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  • Samantha Marchant: Opus: The Totally Real, Not Made Up Story of a Boy and His Skeleton by River Timms
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    "I want to experience things the way I eat wafer cookies." My breath caught with how beautiful and perfect that section is. So good! Come for this moment of exquisite articulation and stay for the wonderful fantasy that is this entire script.

    "I want to experience things the way I eat wafer cookies." My breath caught with how beautiful and perfect that section is. So good! Come for this moment of exquisite articulation and stay for the wonderful fantasy that is this entire script.

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  • Nick Malakhow: Opus: The Totally Real, Not Made Up Story of a Boy and His Skeleton by River Timms
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    Animal Town is an elegant extended metaphor and vehicle for Dakota's journey throughout this piece. Actors would enjoy playing these complex humans, and I imagine directors and designers would have a ball realizing the fantastical world onstage and theatricalizing the way reality bleeds into fantasy and vice versa. The exploration of queer friendship and love, the sometimes blurry or confusing boundaries between those things, and the yearning for a center of gravity and home base as a young adult is all thoroughly explored in a delightful manner. I'm eager to keep track of the trajectory of...

    Animal Town is an elegant extended metaphor and vehicle for Dakota's journey throughout this piece. Actors would enjoy playing these complex humans, and I imagine directors and designers would have a ball realizing the fantastical world onstage and theatricalizing the way reality bleeds into fantasy and vice versa. The exploration of queer friendship and love, the sometimes blurry or confusing boundaries between those things, and the yearning for a center of gravity and home base as a young adult is all thoroughly explored in a delightful manner. I'm eager to keep track of the trajectory of this piece!

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  • Hayley St. James: Opus: The Totally Real, Not Made Up Story of a Boy and His Skeleton by River Timms
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    An intriguing and fantastic piece set in the rich world of a role-playing game; it plays with themes of imagination and companionship in our social lives in ways I have never seen written for the stage before. Not to title-drop, but OPUS really is an opus. PLUS THERE’S A FREAKING LIVING SKELETON. HOW COOL IS THAT? Highly recommended.

    An intriguing and fantastic piece set in the rich world of a role-playing game; it plays with themes of imagination and companionship in our social lives in ways I have never seen written for the stage before. Not to title-drop, but OPUS really is an opus. PLUS THERE’S A FREAKING LIVING SKELETON. HOW COOL IS THAT? Highly recommended.

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  • Jordan Elizabeth Henry: Opus: The Totally Real, Not Made Up Story of a Boy and His Skeleton by River Timms
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    OPUS is a highly imaginative, fantastical story about love, companionship, and finding the things we need in unexpected places. I love the use of the characters' imaginations to craft their own story. As a nerd, I love the DnD element of this play, but it's so much more than a fantasy. Timms uses the context to explore very real, honest motivations: pain, rage, fear, and loss. A really fun read; would be great to see performed.

    OPUS is a highly imaginative, fantastical story about love, companionship, and finding the things we need in unexpected places. I love the use of the characters' imaginations to craft their own story. As a nerd, I love the DnD element of this play, but it's so much more than a fantasy. Timms uses the context to explore very real, honest motivations: pain, rage, fear, and loss. A really fun read; would be great to see performed.

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