←Recommendations of Tracy Jones

  • Asher Wyndham: Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
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    There's a heartache in this play that I felt deeply. There's a longing for authentic (even if temporary) companionship (with others who share your name), communication (with the help of party games) and community (in a party room at Bar 'n Grill). Our protagonist, bored by her job and unfufilling life, becomes a clever stand-in for many of us, disenchanted fools of capitalism.
    There's a hopefulness, an optimism that I love in this play.
    You may find kinship with Tracy and may get inspired to host your own party!
    Easy to produce. Check it out.

    There's a heartache in this play that I felt deeply. There's a longing for authentic (even if temporary) companionship (with others who share your name), communication (with the help of party games) and community (in a party room at Bar 'n Grill). Our protagonist, bored by her job and unfufilling life, becomes a clever stand-in for many of us, disenchanted fools of capitalism.
    There's a hopefulness, an optimism that I love in this play.
    You may find kinship with Tracy and may get inspired to host your own party!
    Easy to produce. Check it out.

    ”
  • Rachael Carnes: Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
    “

    It’s so fun to explore the idea of the world of the play, a non-descript chicken wings restaurant, as a place of “succor and safety” – a hermitage of learning, with sage denizens and philosophical teaching moments. And it's lovely that the people who are here to teach in this world, can be a teenage girl with a minimum wage food service job and a mature woman. Who are we to the exterior community? Who are we to ourselves? With its bright energy throughout and unflagging comedy, this play would be a treat to see onstage.

    It’s so fun to explore the idea of the world of the play, a non-descript chicken wings restaurant, as a place of “succor and safety” – a hermitage of learning, with sage denizens and philosophical teaching moments. And it's lovely that the people who are here to teach in this world, can be a teenage girl with a minimum wage food service job and a mature woman. Who are we to the exterior community? Who are we to ourselves? With its bright energy throughout and unflagging comedy, this play would be a treat to see onstage.

    ”
  • Donna Hoke: Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
    “

    With a lot of humor and just as much heart, Stephen has crafted a story with a protagonist so lonely and desperate to find a connection that she pulls out all the stops to make it happen. But what Tracy learns is that you can't force connections, you can't be someone you're not, and sometimes relationships begin where and when you least expect them to. Women and comedy in a highly original story add up to a winner!

    With a lot of humor and just as much heart, Stephen has crafted a story with a protagonist so lonely and desperate to find a connection that she pulls out all the stops to make it happen. But what Tracy learns is that you can't force connections, you can't be someone you're not, and sometimes relationships begin where and when you least expect them to. Women and comedy in a highly original story add up to a winner!

    ”
  • Natalie Dressel: Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
    “

    Connection.
    It's what we all want.

    Tracy Jones, in her loneliness, has decided to throw a party
    For anyone
    Named Tracy Jones.
    Seeking self-love (that she doesn't know how to give herself)
    From the outside. Her "spiritual dopelgangers."
    The Tracy's of the world.
    The stakes couldn't possibly be higher,
    Because life is hard to live
    When you live it alone.

    If you are searching for yourself,
    Look inside.
    The Tracy you were hoping to find,
    Is the one who threw the party.

    Loneliness makes us all Tracy Jones.
    Which means we aren't alone.
    Everywhere we look.
    There's another Tracy.

    Superb....

    Connection.
    It's what we all want.

    Tracy Jones, in her loneliness, has decided to throw a party
    For anyone
    Named Tracy Jones.
    Seeking self-love (that she doesn't know how to give herself)
    From the outside. Her "spiritual dopelgangers."
    The Tracy's of the world.
    The stakes couldn't possibly be higher,
    Because life is hard to live
    When you live it alone.

    If you are searching for yourself,
    Look inside.
    The Tracy you were hoping to find,
    Is the one who threw the party.

    Loneliness makes us all Tracy Jones.
    Which means we aren't alone.
    Everywhere we look.
    There's another Tracy.

    Superb.

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