←Recommendations of The Sex Writer

A beautifully paced and always engaging play that deals with, yes, sex, but also with ways of mourning, or processing, profound loss. Jane, our mostly trustworthy guide, is a tour de force character who leads us both within her world as well as without, often with comical results. It's also very moving in places, especially when connections of the heart are assessed and made. A++

This play moves! Jane's direct addresses have a powerful lilt. The relationships and connections she forms in her musings and the scenes are rich. The movement and spectacle the script calls for would be wonderful to see.

As a sometime-produced playwright, I wanted to read more of Adam's work because he is widely produced. Well, I can see why. The scene changes are fast, the story is fun, and the characters are well-drawn. The main character Jane is sexy and smart and unapologetically herself--great to see in a female character. Actors will enjoy the story's smoothly rendered daughter-father arc and audiences will likely eat up a play that is at once moving, very funny, and, despite (or because of) the title, quite sweet and satisfying.

A heartfelt and moving look inside the experience of a woman losing her father, one that had already abandoned her. How does one pick up the pieces? Sometimes the answer can be in doing, or in this case typing.