←Recommendations of The Loophole

I saw Wounds and Honey at the Great Plains Theatre Festival and love the way it tackles a terrible situation with humour and without condescension, not an easy task. Grief can lead us to strange and extreme things and Stacy manages to make the actions of these characters completely believable. There is something very generous and kind about the way she portrays the human experience.

Aching and heartbreaking, full of beauty and truth: THE LOOPHOLE asks how much grief the human heart can bear before it transforms, for good or ill. Melding music, magic, poetry, and high stakes, Isom-Campbell's play is exciting theatre.

Wounds & Honey is an incredibly rich and engaging script, exploring relationships and morality from several vantage points. These larger ideas are propelled by the poetic details of this family's story, with everything neatly connected. Isom Campbell's crystal clear writing and powerful visuals made this script an absolute joy to read and every scene absolutely jumped off the page. There is something in this script for everyone!

I had the pleasure of seeing this play at the Great Plains Theatre Conference, and its beautiful handling of life and loss in a Southern, Baptist context was truly exceptional. It captured these lives with respect, and never portrayed their religion or region with caricature or exoticism. Instead, the play portrayed these characters' pain through poetic, theatrical imagery that has stayed with me. A must read.

This play by Isom-Campbell is continually surprising, stuffed with beautiful language and metaphors, touching on mystery amid the mundane. Wounds and Honey reflects not only on a factual happening of “those other people’s lives,” but on the experiences of each of our lives. This plays speaks with humor, with compassion, with sharp truth.

It is always like unwrapping a surprise gift that is just perfect for you - to read Stacey's work. She creates intricate layers and rich connections that are both pleasurable and challenging to explore. As an actor, to work on one of her scripts is a Master Class experience. I participated in an early staged reading of Wounds and Honey at Lee University and was particularly excited about the rich female characters and sibling relationship struggle. It was a full and rewarding experience. I continue to be excited about Stacey's work - it always excites!

As a playwright and an actor, It's always such a pleasure to take part in a play that really allows an actor to dig in and fill out a character. Stacey's beautiful story was part of the Great Plains Theater Conference in 2016, and I found so many wonderful moments to expand upon in my character. It was an honor to play a role in this reading.