←Recommendations of Swiped (full-length)

  • Vince Melocchi: Swiped (full-length) by Samara Siskind
    “

    This play was a real delight! Well developed characters and smart, well-written dialogue made this play sing. Highly recommended!!!

    This play was a real delight! Well developed characters and smart, well-written dialogue made this play sing. Highly recommended!!!

    ”
  • Bethany Dickens Assaf: Swiped (full-length) by Samara Siskind
    “

    This is a deeply layered, character-driven work with so much to recommend it. From the first scene, the tension and pacing is terrific as characters grow deeper and plot reveals unfold - always logical and filled with emotional honestly. I thought the structure was perfect and applaud the playwright for avoiding easy or simplistic answers to a myriad of complex questions on race, gender, addiction, and loss.

    This is a deeply layered, character-driven work with so much to recommend it. From the first scene, the tension and pacing is terrific as characters grow deeper and plot reveals unfold - always logical and filled with emotional honestly. I thought the structure was perfect and applaud the playwright for avoiding easy or simplistic answers to a myriad of complex questions on race, gender, addiction, and loss.

    ”
  • Stacey Isom Campbell: Swiped (full-length) by Samara Siskind
    “

    I had the pleasure of seeing Swiped at Florida Rep’s PlayLab. I’m so impressed by Samara’s ability to approach a subject like implicit bias in a play with so much heart and humor. It’s a gentle and enjoyable ride, so much so that you don’t even realize your assumptions are being gradually dismantled. Samara deftly crafts characters who are complex and memorable. I know audiences will love this show as much as I did. I can’t wait to see this play widely produced.

    I had the pleasure of seeing Swiped at Florida Rep’s PlayLab. I’m so impressed by Samara’s ability to approach a subject like implicit bias in a play with so much heart and humor. It’s a gentle and enjoyable ride, so much so that you don’t even realize your assumptions are being gradually dismantled. Samara deftly crafts characters who are complex and memorable. I know audiences will love this show as much as I did. I can’t wait to see this play widely produced.

    ”
  • Kenneth Jones: Swiped (full-length) by Samara Siskind
    “

    SWIPED begins with a scene of multiple tensions: a young Black man, Jeremiah, chats up a young woman, Sarah, in the food court of a mall. As the playwright deftly juggles ideas of perceptions and prejudices, there are also hints of attraction, desire, humor and threat. It turns out he’s a loss prevention security officer and, earlier, he witnessed her swiping merchandise at a store. A surprising, tender relationship forms, prompting Sarah to face past trauma. Smart, charming, hopeful.

    SWIPED begins with a scene of multiple tensions: a young Black man, Jeremiah, chats up a young woman, Sarah, in the food court of a mall. As the playwright deftly juggles ideas of perceptions and prejudices, there are also hints of attraction, desire, humor and threat. It turns out he’s a loss prevention security officer and, earlier, he witnessed her swiping merchandise at a store. A surprising, tender relationship forms, prompting Sarah to face past trauma. Smart, charming, hopeful.

    ”