←Recommendations of Saints Go Marching

A moving tale of sorting through the grief and ones family as they move forward in the world. Well done.

This play is part fantasy, but also has a naturalistic, lived-in feel. It welcomed me in and made me feel like a benevolent ghost observing grief. The ending especially charmed me.

Rarely do we get works like SAINTS GO MARCHING - ones that composite grief, ghosts, and getting on with life in such rich tapestries. If only aspirant sainthood applied to theater because I'd call someone up immediately to assign Matt's play such a title. Rich, loving, exceptional.

A poignant elegy on trauma and grief, SAINTS GO MARCHING delivers a sucker-punch of emotion in a wildly imaginative and deeply-felt tale of family, faith, and finding your place in the world. Barbot draws from a wide variety of inspirations, from Don Quixote to Neil Diamond, in order to weave a kaleidoscopic tapestry of a family in pain dealing with the loss of their in equal terms beloved and reviled patriarch. Like any good requiem, SAINTS GO MARCHING, while haunting, retains an optimism that anyone that has experienced loss might just recognize as hope. Produce. This. Play.

This play was a FINALIST for the 2017-2018 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support SAINTS GO MARCHING.

I highly recommend this beautiful play about grief, love and family. It's a rich meditation on life and living alongside of grief. One of my favorite plays I've read this year, this play is absolutely begging to be produced.

This play is steeped in traditions - literary references, Catholic rituals, and Hispanic culture are all intricately interwoven into something beautifully specific that also connects on a universal level. Though there are more men than women, the women drive the story and all seven characters are rich and complex. Read this one - it's a gem!

An absolutely beautiful piece of art. Barbot has created seven fully fleshed out characters--and three fascinating saints--that tell the story of loss and trying to find your purpose and searching for meaning in a way that is careful but bold, harsh but beautiful. There is such phenomenal layered storytelling in this play. It is difficult to describe, all I can do is tell you to read it right now--and then produce it. It's absolutely stunning and heartbreaking and will connect with any audience member who sees it in a truly profound manner. Highly recommended.

Death, grief and the legacy we leave behind are certainly common themes in theatre but no play I've read covers them in such a uniquely magical way as this one. Wonderful characters and a story that goes to really interesting places.