←Recommendations of SEEING EYE

This play is a FINALIST for the 2020-2021 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support SEEING EYE.

What a lovely life affirming play that challenges what we ascribe to perceptions of ourselves and others, whether in relation to beauty, love, or anything in between. Nick paints his characters not in broad strokes but in intimate, hilarious, and heartbreaking mini tableaus - pointillism for the soul. Robbie and Jasons scenes are a masterclass in awkward miscommunication and tenderness and Jordan is a tour de force representation of all of our anxieties when it comes to self-care, responsibility and growth. Highly recommend!

An absolutely lovely piece that makes you know and appreciate that you are alive and that one can be alive in so many different ways. The character of Jordan is one of the best I've read in a very very long time. It's the kind of role people accept statues for. The language of every character leaps off the page and is so wonderfully idiosyncratic and distinct. The relationships are achingly true. Read this play. Then produce it. It's just that simple.

I love the relationship between Robbie and Jason because it highlights what should be so simple about human connections and which gets so complicated by perception. The way Nick plays that that perception is so brilliant and illuminates so much of what can become problematic when we cast too hard an eye on any of it. Beautiful.

This morning I saw the phrase "A good play should peel back the layers like an onion." and I thought - "What!?" But then I read this play and I got it. Each scene ends with revealing intimate, heartbreaking and incredible truths of these characters taking me into the next scene with a new understanding of who each of these characters are. With incredibly fun and honest dialogue, these characters are fun, authentic, and achingly human. The relationships are strong and nuanced but every character has a full story on their own as well.

This play is tender, loving, and beautifully delicate. I love how it avoids any capital D dramatic plotting and allows us to soak in the emotional depths of these character's every day struggles. It's amazing to see such emotionally complex characters fight against such relatable self-sabotage. Also when the phone couldn't read Robbie's number I did in fact say "No!" loud enough for the person next to me to get a little freaked out. Good work.

This play is beautiful and thought-provoking. Nick Malakhow has an amazing and almost uncanny ability to draw his audience in through poignant and highly sensory dialogue that creates beautiful mind pictures. I fell in love with Robbie and Jason's relationship and Jason and Jordan's relationship was just as authentic (sounds like some of the interactions I've have with my siblings). I wish there were more plays out there like this one.

A tender, beautiful play about what we let others see, and how sight doesn’t always equate to perception. Well-realized characters, spot-on dialogue (with some beautifully poetic writing), and a unique protagonist produces an original lens on modern-day gay male life.

The intimacy permeating every fiber of this play is intoxicating; Nick Malakhow has crafted a truly beautiful work from the tiniest of details, allowing one to feel a part of each character’s world, as well as part of the larger whole. I was drawn in right from the first lines, and read it straight through. A stunner.

A clear, well-told story about the complications of the beginnings of love. In addition, it's nicely layered with how our preconceived notions of ourselves and others can hinder us in getting what we really want. From the first scene I was hooked, and stayed so until the very last line. Thank you for telling this story.