←Recommendations of Those Days Are Over

  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend David Hilder and their play Those Days Are Over as a finalist for our 2020 National Playwrights Conference. This particular work emerged from a highly competitive, anonymous, and multi-tiered selection process to become one of 63 finalists out of more than 1,500 submissions. This enthralling piece galvanized the hearts and theatrical imaginations of our reading teams and is fully championed by our offices. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American Theater.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend David Hilder and their play Those Days Are Over as a finalist for our 2020 National Playwrights Conference. This particular work emerged from a highly competitive, anonymous, and multi-tiered selection process to become one of 63 finalists out of more than 1,500 submissions. This enthralling piece galvanized the hearts and theatrical imaginations of our reading teams and is fully championed by our offices. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American Theater.

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

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  • Tira Palmquist: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    I have been a fan of David Hilder's work for years, and this piece lives up to everything I admire about his plays: fierce, quick wit, unflinching portraits of what is worst (and, sometimes, best) in us, almost magical pacing. What moves me most is how we see these sisters cope (often badly) with the loss of their mother, with what happens next, now that, as the titles says, those days are gone. Selfishly, I wanted to play all of these women, and with a cast of 7 women, actors will have many fantastic choices. Produce this play!

    I have been a fan of David Hilder's work for years, and this piece lives up to everything I admire about his plays: fierce, quick wit, unflinching portraits of what is worst (and, sometimes, best) in us, almost magical pacing. What moves me most is how we see these sisters cope (often badly) with the loss of their mother, with what happens next, now that, as the titles says, those days are gone. Selfishly, I wanted to play all of these women, and with a cast of 7 women, actors will have many fantastic choices. Produce this play!

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  • Kari Bentley-Quinn: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    It is sadly rare to find an excellent play with an all female cast (and over the age of 30!), and this fits the bill. I know David's work well and this has all of the hallmarks of his work - strong characters, a sharp wit, and an empathic heart - but this is shaping up to be a favorite. The women in this play are complex and compelling. The exploration of sisterhood is deep and moving. The last lines of the play are gutting in the best way. This should be produced.

    It is sadly rare to find an excellent play with an all female cast (and over the age of 30!), and this fits the bill. I know David's work well and this has all of the hallmarks of his work - strong characters, a sharp wit, and an empathic heart - but this is shaping up to be a favorite. The women in this play are complex and compelling. The exploration of sisterhood is deep and moving. The last lines of the play are gutting in the best way. This should be produced.

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  • Vince Gatton: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    Oh, boy, do I dig this play. Seven excellent roles for women, and I defy anyone not to fall at least a little bit in love with all five MacKillop sisters. David Hilder’s verbal wit is sharp as ever, bouncing wildly entertaining dialogue among ever-shifting character combinations in the literal sandbox he’s given himself to play in. But through all the structural cleverness and sometimes-cutting wit, what really shines are the women themselves, and the throbbing hearts that drive them. An absolute gem.

    Oh, boy, do I dig this play. Seven excellent roles for women, and I defy anyone not to fall at least a little bit in love with all five MacKillop sisters. David Hilder’s verbal wit is sharp as ever, bouncing wildly entertaining dialogue among ever-shifting character combinations in the literal sandbox he’s given himself to play in. But through all the structural cleverness and sometimes-cutting wit, what really shines are the women themselves, and the throbbing hearts that drive them. An absolute gem.

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