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This play captures the chaos of being young and sexy and flawless and gross and understands that all those things added together equal armagaddon -- maybe in a way even Boccaccio didn't. I'm delighted and horrified by the sublime care taken in every intentional typo, or the torturous consumption of sweet sweet ice cream and how many things for which it's a potent metaphor. More classical adaptations like this, that tear the original apart and have sex with the pieces.

There is an abundance of energy and style in the piece. Weingarten fully captures a superficial and irreverent tone that at its best is a successful satire of a millennial “live your best self” / “you be you” culture. The play gains extra resonance in our current moment amid the COVID-19 crisis and the cavalier point of view some young people populating Florida beaches have shown toward world events. The play does not skimp on its critique of gender roles and issues of class. The playwright has a DISTINCT, refreshing voice, full of chaotic, anarchist energy.

"I want to be so special someone doesn't know what to do with me." Oofa fucking doofa.
This play is a biting satire about privilege and gender and sex starring terrible-ish people--but then it has lines like THIS that cut to quick of what it means to desire and be desired. A really lovely strange play that I think adapts the tone of The Decameron for modern audiences delightfully and truthfully.

This irreverent and hilarious ensemble piece is exactly the perfect quarantine reading for me this morning. Weingarten's treatment of THE DECAMERON is clever and uses modern tropes to explore (in a totally on-point fashion) multitudinous themes from the original text: decadence; moralizing and moral hypocrisy; the nasty ways women are challenged, controlled, and shamed in society; the prevention of people from living their true selves, etc. The theatrical universe Weingarten creates is hilarious and consistent. Of course the exploration of those themes in quarantine situations also has totally refreshed significance now! I'd love to see this staged.

This was the play that I needed during the beginning of this COVID-19 crisis. It's hilarious satire that really captures the millennial voice. I love Catherine's synonyms that combine lyrical language with pop-culture references in the best possible way.

Hey, you! Hungry for a social distancing read that’s v. timely & v. relatable? Check out this intelligent and hilarious burlesque on the OG plaguetime classic. Weingarten’s satirical, ultra-millennial aesthetic explores today's social dynamics like no one else does. Here, her take on the Griselda tale is my favorite part.

I wasn't familiar with The Decameron before this play so I can't speak on this play as an adaptation (but now I wanna read The Decameron) but as a allegory for today I think it works really well. Weingarten is really good at writing privileged people and her use of dialogue is brilliant as always. I love how this play explores the elitists belief that wealth and standing can keep them safe (which is definitely something we see today) and morality in medieval Italy. Do this play folks!!!