Fun and thoughtful, this play touches on a great many emotions in a short period of time. Samantha Cocco sets up a plot that could easily expand into a one-act or full-length play. The play's needs and set are reasonable, so I hope theaters and festivals will give it consideration for production, and I think directors could take interesting chances with the presentation of a dynamic plot that literally begs the audience to ask themselves what they would do. Strong work.

A love story that wouldn’t occur except for the unique circumstances in which the characters find themselves. Samantha Cocco does a terrific job of slowly building the relationship between Adam and Marie, making us care about them and wanting to see them together. But things take a turn and Adam is faced with revealing the truth, and possibly losing Marie, or doing the unthinkable. This is one heck of a thriller with everything at stake. I would love to see this staged!

In a brief ten minutes, Cocco taps into the dangerous manner in which toxic male desperation, which couches itself in harmless sad-sackery, often erupts into catastrophic damage and violence. Ostensibly a locked room psycho drama, the piece plays as a metaphor for what horrors any individual man is capable of when they have convinced themselves of their own inferiority, coupled with an innate sense of privilege. It’s a deceptively lithe and simple piece which is in fact taut and nerve-jangling. Recommended!