←Recommendations of The Wooden Heart

We produced a reading of "The Wooden Heart" for Mirrorbox Theatre's "Out the Box" series and our audiences found it to be a true delight. It has all the quirks and whimsy you might expect of a modern-day fairy tale but avoids unnecessary sentimentality. The resolution is mysterious and full of yearning - a beautiful story for people of all ages.

A delicious fairytale both old and new. Lyrical, evocotive, and the nerd in me just delighted at the Grimm rhythms. You'll want to sink your teeth in to the prose. This would be the perfect piece for a theatre looking for large casts but simple technical elements.

Absurdly wonderful, wonderfully absurd, magically heightened language, language heightened magically... Adam Szymkowicz' "The Wooden Heart" is an insanely entertaining twist on the fable/folktale genre, with a beating, flesh and blood heart that keeps the show joyously alive from beginning to end.

We had the joy and privilege of producing a workshop production in September of 2019. Our audiences loved every moment. Part fairy tale, part comedy, and all heart, this show had many of our patrons thanking us for giving them a welcomed escape. Adam has written a show that is appropriate for all ages and one that has message that people need to hear. We can't recommend the show enough!

THE WOODEN HEART is so imaginative, delightful and full of engaging, unique characters and situations. I was happy to live in the world that Adam created. There is a wonderful mystical element to this story, this fable. I hope I can see this produced one day. What a lovely play!

A fantastic fable for all adults who would all welcome a journey into the woods. A captivating fairy tale. Excellent work!

Szymkowicz is so good at creating entire worlds that he fills with characters I want to know and spend time with. Here in this fable/romance I fall in love with them all - even the wolf! But beyond the romance, it feels to me to be a play about art and craftsmanship, and I adore the apprentices! There is so much room inside to play - I would think directors should be clamoring to do this!

INTO THE WOODS meets DILBERT narrated by a wounded ex. Intelligent, meta, and at turns magical, this is a modern-day adult fairy tale for all of us struggling to find our purpose well after we were supposed to be adulting.