←Recommendations of Louisiana Shoal

A moving piece for two actresses. Characters are clearly drawn in the first two pages. Exposition happens smoothly.

This is an issue play that doesn't preach. A theme is developed: Time is an important factor in how people affect the environment, and vice versa. This idea is put forth in the context of the characters' lives. They find a connection and they form their own shoal.

Every word, every moment, every spark in the clash between science and the faith that comes with being of a place – it resounds throughout this extraordinary and elegant piece. As an observer, I hold little hope for the characters's survival, but as the audience, my heart defies logic and steeps itself in hope. Lighting, sound and costume designers will revel in evoking this world as much as the actors blessed to create these women. And Iridessa is one of the most beautiful names ever. [1/1/25]

Such a moving piece about what it means to be from somewhere. Lewis has created two really complex characters in such a few number of pages. I really enjoyed getting to spend time with these characters. A short play that will get you to lean in from the start.

Louisiana Shoal is a beautiful play, beginning to end. The magic of a mysterious swamp glows in colors from toxic chemicals and the magic of the universe. This magic expands and pulls us in to offer us hope, the other edge of the unknown, if we can stand to embrace it. Wonderful work!

This is an apocalyptic play, laced with hope, beautifully told, with a message that only science and courage will deliver us from the twin scourges of environmental degradation and global warming.

Dark. Dystopian. And all to relevent and fitting for our times. Mildred Inez Lewis' "Louisiana Shoal" is a parable on choices made in the extreme. Yes, the ending is tragic due to the utter inevitability of it all. I missed seeing this piece in performance. Yet I, at least, had the good fortune to have read the play. Well done, Mildred!

In one beautifully uttered line, Mildred Inez Lewis crystalizes the weight and significance of her play. "In the time it took to smoke a pipe." Cities and towns are leveled. Homes are destroyed. Families separated. Hearts broken. And yet, the message of Louisiana Shoal is far greater...far more hopeful. In the time it took to smoke a pipe, HEROES emerge. The earth fights back! Fish breathe air, and share it. In the time it took to smoke a pipe, Mildred Inez Lewis will introduce you to a world-our world-in peril and beg you to fight. What will you do?