←Recommendations of Reykjavík

This play is stunning in its breadth and depth. The playwright moves effortlessly from scene to scene, creating characters who feel as real as anyone you've met. You run through just about every emotion as the play rolls along. A must read!

Reykjavik: transient, longing, magical, frightening. Tales of truth, of humanity, of wishing, and of mystery combine for a fit-full dream of hope and loss. Achingly theatrical, the play offers connections amid the disconnects of ordinary and extraordinary lives.

I’ve always wanted to go to Reykjavík but now I’m not so sure! But when this play is produced on stage, I definitely want to be there!

There’s a consistent feeling of menace throughout but the level of darkness between vignettes varies depending on the humor, romance, passions, and predelictions of the characters. Yockey writes bold stories and introduces us to people we would otherwise never meet or have been at some point in our lives. (The story about the magazines is a heartbreaker.)

An epic journey in the shadows of a mysterious, dangerous, romantic city.

I love how vivid and magical and terrifying this Reykjavík that Steve Yockey has created is. It felt simultaneously like a dream and like the most real reality I've ever experienced. The characters are so beautifully drawn and the doubling is extraordinary, which makes me want to see it on stage — as soon as humanly possible. Thank you, Steve!

A gorgeous, magical, and vividly drawn script! Each of the interconnected vignettes in this play have a mysterious element of magic to them that is both beyond explanation and gorgeously theatrical. Yockey builds his own world by combining mythology, magic realism, and the often painful, complicated search for love and connection that we all face as humans. This brilliant play that may not provide clear-cut answers, but like the best of art, asks difficult questions about the nature of love and explores a wide range complex emotions. READ THIS PLAY!!!

Ethereal. Disquieting. And like the Northern Lights...beautiful. We need more plays like this.

I was transfixed by this script. Reykjavík places a pointed emphasis on the multitude of queer lives in a globalized European culture. A tour de force for six performers.

A haunting, beautiful, and uniquely funny piece. Loneliness, connection, and grief in our contemporary world is interpreted and refracted through these strange, creepy, sexy vignettes. The last two scenes stayed with me long after I finished the script! I hope that a production of this pops up in my world sometime soon. I look forward to reading the rest of Yockey's work that's on NPX!

I enjoyed this play tremendously when I saw it at Actor's Express. The relationships presented in the vignettes are messy and raw but completely entrancing and believable. Almost, Maine meets The Man Who Turned Into A Stick meets Clockwork Orange. Incredible! Thank you for this bizarre and haunting evening of theatre.

I’m so glad there are people like Steve Yockey who write plays like this. A play that is simultaneously disturbing and delightful, touching and terrifying, funny and full of fucked up scenarios that build and interconnect in the most glorious way. A must read!