←Recommendations of QUICKSAND, a one person play

This will be a fun piece for a scenic designer. And the audience will recognize themselves while laughing. Structurally and emotionally it works. I can see this playing in different cities around the world and open to interpretation.

A metaphor for so many feelings I'm sure, for the impact of this piece is as deep as the sand, and the predicament the protagonist finds themselves in.
This would make a great audition piece, as there are several ways to tackle it.
Very good.

Heyman speaks to the poet in me, in all of us. This monologue is metaphorically perfect. It hits all the right notes. Universal and pointed. Lovely work. Watch the reading online by Miranda Jonte on Back Porch Theatre: https://fb.watch/mXjHV2b1Xw/ If you're feeling stuck in life and need a helping hand you'll be glad you did. Reach out.

Funny monologue and saw this beautifully performed on Back Porch Theater by Miranda Jonte. it says so much about so many things and situations in the brief time, and you feel so much for the Val in the situation she finds her self stuck in.

Sam Heyman takes us into what seems to be just an external struggle, quicksand. However, we quickly come to realize that Val's problems are more than just the quicksand around them. This one-person play is, a haunting representation of the that the only way out is with the help of one person. Even if that person is a stranger. Heyman writes with so much heart and passion that all you can do is feel for Val. This is play full of great emotional weight that will stay with you.

A wonderfully poetic analogy. We know we're stuck "But awareness is not active" and we havent the will to climb out of the quagmire of life. But the tour group's listening ears and encouraging words provide the first lifeline - hope. A thoughtful monologue that will stay with me for a long time

Like a Gen Z Beckett play. Not just in the woman-is-half-stuck-underground-ness of it, but in the direction "VAL gets a reply, unheart" as well. A piece of modernism for the 21st century. What does it mean to be stuck? Are we stuck as a culture?

Wow wow wow, does this monologue punch the modern heart hard. Through beautiful language and a brilliant use of direct address, HEYMAN intimately explores what it is like not only to feel stuck, but to be slowly yet surely sinking down down down. Though the play is full of despair, hope is never lost - an amazing balancing act HEYMAN expertly achieves.

This piece cuts straight to the heart of modern life. We are sinking. And we refuse to ask for help. But why? Sam Heyman has given voice to those of us barely keeping our head above the murky, mysterious quicksand of our lives.

A compelling and profound meditation on what it means to be stuck — in quicksand, in life — and how to get out of it. Sam Heyman's sharp wit and brilliant imagination make this a pleasure to read. I would love to see it on stage.