←Recommendations of The Profession (Full-length play)

Every once in a great while, we’re lucky enough to bear witness to a piece of theatre that feels inevitable, where the characters are so specific and their conflict so authentic and so powerful that you can’t imagine it unfolding any other way. This is one of those plays. I raged with Valerie at the erosion of her idealism and passion for teaching; my heart broke at the Sophie’s choice that Marina faces. Like the Shakespearean tragedies Valerie teaches, each beat of this pitch-perfect play leads us inexorably to its haunting conclusion.

In the current climate where higher education has become more interested in the bottom line, the sharing of knowledge has lost its currency. Eppich-Harris delineates this distressing turn of events with heartbreaking precision and clarity in her terrific play "The Profession." Smartly written, with compelling – and complex – characters, this is a work that has a lot to say, and says it exceptionally well.

This is a wonderful character piece that follows to modern-women struggling against a patriarchy centuries old. What will keep you engaged is the quick wit and strength of Valerie and the all to relatable struggles of Marina. This piece pulls no punches when bringing a magnifying glass to the state of our educational institutions today and the sad reality of the hypocrisy in supposed pious institutions. A wonderful play for people who wish to give opportunities to actors to truly lean into some complex and motivated characters.