←Recommendations of GTFOH

I love this play. It needs to be produced now! It is speaking to how our society is evolving in the understanding of gender roles, sexuality, identity, and love in a way that is passionate, articulate, and true. Most plays in this vein are didactic, and this is not. This playwright understand that these topics are a matter of both the heart and the head, and balances those two sensibilities brilliantly. This will speak directly to what audience members are wrestling with NOW and needs to be staged today.

This is the kind of play you bring your partner to and then clear off the schedule for the weekend because there is SO MUCH TO BREAKDOWN. Nikki gives her audience the gift of witnessing the accumulation of small flags in a marriage that, when gone ignored, lead to that pivotal question: Is it too late for us to fix this? Watching this at Orlando Shakes in workshop was a gift. There was a stillness in the audience which was a testament to our investment in the characters, and the expertly crafted journey Nikki took us on.

Nikki Brake-Silla is a brilliant playwright who takes us into the room of her characters and makes us love and hope for them as if they were our own family. In "GTFOH", you root hard for these couples struggling with balancing home, work, raising a family, and personal demons. The isolation of these characters is authentic and devastating.

Love this play. Each character makes a point of view. They are right and wrong and you just want their love to win. The play also questions gender roles and identities in a way that I haven't read or seen on a stage before.