Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

Great characters, lots of tension, and such important subject matter, I am happy to recommend this one! It is a thoroughly enjoyable play that needs production!

LOVED this play in Omaha, and, as a native Philly girl, I have to say Wilder has his Philly down! The characters are all so well-written, and there is so much humor and love in this play as it stranges with the weed in the yard. That strangeness makes for the beauty and resonance I walked away with - kudos to Wilder for his imaginative take on the family dramedy. Unforgettable!

These two young brothers reflect the world we live in to tragic end, and we watch and only know what's coming a split second before it comes, and then too late, we are unable to change it. This is a powerful play that shows how war begets war, violence violence. I highly recommend it!

Vast in its scope, a marvel of fractured storytelling that leaves me shocked and breathless. Honest and brave, Willett creates a drama we piece together out of its pieces that she scatters across the stage in broad strokes and fine detail, the story explodes in front of us until we have a whole life in our hearts.

A remarkable play that is moving and inspiring, a family drama that sheds light on today's America. Willett has a sharp eye and tells this story with compassion.

Beautiful response to this moment in our American lives, Bates gives us an American woman waking from the nightmare in which we all find ourselves, the reality of how our country is treating the displaced persons of Honduras, El Savador and Guatemala, including/especially the children, so we can connect with each other in community watching ourselves respond, and this is cathartic and will hopefully help spur us all to action. Bates includes 3 versions formatted to encourage different approaches. She's open to how it might be performed, and I hope it will be often!

Thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful story of the inhabitants of an American town, not unlike Our Town in its simplicity and clarity of emotional arcs that take an ensemble through longing, love, and loss to a peaceful denouement that is as uplifting as it is complete.

This is a brilliant play that uses a tech of Wilder's Our Town to dismantle all our notions of American life as we might like it to be and replaces it with what we are all living among right now, the awful possibility of more tragedy. As the mother of a 15 year old son in high school, I have to say that Ripe Frenzy is a terrifying read that is also an immensely satisfying play.

Drama that really forces me to question my own responses and bias - this is a rare treat! I love what Hoke does in this fascinating, compelling play. The characters are so human, it is a great pleasure. Wonderfully exciting work!

Beautiful play - I really enjoyed the fable-like qualities, the way the props get invested with meaning, how the magic works, and how loss and disappearance get worked in with the magic. I also enjoyed the way the relationship changes and grows and transforms and yet still leaves us with a large sense of loss, missed opportunities, and unrelenting sadness. Well done!