←Recommendations of Bottle Fly

Moving and lyrical exploration of love--queer, straight, platonic, familial--in the Everglades.

A powerful look at a community of souls searching together for answers. Moving and well done.

Searching for God in a godless place has never tasted sweeter. Five characters seeking grace with the world that's been handed to them, speaking their truths in words both mundane and celestial.

A well-crafted play with dialogue that moves so quickly it's as if the playwright turned words into streams of air. Flawless yet funky, the sensational world Goldfinger brings to life offers interesting commentary on family, the southern Florida Everglades, and the many quick changes sweeping across today's America.

A haunting play that both kicks you in the gut and takes you beyond ordinary human emotions. Raw, yet polished. Readers should take a deep breath before reading, because they won't exhale until ten minutes after the last word.

Lyrical and intense with beauty and aching unspoken needs, this play manages to soar off the page - I can only imagine its power in performance will be multiplied many times over. We can all learn from Goldfinger's immersion in the sensory world of her characters: the sounds, smells, and the tactile pleasures of their objects are going to remain with all of us for a long time.

Stunningly complex and filled with an amazingly diverse cast, BOTTLE FLY is a force that cannot be tamed. Jacqueline Goldinger’s excellently crafted dialogue has a quick clip, but stings just like a bee even in moments of tenderness. Her characters voices are incredibly distinct and it’s a joy to hear each of them speak. #PlaywrightPlug #PlaywrightSpotlight

I don’t usually enjoy reading plays as much as seeing them, but reading Bottle Fly was really a joy. The language and rhythm of the piece are easy to catch by the first few pages, and as you read on you realize how full and real the characters are becoming. Any one of these complex roles would be a lot of fun for an actor to jump into, and I appreciated the specificity when it came to ideas about race and ethnicity in this world.

Here, beauty is not just in the eyes of the beholder. It is - thanks to this play's simple beauties -- it is in the eyes of the shown. It is in our eyes. We see it. We experience it. And I for one celebrate any play that brings more beauty into our world. This is such a one.