Requiem for a small business. I grieved along with the staff, and celebrated, and at times laughed out loud. I got emotionally invested in every single character, all are strongly written and would be a treat to play.
Perhaps the highest compliment I can give this well-written script is that I am currently sad that I can't ever visit Kirschgarten Brewing. I'm sad I can't go to a fictional brewery, and I don't even like beer!

Wonderful adaptation of Chekhov here, as we're drawn into the character struggles pretty much immediately and then it just builds from there. Intricate work here in terms of developing relationships as well as the details of trying to keep a dying business running until the embers finally go out. Sharp commentary about what's become of the current economic system when it comes to small businesses. Definitely emotionally invested at the end. Pretty fine work indeed by this well-crafted play.

This intimacy of this play holds you tightly throughout. All thanks to James Kelsey Nelson's writing. Each character felt completely recognizable, both personality-wise and in terms of their wants and desires. Nelson does a fantastic job bringing Chekhov's original play into the modern, post-pandemic age, bringing up themes likes capitalism and what it means to have a dream come to an end. This play will fit in any company's season, particularly with a site-specific production.