←Recommendations of EIGHT NIGHTS

  • Stephanie Alison Walker: EIGHT NIGHTS by Jennifer Maisel
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    How does one's trauma get passed down through generations even when actively guarded against such a thing? Similarly, how does resilience born of trauma get handed down subconsciously? Is it possible to move forward without ever looking back? These are the questions that Maisel asks in her stunning play, Eight Nights. This play is brilliantly constructed, effortlessly engaging (thanks to Maisel's wonderful character work and poetry,) and heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Timely. Yes. So timely. World premiere this beauty now.

    How does one's trauma get passed down through generations even when actively guarded against such a thing? Similarly, how does resilience born of trauma get handed down subconsciously? Is it possible to move forward without ever looking back? These are the questions that Maisel asks in her stunning play, Eight Nights. This play is brilliantly constructed, effortlessly engaging (thanks to Maisel's wonderful character work and poetry,) and heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Timely. Yes. So timely. World premiere this beauty now.

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  • Wayne L. Firestone: EIGHT NIGHTS by Jennifer Maisel
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    This is a testament to redemptive storytelling and the rich tapestry of refugee stories that dwell within their inhabitants and the homes that surround us. A haunted teenage refugee from Germany evolves during eight nights of Chanukah experienced over the next 70 years. Despite the successive traumas revealed each night, the play shares from unlikely friends and ghosts alike a hopeful message about how history need not simply repeat and we each have the potential to show empathy toward those marginalized and threatened around us. In the spirit of Chanukah, the play affirms the power of light...

    This is a testament to redemptive storytelling and the rich tapestry of refugee stories that dwell within their inhabitants and the homes that surround us. A haunted teenage refugee from Germany evolves during eight nights of Chanukah experienced over the next 70 years. Despite the successive traumas revealed each night, the play shares from unlikely friends and ghosts alike a hopeful message about how history need not simply repeat and we each have the potential to show empathy toward those marginalized and threatened around us. In the spirit of Chanukah, the play affirms the power of light over darkness.

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  • Brian James Polak: EIGHT NIGHTS by Jennifer Maisel
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    This is one of the best new plays I have come across in years. It is powerful and emotional, the writing is poetic, and the story is vital and important. I hope to see this play all over the American theatre in 2018.

    This is one of the best new plays I have come across in years. It is powerful and emotional, the writing is poetic, and the story is vital and important. I hope to see this play all over the American theatre in 2018.

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