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The fundamental things apply at all those dreaded post-play talk backs writers are subjected to: pretentious respondents who like to hear themselves blather on, those who want to rewrite your play while adamantly insisting they don’t want to rewrite your play and, of course, the tongue-tied, long suffering playwright whose feeble responses are roundly ignored. Williams cooks all this wicked depravity into a hilarious satire that will have you laughing even as you cringe with been-there-done-that resignation.

A play for playwrights? Well, sure, but it's more than that. A play for anyone with an artistic side to them. For anyone who knows what it is like to create something and then have others comment on that creation. Another little gem from Philip Middleton Williams!

Every playwright who has endured a talkback with responders has met the likeness of these characters - the pseudo-intellectuals. The set-up is magnificent and we have no idea where we are headed until Middleton twists things up and puts the hammer down with a super finale! A short play, big on comedy!

A neat twist that I really didn't see coming and sent me off to Wikipedia Land.

Another great 'gotcha' from Philip Middleton Williams. I love a good twist at the end and the playwright delivers! A wry look at the dreaded 'feedback' all playwrights have experienced. Read it, produce it!

I have moderated literally hundreds of post-reading talkbacks and the one Williams creates here is nightmarish in all the best ways! The moderator and other respondents in this play get everything wrong which is what's oh so right! As playwrights, we've all been trapped in talkbacks from hell and sometimes we've even been these terrible people. It's filled with truth and the kind of horrorific behavior that makes for great comedy. Terrific roles for actors with brilliant coming timing and impressive breath control!

Sometimes you're sitting at a play reading panelist session and you're watching the panelists pontificate and most instances their critiques are best of intentions but other times you wonder why they don't just shut their mouths and get off the damn stage. This play captures the essence of the latter perfectly.

There are those who will get this play and there are those who will REALLY get this play! Either way, it's the beginning, middle and end of a beautiful play.

What a treat and such a well crafted and funny play about the process of writing, as well as the process of finding love or our attempts at finding it. I think the seven deadly sins are all accounted for here as two people spar on stage over their attempt at helping a playwright with a new play, but the sharp Eve-like wit of Williams finds its claw marks in every word. This would be a treat to have at any festival!

This, ladies and gentleman, is the playwrights’ play. Philip Middleton Williams captures an array of emotions that captivates the brutal reality of creativity. You will go from angry, to sad, to jovial, all within 7 pages. If you have ever publicly presented your art, you will get a kick out of this play.