←Recommendations of You Should Be So Lucky

  • Zach Barr: You Should Be So Lucky by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
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    A play that begins in extreme realism, but slowly pulls the roots out from under the characters – not unlike the narrative happening in the background. Jenny and Poh Poh's bickering relationship is full of love, and I love the slow boil of the stakes, keeping even banal conversations simmering with tension.

    A play that begins in extreme realism, but slowly pulls the roots out from under the characters – not unlike the narrative happening in the background. Jenny and Poh Poh's bickering relationship is full of love, and I love the slow boil of the stakes, keeping even banal conversations simmering with tension.

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  • Audrey Lang: You Should Be So Lucky by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
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    YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY is a truly theatrical piece -- I was fascinated by the physical transformations going on both inside and outside Poh Poh's apartment, and the ways that both the apartment and Chinatown were characters in their own right. I loved Jenny and Poh Poh's relationship and could have kept listening to them for a long time. It was such a treat to see a reading of this play at the 2026 Colorado New Play Summit and I'm excited to follow its continued journey!

    YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY is a truly theatrical piece -- I was fascinated by the physical transformations going on both inside and outside Poh Poh's apartment, and the ways that both the apartment and Chinatown were characters in their own right. I loved Jenny and Poh Poh's relationship and could have kept listening to them for a long time. It was such a treat to see a reading of this play at the 2026 Colorado New Play Summit and I'm excited to follow its continued journey!

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  • Maximillian Gill: You Should Be So Lucky by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
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    A poignant examination of the connections and rifts between two very different generations. Intimate and funny, steeped in specific cultural references. When the two characters come together it's a joy to behold, when they fail to it's truly heart-breaking. The visual stagecraft metaphorically depicting a world falling apart is startling and a gripping close.

    A poignant examination of the connections and rifts between two very different generations. Intimate and funny, steeped in specific cultural references. When the two characters come together it's a joy to behold, when they fail to it's truly heart-breaking. The visual stagecraft metaphorically depicting a world falling apart is startling and a gripping close.

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  • Nick Malakhow: You Should Be So Lucky by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
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    This is a beautiful, nuanced two hander about family and gentrification that begins unassumingly and ends with a beautifully imagined big theatrical gambit that I'd love to see realized onstage! Jenny and Poh Poh are such well rendered characters and the gradual movement from small, generational divides to a face off about Poh Poh's stubbornness in the face of needing support and care and an advocate as she contends with the impending loss of her home is moving and executed with subtlety.

    This is a beautiful, nuanced two hander about family and gentrification that begins unassumingly and ends with a beautifully imagined big theatrical gambit that I'd love to see realized onstage! Jenny and Poh Poh are such well rendered characters and the gradual movement from small, generational divides to a face off about Poh Poh's stubbornness in the face of needing support and care and an advocate as she contends with the impending loss of her home is moving and executed with subtlety.

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  • Shaun Leisher: You Should Be So Lucky by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
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    I really enjoyed this intimate play about the complexity of family and gentrification. Loved the fantastical elements.

    I really enjoyed this intimate play about the complexity of family and gentrification. Loved the fantastical elements.

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