This play slaps. Like, everything in it just works so well together. The characters are excellent mirrors for the world we live in today. The thing that most impressed me was the slow shift in tone as the play goes on. The first half is so funny. The passive aggressiveness and awkwardness got some good laughs out of me. The scene leading up to the optional intermission is great writing. The layering of the comments with the general chaos of the stream was masterful.

It's rare I read a play that hits me on so many levels. The comedy is spot on, the way the characters' inner lives are revealed through dialogue and body language, the emotional punch of the second act. And don't get me started on the bravura display of the online message thread. Wow.

Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day is a brilliant satire of how the utopian dream of the welcoming community can be an invitation to conspiracy theories, anti-scientific thinking, medical quackery, and toxic wokeness, whether into the curriculum of a progressive school or in a social media discussion. The social media scene, in particular, comprises a wonderfully hilarious cacophonous comic crescendo –– but Spector is sure to remind audiences of potentially tragic consequences as well. (I saw the 2019 Mosaic Theater Company of DC production.)