Audiences were loving playwright Irene L. Pynn's Critic's Choice winning play at the 2018 Orlando International Fringe Festival, engaged with Hawel's existential angst, narrative Easter eggs, and an absurd domestic serio-comic nightmare; it's like Wendy Wasserstein having a fever dream. Themes are driven home by monologues reflecting on, and scrutinizing, the purposes and products derived from a working life, that is, as opposed to those deriving a life's work. Brimming with egos spanning the spectrum, cultural references, and a dogged deconstruction; Pynn keeps the play accessible, elevated, and knowing.

Irresistible! I'm already a Pynn fan, and this is an excellent addition to her oeuvre. Absurdism at its best. "Any other stories about whales?" "I feel like we're missing an obvious one." A fun wink at literary-minded audiences. This would be a fascinating thing to watch unfold on stage; I was enthralled as I read it on the page. And then things get even stranger, and more fun and chilling. Reminds me - and I mean this very much as a compliment - of the works of Donald Antrim, particularly THE VERIFICATIONIST. Bold and weird and a sheer pleasure.

A wonderfully clever and engaging piece that makes you think and leaves you wanting more. Fantastically written.