←Recommendations of crisis

Christian Flynn is a master craftsman and 'crisis' is another exemplary script using subtext, human behavior, and structure to mount stakes and tension. Flynn is able to achieve perfect synthesis of plot, circumstance, and characterization particular to any genre. This is an airtight thriller about uncertain dreams and certain means to achieve them, about constantly running forward while being chased by mysterious forces, about taking control of your life. Variously nerve-racking and hysterical.

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.

"You think you are my first instinct?" This bold, gritty, character driven play brings Sam Shepard's poetic voice to our contemporary world (and I mean that as a high compliment). Both achingly sad and savagely violent, CRISIS falls somewhere between a love story and a brutal take on a marginalized society that is wailing to be noticed and accepted. Beautiful writing that manages to merge the idea of love and commitment with a world that constantly tries to deny it. The gun monologue in this play is the best piece of writing I have read in a long time.

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.