←Recommendations of Riverwood

A phenomenal ensemble piece that tackles so many important conversations that happen in these communities that are being gentrified. The characters are dynamic and lovable, and the dialogue is so realistic and natural. Super easy read, as it flows so incredibly, and I'd love to see it onstage!

Andrew storytelling is just great. Really great! His writing of dialogue is smooth. Fluid. The clarity of characters between 2 seventeen teenagers is eloquent. Superbly & subtlety executed. I understand the achievements he has received thus far. Keep writing!

Loved this play about the personal toll gentrification has on people and communities.

Andrew continues to craft intricate and tender worlds filled with people who are as complex as they are personal. As other reviews have stated, the themes of this play are giant - gentrification, anti-Black classism, betrayal, joy, community all working together simultaneously. It feels like Andrew knows each of his characters personally and crafted them with so much love, because a story like this can't be made without care. With this play, and many more to come, Andrew is crafting his own legacy in American theatre. Producers: give him your money!

A beautiful theatrical mosaic that captures the relationships and connections between an eclectic and well-defined group of Black folks dealing with gentrification. I so loved the approach to this play--illustrating how outside societal and economic pressures impact people through several potent and naturalistically drawn scenes that center people vs issues. You feel all of the little seismic shifts in relationships and within characters without feeling manipulated by artificial theatrics. Such huge themes--displacement, community, dreams of leaving home, college, colorism, and more--are portrayed here with a deft and nuanced hand. I'd love to see this onstage!

Riverwood! Yes. Each relationship in this play is fully realized with exquisite dialogue that brings us into their worlds, the details of the lives as they relate to each other on a personal level, and how everything relates to the world that seems to be crumbling around them. But hope is woven throughout. The flowing dialogue, the invested relationships, and the hope kept me rapt start to finish.

A play rich in language and pathos; definitely worth seeing.

Riverwood is a powerful social statement and a beautiful depiction of hope, despair, grief and rage channeled through five richly drawn and very human characters, against a backdrop of displacement and neighborhood gentrification. The language is both raw and lush, stark and poetic. Highly recommended.

I saw this at the Seattle Public Theater and was blown away. It held the flavors of August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, but for today. Incredible writing by Andrew Creech that explores friendship, dreams, and the impact of gentrification on communities. And while it tackled very deep issues, it also embraced black joy and hope in equal measure. If you're looking for a single-set script with powerful roles for an all black cast, do this play!

Despite / in spite / in the face of such structural calamity that feels too big for any one person to hold, these characters find space for joy through each other. They dance and rap and paint and talk out joy in ways that feel expansive, even as they all have to reimagine the course of their lives. A play with the necessary pace of grieving and a heart still pounding very, very loud.