"Awesome Like Crinkle Cut Fries" is a delightfully inventive and touching comedy that imagines God not as a distant judge, but as a weary creator wrestling with purpose, change, and the burden of endless responsibility. Steven G. Martin balances sharp wit, philosophical reflection, and genuine warmth, creating a play that is both thought-provoking and deeply human in its vision of the divine. The result is funny, intelligent, and quietly uplifting.

With a disenchanted God setting off on an open-ended walkabout, and a bureaucratic Angel left holding the bag, this subversive comedy poses the question: Who’s really in charge here? When the exercise of power becomes a self-imposed prison and the valuation of human life is a variable, we’re cut adrift. Then again, if everything’s up for grabs, that can also be awesome.

From the beginning – when God admits he made a mistake (infallibility is something we gave him, apparently) – I was hooked. As the song asks, "What if God was one of us?" Well, he'd need a break too. A great examination of the burden of power and why so many seek to have it and cling to it. Mixing the profound with the (slightly) practical, this is the type of play I try to write every time. A great play with lots of possibilities for stage magic.