Recommendations of UTØYA

  • DC Cathro: UTØYA

    Heartbreaking and lyrical, so much tragedy and emotion in just a few words. Haunting.

    Heartbreaking and lyrical, so much tragedy and emotion in just a few words. Haunting.

  • Cheryl Bear: UTØYA

    A devastating and powerful glimpse into the tragedy brought by racism and hate. Well done.

    A devastating and powerful glimpse into the tragedy brought by racism and hate. Well done.

  • Liz Dooley: UTØYA

    This play does a beautiful job of exploring, from the inside out, the many different responses to grief and trauma wrought by white supremacy. The various victims and their equally-varied responses really drive home how widespread and all-consuming this kind of violence can be. Carnes broke my heart in only two minutes.

    This play does a beautiful job of exploring, from the inside out, the many different responses to grief and trauma wrought by white supremacy. The various victims and their equally-varied responses really drive home how widespread and all-consuming this kind of violence can be. Carnes broke my heart in only two minutes.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: UTØYA

    This strange evocative play is haunting and harrowing. Carnes is able to do so much in an extremely economical style. Stunning!

    This strange evocative play is haunting and harrowing. Carnes is able to do so much in an extremely economical style. Stunning!

  • Diana Burbano: UTØYA

    Beautiful, delicate, devastating. Rachael has a deft hand at simple, meaningful dialogue. She feels so deeply.

    Beautiful, delicate, devastating. Rachael has a deft hand at simple, meaningful dialogue. She feels so deeply.

  • Franky D. Gonzalez: UTØYA

    A play that is a reminder to all of us. A reminder that the ideas that are taking hold in corners of our society and bleeding toward the middle of the mainstream. Bleeding, we must not forget, on the lives of innocent children. Carnes creates a human reflection of the moments after the tragedy, and the hurt that will remain forever. No need to discuss the person, the weapons, or engage in the politicizing, only a call to face the sun and remember.

    A play that is a reminder to all of us. A reminder that the ideas that are taking hold in corners of our society and bleeding toward the middle of the mainstream. Bleeding, we must not forget, on the lives of innocent children. Carnes creates a human reflection of the moments after the tragedy, and the hurt that will remain forever. No need to discuss the person, the weapons, or engage in the politicizing, only a call to face the sun and remember.