←Recommendations of Talking Points

I now think every Thanksgiving dinner should start with each family member reciting a prepared statement on a notecard. This romantic-anti-romantic comedy is a charmer. I love how when it veers on sweetness (and Grandma's monologue touches ye olde heartstrings), it changes course. It's brimming over with love, silliness and cranberry stuffing. Sounds like a perfect Thanksgiving to me.

This play is so freakin sweet! Jeeze louise. Hayet never fails to make me laugh (this play had me laughing at the very first line), but there is a depth of familial love and understanding in this piece that pushes his normal wit and timing into a different dimension. It's just charming. And gosh, don't we all wish we could have a brief, succinct press conference with family after a significant life event?

A sweet, short play about navigating the chaos that comes with the holidays and family gatherings. A great observation about how people often feel the need to pry into other people's business, the importance of privacy, and controlling the narrative.

In the age of carefully controlled public narratives and high-profile political downfalls, this gem of a play really hits the target. It's everything that's funny about forced and contrived press conferences - only set at a family's Thanksgiving dinner. What a fun play."

I've never read a play before that can work so well as a multi-character play or a solo play. As a solo, 'Talking Points' could be a different play: the character could be practicing, going over his talking points, before Thanksgiving dinner. As a solo, it'd be a great challenge for an actor to create five others characters with distinct voices and reactions. And it would be hilarious! Structuring the play as a 'press conference' distinguishes it from other holiday plays.