←Recommendations of Good Mourning

Soucy weaves his magic in this beautifully balanced piece. “I don't have to know someone to mourn the loss of them... To feel for those left behind.” Just lovely. The people in this play are, as he would say, "peoplely" and completely relatable. Easy to stage. Bravo.

Christopher Soucy delivers a charming comedy that has a lot of heart and surprises. The family consists of well developed characters which adds to Christopher Soucy’s well crafted stories. Well worth the read!

A lighthearted and moving look into a family's grief. Great dialogue and strong characters. This would be a fast, fun play to stage. I giggled my way throughout and then felt the strong tug of sadness in his ending. Chris has done a lovely job creating a family that I very much felt part of.

Surprising and funny. The timing of the humor is spot on, and anyone looking for an inexpensive, gently darkish comedy will find this gentle and real family comedy to be a balm. So many of the lines are laugh out loud funny, and I’m not an easy audience. Impeccable character work makes this an easy lift for the right actors.

Soucy brilliantly balances the high-wire act of a comedy about grief. A hired mourner forces the family members to face their own attitudes toward grief, toward the loss of their wife/mother/daughter, and toward one another. The characters are distinctive and well-defined and both their conflicts and their love are ultimately credible and compelling.

Soucy tackles family grief brilliantly, giving us a great build past controlled levels of grief into deeper layers of loss, propelled by a non-familial funeral crasher. Well-crafted characters (I especially loved Peaches) take us on a journey fraught with emotional twists and turns to satisfying discovery. Produce!

Good Mourning is a hoot and a half! A wonderful comedy about grief is hard to come by, and this one has a slew of quirky characters that would make any ensemble very happy! Having lost my own mother when she was only 44, I'm always looking for ways to understand the grieving process, and this comedy provides truths that illuminate how individual grief can be. Well done!