←Recommendations of Hand on Heart

Hand on Heart by Scott Sickles has us straddling a tense situation and lighter every day story - and comes out a winner play. He has brought us to the edge of the envelope - life and death. You can't help but wonder put yourself in the shoes of the two friends who find the body. Well done.

During a very stressful life or death situation, two friends learn their assumptions about each other are unwarranted -- to theirs and the audience's delight.

It's incredibly powerful when connections are made in the worst of circumstances. A beautiful moment.

You don't expect romance to blossom (certainly not in a "meet-cute" kind of way) out of an attempted terrorist attack, but Scott C. Sickles expertly subverts all kinds of preconceived notions in "Hand on Heart." This clever, concise play shows that the perceptions we have of one another can be wrong in so many ways. As usual, he accomplishes a great deal in a small space.

A breathtaking moment, imbued with meaning and relevance. Sickles find layers of emotional inventory between these characters, in a piece that is at once theatrical and approachable. This play will invite the conversation we need to have, and I would love to see it staged.