←Recommendations of Esther Choi and the Fish that Drowned

A touching ghost play about saying the unsayable and preparing for a future that may not come. Walters unfolds the play wonderfully, with seemingly insignificant details taking on greater weight as the play continues, until by the end every word is flooded with meaning. A challenging and rewarding trio of roles, with a musical undercurrent that gives the play a unique dimension. Well worth a read.

Beautifully specific relationships, bringing new meaning to "haunted." Walters does a great job of taking characters we THINK we know and twisting them, just a little, into something we have to look at more deeply, to really see. Really nice work.

Wow. Didn't expect to start out laughing and wind up crying while sitting and reading a play on a beautiful afternoon. This is an incredibly moving, beautiful play.

A beautiful capture of the true process of grappling with grief and the connection that can help us through. Well done.

Gorgeous piece that straddles many different genres--comedy, tragedy, drama, and magical realism, most notably. Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters creates three very vivid characters who we zero in on and get to know and understand well, while exploring larger and socially relevant themes of grief, intersectionality, racialized assumptions and violence, generational conflict, and more. The use of music is wonderful and the mix of lyrical dialogue, witty and on-point naturalism, and powerful visual metaphors makes for a theatrically compelling aesthetic whole. I'd so love to see this live and in performance!

This play about grief and deep connections and friendship and family made me laugh and cry over the course of reading it. I especially appreciated how Esther and Anthony talked openly to each other about big topics like race, and were willing and able to change their minds because of their profound connection and love for each other.

This play is a FINALIST for the 2020-2021 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support ESTHER CHOI AND THE FISH THAT DROWNED.

It is a special thing when you meet a play that depicts big emotions in teenagers without seeming trite or like it is talking to down to them. This play deals with loss on so many different, swirling levels and features really impactful intersectional conversations between two bright young POC. This is how young people deserve to see themselves depicted. Highly recommended. :)

What a wonderful play that deals with friendship, loneliness and familial isolation.

This play would be so devastating if it weren't for the incredible humor Walters uses throughout for levity. What this does to me instead, is create these intense moments of juxtaposition where my need to laugh and cry crash on top of one another. Would love to see this produced!