←Recommendations of DoorDashed

Like a mini time capsule of 2020, the big picture of what was going on is background to what Emily McClain wants us to focus on, the budding relationship between a delivery man and a young woman customer. The connection between them builds over the course of the play in a very realistic yet hopeful manner culminating in a porch stoop dinner for two as masks come down and expectations come up. It's really lovely.

There was so much to dislike about the pandemic: People getting sick and many dying; social distancing and wearing masks; loneliness and frustration; fear and anxiety. We will all remember it. “DoorDashed” by EMILY MCCLAIN is a play about dealing with COVID-19. The ending is sweet.

A play that beautifully and subtly shows an evolving friendship and more, through some very tough times. Both inspirational and suspenseful in its own quiet ways, this is a remarkable achievement.

I think what I love most about this play is that it just feels so beautifully real. It feels honest, and nails the yearning grief of at least last year's portion of the pandemic in a way that doesn't throw in it our face. McClain condenses the moment to focus on two people, just trying to find their way through the astronomical, heavy circumstances they've suddenly found themselves in. A touching piece. Also, make sure you have food nearby before reading, it will make you hungry.

Damsels in distress are supposed to fall in love with knights in shining armor. It only follows that someone stranded by the pandemic would develop an attachment to the person who risks their life to bring them not only sustenance but the very food they desire… because they, well, ordered it.

DOORDASHED quickly establishes its genre and we know exactly where we want it to go. But damn does McClain make it suspenseful, taking us through 2020 on a menu-driven TARDIS ride! Gently escalating through panic, politics, and loss, DOORDASHED more than earns a huge tip!

In this time of isolation, we take human connection wherever we can find it. Emily McClain tells a lovely and at times painful story of two people who bond over one of the most 2020 rituals of all: food delivery. Erica is just trying to survive and Marcus is simply doing his job, but it's heartening to see that by play's end, that's not entirely true for either one of them (hope I didn't spoil it.)
Audiences will identify with these characters, and their plight, once theater comes back IRL. Bravo!

If the last year has felt like being buried in cement, then DoorDashed will show you how plants thrive in between the cracks of a sidewalk. A hugely relatable romance which deftly takes us through the pandemic and weaves an earned tale of love finding a way.

This one-act romance dramatizes the beginning stages of a relationship by showing us variations in a pattern.

Emily McClain is subtle and deft with her character work in "DoorDashed." There are also several moments that could serve as obstacles or gateways to Erica's and Marcus's connection.

Strongly structured and plotted, generous in characterization, natural in dialogue and tone. "DoorDashed" is a subtle one-act play that should enjoy a varied production history.

This play is a perfect reflection of 2020. The ebbs and flows of a budding relationship—the awkwardness, the uncertainty, the hopefulness, giving up, forgetting how to connect, and then finally, just maybe, connecting, all of this sums up what so many us have just experienced. Through the vignettes, repetition, and delivery orders of DoorDashed, we see what was and what is possibly yet to come.