Julissa and Giselle are such astoundingly well-rounded characters that, in every argument, I was rooting for both. Their slow opening up to each other felt entirely natural and fully earned. A gripping play about success and failure in a zero-sum environment, which questions how the notion of talent is rooted in someone's background. As someone who spent my college years in a similar environment, it was a distressingly accurate mirror. And that ending SLAPS! Produce it yesterday!

The Practice Room is beautiful. It’s rare to find a two-hander where characters compare and contrast across so many dimensions. Julissa and Giselle are altogether likeable and yet flawed. They are kindred spirits and yet polar opposites. They complement each other perfectly and make each other better. Like the music they will make together, The Practice Room has perfect tempo, rich harmony, and stirring emotional chemistry. Brava!

I have never seen a character with Dylexia in a play before, and while I do not have synesthesia or many of the other challenges that face Julissa, I felt so incredibly SEEN by this character and this play. I could not put it down! And I want to see it on stage! Get some college-aged actors and do this show! From the walls literally crumbling around them, to overbearing parents actually providing the means to stand up for oneself, this play is beautiful. Thank you, Aly, for this gift of a play!