This play is a quiet heartbreaker, telling a story that can only be told in America and telling it with great empathy, care and nuance. Recalling the small town life of Our Town, but set in the fractured world of today, Hemphill shows us our worst, most isolated selves, but also our best selves, with characters reaching across the chasms of grief and confusion to try to make sense of the senseless and connection with each other.

A heartbreaking and moving play about the tragedy of gun violence that never ends. The beauty of community coming together to heal and hopefully one day make for a better world is beautifully portrayed. Well done.

Black Hollow is a moving, heart-felt, and disturbingly empathetic play about school shootings. This is a play that understands that tragedies like school shootings don't start when the first bullet is fired and don't end when the last body drops.