←Recommendations of Here Comes The Night

This is a wonderful play that deals with serious themes while also satirizing our Instagram and selfie obsessed culture. The play makes gentle fun of living in L.A., our self-help focused narcissism and our privilege. The characters are well drawn, recognizable, and relatable. Without giving anything away, the climax of the play is a beautiful silent sequence that is a wonderful piece of writing and a disturbing culmination of the evening's drama. On top of the wonderful writing, the play is a two-hander, which should make it very producible. I hope to see it onstage soon.

A powerful look at the bond of friendship and exploring our truth in an authentic way so we can make changes in our lives and carve out our future. Well done.

I really enjoyed this piece! A slow burn that carefully reveals itself at just the right time. I'm particularly drawn to the way in which these characters unpack what it means to be a "persona" or a "brand" -- the way it draws these characters closer but also repels and alienates them at the same time. Honesty, artifice, authenticity and self-interest are all rolled together for a complicated and satisfying look at modern friendship.

What an amazing piece! This quiet, nuanced, and unassuming two-hander gives us a couple of really distinct and brilliantly-rendered characters and explores friendships and how they evolve, age divides, abortion, and many other topics in a briskly-paced 90 or so minutes. At the same time, it never feels overstuffed with issues and keeps its laser focus on its likeable, flawed, and multi-dimensional central characters. The conversations are funny and human, the conflicts and motivations Olivia and Maggie both bring to the table are incredibly potent, and the surprises are subtle but supremely affecting.

Sensitive. Funny. Real. I would love to see this carefully crafted story of humanity up on its feet. The story itself gives one a visceral sense of the choices we face as women and how we navigate them together. It explores the ways in which we show up and don't show up for ourselves and others. I'm also interested in seeing the vivid design elements play out. Lisa Kenner Grissom creates a landscape in which the wind is almost a third character in this wonderful play.

An achingly beautiful play in which a friendship's boundaries are tested when a very important favor is asked. A generational gap widens when one settles on having an abortion and one thinks it is a good idea to wait. The characters are artfully drawn and the dialogue flows easily which belies the play's undercurrent - it doesn't spare the audience from the agony of the decision or the gruesome physical reality of abortion.

This piece reveals how the decisions we make can double back on us and force us to decide again. The two women in the play collide with surprising sparks as they each have very different ideas regarding how to go about what they've met to do on this night. The writing has deep beauty and mysterious shadows that reflect the Southern California landscape in which it takes place. If Laurel Canyon had a theatrical anthem, it could be this sharp and gorgeous cactus flower of a play.

There are no easy answers for this well-crafted two-hander, and thank goodness for that. Kenner Grissom gives us a poignant look at the tough choices these characters face, utilizing comedic (almost absurd) moments of uncertainty, while questioning what bonds them in friendship and womanhood. Strong roles for women, this play will have audiences sharing an intimate moment in a highly theatrical way. I can't wait to see this on stage.