←Recommendations of A Series of Inelastic Collisions

This compelling play about politics and women in STEM provides an excellent opportunity for an actress in her 60s-70s. It also offers a lot for audiences to chew on when it comes to questions of community and communication across a number of philosophical divides.

It was so satisfying to spend some time with a richly layered portrait of an American family in this current very troubled time in American life. Each character of Rain's clan felt fully realized and wonderfully complex. This play was at times moving, funny, and always tender.

A powerful look at political and family identities, the effects of them and the psychology that drives it all. Well done.

A deep and thoughtful take on the state of civility in the United States in the post-Trump era, and an intimate look at the role that parenting plays in the political ideals of children. I was deeply moved by Rain and her family, both biological and adopted, and moved to tears by their small gestures of love for each other. A very moving piece that demands a production immediately... is Diane Weist available?

This play stuns me in its ability to see the forest through the trees. It's a fresh and unforgettable reminder of how our political identities and family identities inform each other, and how the desire for connection, as a driving force of human behavior, often results instead in collision. The fact that Carabatsos is able to elucidate this in a way that feels funny, relatable, timely, musical, and simultaneously grand and intimate in scope leaves me absolutey floored.

An intricate play that weaves together grieve, politics, trauma, and family. Carabatsos asks difficult questions many of us face today since the 2016 election. How do we rebuild? Can we rebuild? What pieces are worth saving?

There is so much going on in this play! It's gorgeous and deeply moving. It reveals the "emotional physics" at work in every person and every home--the vast, universal forces that mold us all, but that somehow produce a unique life every time. In what is a relatively large cast, Carabatsos does a masterful job of developing each of her characters, giving them all fully realized arcs and deeply affecting storylines. No one is just along for the ride. And it is a moving, funny, painful, meaningful ride. Beautifully done.

This is the kind of theatrical response to the 2016 election I most want to see! A kind and nuanced portrayal of the current political divides in this country, this play is a funny, thoughtful, and at times truly heartbreaking portrait of a family breaking to mend itself. I can't wait to see it produced!

Prescient and finely-wrought, this story centers on the complex dynamics among a family, demonstrating how an election can be a source of pain, fear, anger, sadness - and in its aftermath - maybe even growth. The writer brings areas to the fore for contemplation, though never in a ham-fisted or maudlin way. What's remarkable about this piece is it's consistently light touch, smartly allowing us room to have our emotional reactions, instead of telling us how to feel. The power-plays and powerlessness throughout this family's journey, reverberate in today's uncertainty, more than ever.

A beautifully told small story about a complexly rendered family. Carabatsos has given us a group of people with complicated and varied relationships to one another and successfully uses the context of a semi-mythologized election to comment on and parallel the dynamics between family members. She explores loss, grieving, and familial and ideological divisions. Carabatsos powerfully illustrates the forces that divide and alienate people--everyone's senses of themselves, their hopes, and their disappointments. Rain is an extremely compelling central character and her difficult and evolving relationship with her son (and others) is drawn here with nuance and tenderness. Amazing piece!