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I will share this. This message needs to be delivered. Thank you for writing this. It’s a sad world where it feels like our only recourse is to write about a preventable tragedy.

Heart wrenching. This is an absolutely uncomfortable play. This builds the tension, creates even higher stakes, and finally, the playwright leaves you the audience to answer the ultimate what if? Marj O'Neill-Butler has packed in so much in these mini-monologues between Scott and Sharon. Obviously the relevance of this in 2022 America is much more profound than when this show was written (2012). But this show isn't political, it is about two people that are connected by choices and if you let your imagination wander off enough... Amazing writing.

I needed this. Thank you Christopher for writing such a thought provoking satirical look at cow life. Intertwined in here are some valuable lessons. There are the obvious ones designed to draw a laugh or a snicker. Then there are the hidden lessons that Christopher carefully weaves his way through that sit just below the surface about body image, the power of belief, letting others dictate your reality, and the list quite literally goes on and on. While this show is going to make you laugh, Christopher's cleverness is in what he's hiding in the script.

The master at dialogue Philip Middleton Williams lays the groundwork for his four-part mini-series of plays. In All Together Now, he seamlessly weaves through the mire and muck of the arrival of mature, respectful 15-year-old son that Paul, his father, didn't know existed. In addition to the complex weaving of the dialogue to tell a masterful story, at all times "All Together Now" has a minimum of 3 relationship story-lines going on, that grows to as many as five. There will be tears, revelations, and complicated moments to get through before Philip makes the audience feel whole again. BRILLIANT!

I am destroyed. From page 6 on I became a collection of sobs and involuntary tears. Sickles has told this wonderful story about Teddy and Anzor that has you constantly rooting for them to succeed. But The Known Universe tears you apart and without putting you back together, tears the torn pieces apart. The only solace in this masterpiece is this sliver of hope that Sickles adorns us with about Anzor honoring Teddy's request. Then there's the kids, you just want to hug them! BRILLIANT! BEAUTIFUL! INCREDIBLE! TRAGIC! AMAZING! I will never forget this story.

Pangea continues the incredible story of Teddy and Anzor, but in the future. Scott Sickles brings you into this seemingly chance encounter and unwraps what you hope is unwrapped while leaving what is feared on the horizon, looming, waiting. Scott weaves this beautiful love story while also embracing the essential human elements to tell his story. Humor, fear, anger, love, it's all here and then some. My favorite author has always been Michael Crichton, his depictions of science fiction always feel real and tangible. Scott Sickles is the Michael Crichton of playwrights.

Jared Reynolds has developed an incredibly crafted, high stakes play. Reynolds ratchets up the tension as the show progresses and deftly keeps the audience guessing about who might be loyal and who isn’t. The art of purposefully leaving holes to fill in later without giving away anything is so tough and Jared accomplishes this well. I highly recommend this show!

I read this in the style of film noir. Even if Rachel Feeny-Williams didn't intend it this way, that's the way I read it and it fit brilliantly. Rachel has a gift for the crime, police stories. She is a gifted writer no matter what, but I find her police/crime stories to be especially gripping. Inspiration is gripping, full of tension and mystery, and it truly is the full package tightly wound in a short script. This show is so twisty that I had to read parts of it a second time. A true testament to the twist genre!

What a great short play by the dialogue master, Philip Middleton Williams! Philip takes you on what appears to be an ordinary(ish) day in the life of the Gateway Cafe. When Ray shows up though the world shifts and we get the "don't judge a book by its cover" treatment. However, the "script is flipped," with Ray's revelation of what he "truly" believes. In the event that you stayed with the dialogue path as intended, then you're treated to the reveal and all is well at the Gateway Cafe but not at the bowling alley, I presume. GREAT SHOW!

Having lived in every corner of this country from small towns to big towns you run into the characters of Riverton, Pennsylvania everywhere. Richter takes us to such place, builds an engaging and entertaining culture that forces the audience to ask themselves, am I stuck? Throw in Adam Richter's incredible dialogue capabilities and rich authentic characters and well, I'm surprised that no one has commissioned Adam to turn this into a full-length play, there are plenty of avenues for extension. Great play, highly recommend.