“ This is slapstick with a savage and twisted outcome, but all in good fun. Not too many holds are barred, and even if you're squeamish about matter-of-fact discussion of blood and such, the farcical elements will make it all the more entertaining. The actors will get a thorough workout and get a chance to show their chops in more ways than one. Oolong tea, anyone? ”

“ In the pressure cooker of high school, the rigid structure of peer pressure comes full force, it's hard to imagine anything more fraught with tension than winning a popularity contest. But that lesson in life started long before zits and Axe Body Spray, and Peter Fenton has created a world and a story that takes us from kindergarten to homecoming with deft telling and rapier-like wit, truly getting the voices and the tempers and the moments exactly on point. As one of them says, "You know what’s funny, though? We all got bigger. But nobody changed." ”

“ The hardest part about writing a recommendation for a play about four men using urinals is trying not to throw out double entendres or just plain bathroom jokes. That said, Arthur M. Jolly takes this most male moment and turns it into a seminar on the human condition: psychological, philosophical, and even medical. This short piece may have elements of adolescent humor, but what it really gets to is the basic need for us to feel comfortable with what we have, and it is in our hands to live with. ”

“ Jacquie Floyd's "Creak" does in one minute what some story-tellers can't summon up in a ninety-minute horror story. It also recognizes the fact that children are a lot smarter and wise than we give them credit for (which begs the question: at what point do adults lose that software?), and proves that the imagination is far more potent than all the special effects can muster. It's a smart and succinct tale of truth and brutal honesty. ”