is a purely theatrical play that demands to be seen on stage. I can't believe that it is currently un-produced. I sincerely hope that a theatre near me decides to produce it, because I would truly love to see these words come to life on stage.

Poetic. Profound. Masterfully written. Magical. Inherently theatrical. It's writing that stays with you. Haunts you. A play for our time.

Welcome to Matteson! is a play that belongs in anthologies marking our nation's history. It belongs on our stages as much as in our schools. It is incredibly funny, complex, and real. Inda Craig-Galvan's genius is in the way she pries open every character revealing their heart and soul. Nothing is simple in this play, but it's all feels honest and that's why it's so good.

Wonderful characters wrapped inside a terrific story that unfolds beautifully. I'd so love to see this staged!

Perfect scene construction and pacing that intensifies the tension with biting humor while exploring its racial themes.

This piece is pointed, insightful, funny, truthful, and all around brilliant! Inda Craig-Galvan consistently shows herself to be a master of managing multiple tonal and style qualities in her always theatrical and incisive plays. She powerfully explores gentrification, racism, and local politics in a more effective and unique way than I've seen in other narratives by centering the story on black characters and zeroing in on the ways white hegemonic structures and institutionalized racism turn folk against one another. The theatrical "trick" that ends the piece is, rather than a gimmick, a powerful and potent visual metaphor.

Reminiscent of the Comedy of Manners, hilarious dialogue and well rounded beautifully juxtaposed characters, this play is a must-read, a must-see, and a must-produce! Sharp, witty, and delightfully *awkward*, there are moments we can all identify with no matter who we are, because these are situations we've all been in. Highly recommended. Well done, Inda Craig-Galván!

A wittily written and deconstructive piece of theatre that explores race and class with extreme depth. The characters are well defined and motivated, and the script is paced very well. A play I'd love to watch.

A flawless take on the dinner party play. Uproariously funny dialogue this play is a send up of bourgeois posturing and weaponized manners. It grapples with class bias within the black community atop the powder keg of economic anxieties produced by a century of systemic housing discrimination, CHA’s shuttering of Cabrini and the subsequent displacement of families. Regina and Corey, an enviably in sync couple delightfully school their materialistic hosts on communication, love, graciousness and the true meaning of making a home. Also some magic.