←Recommendations of Tattooed Quilt

What a powerful piece of a not that distant future where the tables have turned and women of color rule the House and the Senate. In this world, white supremacists try to cover their former acts, past affiliations, and ugly beliefs. Is it too late? Most likely. JESSIE has certainly created a short play that will have audiences talking.

This has been in my library since I joined NPX, so glad I gave this one a read today. Jessie Salsbury created a moving piece about consequences and how sometimes it is too late to change.

Beautiful work. I love this alternate reality. A stunning piece at the 2018 Midwest Dramatist Conference. It's relevant and confronts issues of oppression, politics, and atonement.

Oh man! This play!!! Salsbury's take on the future of America is absolutely riveting. After this piece was read at the 2018 Midwest Dramatist Conference the room lit up-- we could have discussed her characters for hours! Gorgeous insight into 2 incredibly strong-willed characters. Either role would be an absolute feast for any actor.

A look into a possible future that asks so many questions. How do we redeem those who have done the most to hurt society? SHOULD we redeem them? Do they even want to be redeemed? Strong characters help immerse you in the story, and the world-building is done effectively and efficiently as we learn about this new world of 2029. Will leave you thinking!

Harrowing and brilliant, Salsbury quickly and deftly paints for us a futuristic landscape in just a few pages. There are so many questions here--and the dialogue that comes from this play is powerful. It's incredibly and powerfully written and phenomenally polarizing. I saw this read at the Midwest Dramatists Convention and I believe we could have discussed it for a full two hours, if not more. Phenomenal work from a phenomenal playwright.

At once visceral and intelligent, this play delves into the dance between past and present, moving on and not forgetting. Salisbury is uncompromising in this tight, tense piece that is all too timely. Would make a powerful addition to a short political play festival.

A brief, yet powerfully unsentimental short play that asks whether the sins of the past can really be covered up, literally and figuratively. Salisbury is uncompromising in her approach to this question while giving equal voice to two opposite ends of a racial, social, and economic divide. It also speculates a future that has shifted power dynamics, but refuses to forget the devastation of past bigotry. Well done!

Can two people at opposite ends of the spectrum find some kind of common ground? With this short play by Jessie Salsbury, there is a sense of hope, albeit wary, that making amends for the past is at least a step forward. With the care and dimension of these carefully wrought characters, it's a play that can touch your heart and your mind.

A play that explores the process of changing your ways and trying to find a way forward in a new society that has left you and your mistaken beliefs behind. It is a play that challenges as well as questions what we are and where we are going, and even what we've become. There are no easy answers, but possibilities are abound in Jessie Salsbury's unique look into the future.