←Recommendations of Love I AWETHU Further

  • Collin Van Son: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    I saw two readings of this play at the 2023 National Playwrights Conference, and the best word I can think of to describe it is alchemical—to experience a.k. payne’s writing is to hear what happens when language itself is melted down and recast. A full production is a must, but it’s also not enough—I’d like a recording on vinyl so I can close my eyes and listen to what can only be called poetry.

    I saw two readings of this play at the 2023 National Playwrights Conference, and the best word I can think of to describe it is alchemical—to experience a.k. payne’s writing is to hear what happens when language itself is melted down and recast. A full production is a must, but it’s also not enough—I’d like a recording on vinyl so I can close my eyes and listen to what can only be called poetry.

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  • Alexis Cofield: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    Deeply moving piece with stunning heightened language. A meditation on freedom for Black women of all walks of life, which is a near impossible task but I gotta say this comes pretty close to pulling it off.

    Deeply moving piece with stunning heightened language. A meditation on freedom for Black women of all walks of life, which is a near impossible task but I gotta say this comes pretty close to pulling it off.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    I don't know how to even begin to describe this beautiful play, but it left me bereft. a.k is a remarkably gifted poet and storyteller. This is an unbelievably powerful play, and I'm excited to see it in production.

    I don't know how to even begin to describe this beautiful play, but it left me bereft. a.k is a remarkably gifted poet and storyteller. This is an unbelievably powerful play, and I'm excited to see it in production.

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  • jose sebastian alberdi: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    This play is gorgeous and tender and painful and beautiful. I saw a reading of it at the O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference and I've been craving a fully-realized production ever since. a.k.'s way of dramatizing love and tenderness and revolution between the people in this play is a thing of beauty and revelation. I think I'll be thinking about this play for a long, long time. I can't wait to see it produced.

    This play is gorgeous and tender and painful and beautiful. I saw a reading of it at the O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference and I've been craving a fully-realized production ever since. a.k.'s way of dramatizing love and tenderness and revolution between the people in this play is a thing of beauty and revelation. I think I'll be thinking about this play for a long, long time. I can't wait to see it produced.

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  • Benjamin Benne: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    It begins with several intimate, two-person interactions that steadily reveal a larger, complicated web of a community and its factions...who are we loyal to? The action of the play never lets up snowballing into some of the most stunning and gripping scenes I've ever encountered. The consensus scene: brilliant (& I've never seen anything like it). The scene about the definition of love: sublime. I am in awe of this play.

    It begins with several intimate, two-person interactions that steadily reveal a larger, complicated web of a community and its factions...who are we loyal to? The action of the play never lets up snowballing into some of the most stunning and gripping scenes I've ever encountered. The consensus scene: brilliant (& I've never seen anything like it). The scene about the definition of love: sublime. I am in awe of this play.

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  • Kate Busselle: Love I AWETHU Further by a.k. payne
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    I had the absolute joy of reading this play and thrilled it was selected as the winner of the Student Jane Chambers Playwriting Competition. This play exemplifies all of the goals of this competition and rises head and shoulders above the rest in style, form, and story. While it is inspired by Julius Caesar, Love I Awethu Further is revolutionary in its showcasing of black love (physical and emotional) and its poetic structure. Produce this script immediately!

    I had the absolute joy of reading this play and thrilled it was selected as the winner of the Student Jane Chambers Playwriting Competition. This play exemplifies all of the goals of this competition and rises head and shoulders above the rest in style, form, and story. While it is inspired by Julius Caesar, Love I Awethu Further is revolutionary in its showcasing of black love (physical and emotional) and its poetic structure. Produce this script immediately!

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