←Recommendations of The Window

"The Window" explores the profound themes of existence and companionship. Through the lens of FISH and CAT, the audience is invited to reflect on life's simple joys and inevitable sorrows. The dialogue is sharp, witty, and thought-provoking, offering a fresh perspective on the everyday. Canfield's work is a compact masterpiece, blending humor with existential musings, making it a must-see for those who appreciate theater that both entertains and enlightens.

This play is an exercise in characterization and fast paced patter. Audiences will love it! I can imagine the fun design of fish in bowl with cat and it just makes me smile! But the dialogue will also really make you think if you can pay attention longer than our friend the fish.

Hilariously fast paced read! I love the relationship that is almost formed every few seconds and then immediately lost. Somehow you get the sense of friendship between the two that is supposedly non-existent.

An unexpectedly endearing union of temperaments yields hilarious results in Tristen Canfield's "The Window" -- the sardonic, dry deliveries of the Cat are met with Sherman the Fish's repetitious, but no less charming observations and forgetfulness, and somehow it all just works. If this arrangement were one's entire existence, one might be a bit morose, but for audiences and readers, "The Window" is an existential, elating delight.

It's arch, it's perceptive, and it's great fun, too. We may not be as nihilistic as the Cat or as gullible as the Fish, but their clearcut and opposing philosophies overlap in our own daily thoughts, making us smile in recognition as they explore the unlikely possibility that they may actually be friends.

A wonderful exploration of an unlikely friendship! We can see ourselves in both Cat and Fish, and appreciate their worldviews that are both humorous and tragic in turns. A truly excellent short play!

Is “existentially delightful” a phrase? Even if not, “The Window” is it. It is funny, slightly terrifying, but so charming and wonderful that you think about the terror just a little less. We could all stand to listen more to the philosophies of Cat. We could all stand to approach the world with the wonder of Fish. And we could all stand to take a peek at (and produce) this short play. Do not be deterred by the praise, it is well deserved.

So there is no exit and cat and fish may as well be friends. Why not? But why? Nothing in common. But they’re together. One is prey but why not? Life in a fishbowl - why is that not life. Who knows? Cat and fish don’t. Read the play. Maybe you’ll know. Or maybe you’ll just be entertained.

Canfield's "The Window" is a fantastic and mesmerizing take on existentialism. It is explored through two unique individuals on polar opposites of the spectrum of life. A small-minded fish and a angst-fueled house cat.

Very reminiscent of the works of Sartre - the play is full of cleverly constructed bits of dialogue that lend themselves to deeper introspection on relationships, the world, its hierarchy, and our place in it. I must also add the play is pretty heartwarming in it's own special, twisted, way!

After reading this, I found I want to hear more adventures of the Cat and Fish. Stranger friendships than this may develop but none this fun. I want to look back into this particular window again.