←Recommendations of CYRANO ON THE MOON

CYRANO ON THE MOON by Monica Cross is the sequel for you (a) if you love Cyrano de Bergerac, the character and the play; (b) you wish Roxanne had more agency and more voice in her own story; (c) you wish you knew how Roxanne had processed what she learns in the very last scene of Rostand's play; (d) you had hoped for a reconciliation between Cyrano and Christian; (e) you wonder how else the story might have turned out. A feast of visual and verbal delights.

Everything is fiction. Even our lives, once lived, become memory and tales with flexible details shifting with the prism of time and perspective. Both memory and the Moon provide the battlefield here as Roxanne weaves a fantasy inspired by long-ago love. Cross juxtaposes the reality of a convent with a magical yet barren lunar landscape, that enchants the audience, the denizens of the convent, and even the characters in Roxanne’s romantic, philosophical tale. The play asks big questions, both lofty In theme and intimate in importance. Vividly described, this would be a joy to behold onstage.

What an imaginative, beautiful play about love!! I was struck by the language in this reimagined adaptation of Cyrano through the perspective of Roxanne. The language is poetic and lyrical but also clever. Going into the play, I didn’t know much about Cyrano but Monica’s play piqued my curiosity. I think actors would have an incredible time with this fun and engaging play. Highly recommend!!

An engaging fantasia on the themes of love for what might have been: Whether the lovers who could never admit their passions, or story that could have ended differently. Monica Cross imagines a sequel in which Roxanne and her collaborators, Sisters Marthe and Claire, compose, revise, and redact different drafts of a sequel about Cyrano and Christian in the afterlife.

A wonderful, haunting, heartfelt exploration of the world of Cyrano, Monica Cross not only takes on the gargantuan task of replicating the bravura voice of Cyrano, but dips into finding new depth for Roxanne and Christian to create a rich, lyrical world that aches for stage realization. With touches of metatheatre, medieval pageant plays, and proto-science fiction, Cross more than does justice both to the historical Cyrano and Rostand's own creation. A stunning, marvelous achievement. Highly recommended.

Dreamlike, imaginitive, and magical, Cross takes the star-crossed Cyrano/Roxanne/Christian love triangle and gives it new after-life. It's a lovely, ruminative and poetic work that touches the heart, and satisfies deeply.

As usual, I started by engulfing my mind with the scenic details that awaited on the lunar surface. Monica Cross grips us with the pressures of love to balance this pressure-less afterlife.

A warmly romantic and bittersweet rumination on desire and the meaning (and perhaps the point) of true love. Cross creates complete and compact reimaginations of these classic characters, honoring the source material and her audience working to create the satisfactory conclusion we all long for, for Cyrano, for Roxanne, and for ourselves.

I've loved Cyrano since I saw the Wishbone adaptation as a child. What a treat to read this imaginative next chapter in Cyrano's story. Ms. Cross makes the most of her flexibility of storytelling on stage. I also applaud her for allowing Roxanne a chance to speak and write for herself! Three cheers for mi panache.

A fascinating adaptation/imagining of these characters post-Cyrano. Poetic and fascinating, a great choice for students exploring more about the original play and more. Give it a read!