←Recommendations of Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe

  • Morey Norkin: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    How can you not like this? I found myself smiling throughout even with the bittersweet stories that are shared by the characters. But the human desire to turn an inconvenient situation into something positive is palpable here. Just the kind of feel good story we need this holiday season.

    How can you not like this? I found myself smiling throughout even with the bittersweet stories that are shared by the characters. But the human desire to turn an inconvenient situation into something positive is palpable here. Just the kind of feel good story we need this holiday season.

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    Reading this sweet Christmas/holiday play with likable characters and so much heart and warmth reminds me of drinking top-quality hot chocolate with delicious whipped cream on top, or a glass of festive eggnog, or whatever treat makes you smile during the holidays/shortest days of the year. It feels good to be left smiling after reading a play (especially these days) and this one does just that. Lovely.

    Reading this sweet Christmas/holiday play with likable characters and so much heart and warmth reminds me of drinking top-quality hot chocolate with delicious whipped cream on top, or a glass of festive eggnog, or whatever treat makes you smile during the holidays/shortest days of the year. It feels good to be left smiling after reading a play (especially these days) and this one does just that. Lovely.

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  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    This is just so relatable AND a feel good story! A platonic meet cute during the holidays just fills my soul! This is a Hallmark story for those who don't need the romance to enjoy their fellow humans during the holidays! Also STAR TREK!

    This is just so relatable AND a feel good story! A platonic meet cute during the holidays just fills my soul! This is a Hallmark story for those who don't need the romance to enjoy their fellow humans during the holidays! Also STAR TREK!

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  • John Busser: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    11.26.24 - Like a Hallmark Christmas movie minus the sickening Hallmark stuff, Philip Middleton Williams shows us the center of his character's universes, even if we never actually see them. But they resonate just the same. I loved the dichotomy of the two respective families, with a Doppler shift of belonging taking place depending on which character you focus on. (Hey, science stuff!) This is something we can recognize about relationships and I'm happy with what Williams has invited us to see.

    11.26.24 - Like a Hallmark Christmas movie minus the sickening Hallmark stuff, Philip Middleton Williams shows us the center of his character's universes, even if we never actually see them. But they resonate just the same. I loved the dichotomy of the two respective families, with a Doppler shift of belonging taking place depending on which character you focus on. (Hey, science stuff!) This is something we can recognize about relationships and I'm happy with what Williams has invited us to see.

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  • Mike Byham: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    Absolutely love this short - hitting all the right notes with me. I'm an airline employee, a Trekker of a certain age with family flying apart, and a Hilton Diamond member (I think Philip must have access to my Alexa). So relatable and so well done. I got a bit misty-eyed at the end. It's amazing what you can get and feel from a ten-minute read when the writing is so good. Needs to be staged.

    Absolutely love this short - hitting all the right notes with me. I'm an airline employee, a Trekker of a certain age with family flying apart, and a Hilton Diamond member (I think Philip must have access to my Alexa). So relatable and so well done. I got a bit misty-eyed at the end. It's amazing what you can get and feel from a ten-minute read when the writing is so good. Needs to be staged.

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  • Kieran Khanna: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    Everyone is in their own little universe and that's what makes this little play so special. A very nice and clever story for the holiday season!

    Everyone is in their own little universe and that's what makes this little play so special. A very nice and clever story for the holiday season!

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  • Claudia Haas: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    I love the idea of families as small universes. Philip Middleton Williams cements that idea with his travellers flying in the sky in our own universe to visit their small universe. And then there’s Star Trek to just tie it together. A lovely little gem of connections forged and missed and how today we travel because our small universes are expanding - yes, just as our universe is. Clever and sweet.

    I love the idea of families as small universes. Philip Middleton Williams cements that idea with his travellers flying in the sky in our own universe to visit their small universe. And then there’s Star Trek to just tie it together. A lovely little gem of connections forged and missed and how today we travel because our small universes are expanding - yes, just as our universe is. Clever and sweet.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    A lovely short play with some amusing physical humor, easy staging and mechanical airplane malfunctions to amuse actors and audience alike. A little gem for the holidays.

    A lovely short play with some amusing physical humor, easy staging and mechanical airplane malfunctions to amuse actors and audience alike. A little gem for the holidays.

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  • Sam Heyman: Things I Learned While Careening Toward the Center of the Universe by Philip Middleton Williams
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    There was a time when humanity believed our planet was the center of the universe. Even as we've become more 'worldly,' mankind is still somewhat self-centered and positions the center of their own personal universe someplace close to home. Philip Middleton Williams reminds us that our paths around the sun may bring us closer and further away from our center, but it is the connections we make along the way that make the ride bearable, even when flight plans go awry. A tender, human play.

    There was a time when humanity believed our planet was the center of the universe. Even as we've become more 'worldly,' mankind is still somewhat self-centered and positions the center of their own personal universe someplace close to home. Philip Middleton Williams reminds us that our paths around the sun may bring us closer and further away from our center, but it is the connections we make along the way that make the ride bearable, even when flight plans go awry. A tender, human play.

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