“ Can a couple can survive the death of their child? Gerald cannot bring himself to pack up his son's room. Max needs the room cleared out so he can start to heal. Each has nuanced needs; we understand why one would want to pack up, and why the other would desire to keep things as they are. Is the room a shrine to the dead - or is it a way of keeping the lost child close? Paul Donnelly's DIVIDED REQUIEM is a rich meditation on different ways to grieve, giving us characters to root for even in impossible circumstances. ”

“ I adore Jane Austen and have seen or read a number of adaptations and this one by the incredibly talented Nora Louise Syran ranks among the best! It is faithful spirit of Austen (retaining much of her text), with songs and music that not only fit seamlessly into the world of story but move the plot forward. In short, *this* is the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice I yearn to see staged! ”

“ As others have said - this play is heartbreaking. Hall has such a gift for dialogue - the voices sound so true, so real. Christmas can be such a melancholy time; it can remind us of what we lost, hopes unrealized. And the stigma of feeling that loss. This play is rich with subtext. I hope to see it produced. ”

“ Lately, folks have been ragging on Adam West’s Batman - he didn’t have the illustrated six (eight?) pack. What he had, though, was an athletic swimmer’s body. West could have *actually* been Batman. But he did not have the (ridiculous) muscles.
Those Charles Atlas ads promised results in seven days. You could be Superman. But why couldn’t Superman just be…us?
Mike is approachable, real. The play is about body dysmorphia amplified by unattainable bodies on splash pages, as well as a man’s discovery that he is gay and average. And that’s really okay. ”