←Recommendations of crisis

A bloody thriller of a play. Great roles for trans* actors. This is going to be a blast for fight directors to take on.

This play has everything. Gangs, guns, talk of another kind of strap, everything you want from a gritty thriller, turned up to 11, and Clarence is 100% the action hero we didn't know we needed. We need more trans thrillers, and Flynn delivers this one with commendable force, authenticity, and action. I can't wait to see this one live.

I'm astonished by how deftly Flynn combines the tropes of the gritty thriller with an achingly beautiful character piece. The title refers to a quote that could serve as a central metaphor, except that it's undercut within the play, which feels like a meta-metaphor for the play itself as all of the things that the characters think they care about slowly fall away until we are left with an arresting final image. I love that Flynn includes references to the very works the play pays homage to. It's all here, but so is the desperate poignancy of human need.

A raw, unflinching, basement-core punk-rock play that flies off the page and punches you in the face. This is the kind of energetic, in your face, bare-knuckle playwriting that oldheads claim doesn't exist anymore. Christian is writing the sort of theater I want to see right now - stuff that surprises, delights, and disgusts. The kind of play you just want to be a part of - whether it's realizing these wildly dynamic characters as an actor or designing for the overwhelmingly specific but undeniably familiar locales. I can't wait to see this produced, it's gonna blow everyone away!

Crisis is a suspenseful, sexy, funny, weighty, dark, and impactful genre piece. This play has danger that keeps you hanging on to every action, but it's most effective in its dynamic, nuanced, and touching characters. I'd love to see this produced for a lot of reasons, but one main reason is that I think it'd be a delicious challenge for a director.