←Recommendations of White People by the Lake

We are pleased to support this play! It was a Finalist for the 2023 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas.

When someone holds up a mirror, you may not like what you see, but you have to pay attention, especially when there is no denying the truth. Playwright Lynett has written a powerful, poignant piece, vividly theatrical, and wildly funny. The play takes particular aim at a genre I was aware of, the "lake" play, and points out the systemic issues within that I was unaware. I go to the theatre to learn and expand my understanding, and this is a play that achieves that.

A powerful look at a couple navigating the rocky terrain around them in their families and the systems at play. Well done.

The lines this play treads between absurdity, satire, and uncomfortable, gutting truth are so fine and powerful. The out-of-time and startling hyper-theatrical moments both destabilize and so effectively render the cognitive dissonance of someone living at so-called marginalized identity crossroads and taking in the perplexing and infuriating individuals and systems that surround them. So many unexpected things even within an already-unconventional piece. I love the thread of satirizing the scarily indulgent, voyeuristic, performative, and masturbatory nature of white suffering. I'm eager to follow this piece's developmental trajectory and the robust future life that it deserves to have.