"A deeply intimate journey...a strong cast, housed in a perfectly executed set...[Max Walkowitz] magnificently captured the torment of sibling rivalry, the anguish of the artist, the joviality of the faithful son and the mannerisms of the real life person he embodies on stage. "
Jacquelyn Claire
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"Len Rella’s modulation between template midcentury father-figure, confident scientific sage, and ranting crank letter-writer is startling and elegant...Alyssa Simon gives the signature performance in a consistently exceptional body of work. Her vocabulary of mannerisms and tones of mood, her verité eccentricities and dignified will and courageous fragility, her loopy humor and steadfast love, paint a portrait of each dimension of Jane’s mind and every phase of her life, some of which is visible to us, and all of which Simon makes us know is there...Ann Marie Grace is an electric presence with a versatile palette of personalities...Yvonne Roen once again shows her ability and readiness to assume any identity at a moment’s notice and with brash humor or heartbreaking depth...Craig R. Anderson shows his trademark comic touch and deeper empathy. Max Zener is a humanely observed decent guy and family straightman as David; and Max Wolkowitz well carries the weight of being the writer’s doppelganger, in all his earnest goodwill and nebbishy unsureness, as Edward...the swerves of reality and their spectrum of emotional texture and pop-culture reference are an achievement that could only come from the mind of choreographer Patrice Miller...In gathering the scraps of what maybe was and might have been, Einhorn has shaped his life into his masterpiece.""
Adam McGovern
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"Edward Einhorn’s playful play takes on a lot: his scientist grandfather, his aging mother and his own doubts about putting their lives onstage...[Simon] nails Jane Einhorn's dry humor..."Wolkowitz, at home with the text, is a believable ventriloquist of the self-doubting playwright."
Maya Phillips
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"A wonderful evening...The acting here, particularly Max Wolkowitz and Alyssa Simon, is fantastic...an ode to the people in all families. And an exploration of the rich lives we may not see, even when they are right in front of us."
Scott Mitchell
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"As the audience is seated, it takes in the warm, inviting and well-balanced stage design by Mike Mroch, lit pointedly and purposefully by lighting designer Federico Restrepo....The costumes by Ramona Ponce support every attribute of the characters without drawing undue attention to their purpose, a perfect balance...Actors Craig Anderson, Yvonne Roen and Ann Marie Yoo make fine work of playing multiple characters...The role of Alexander is played with verisimilitude by Rella...Maxwell Zener in the role of David is also ably-played...As Edward, Max Wolkowitz captures the passion, emotion and drive that consume most young people with big dreams...Alyssa Simon gives a fully-dimensional, vulnerable, honest, and affecting performance as Jane."
Christopher Caz
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"The mother-son scenes are written with real tenderness and regret; Jane's terse answers are suffused with a Pinterian melancholy. Confined to a wheelchair, speaking in a faint singsong, Alyssa Simon makes her a piercingly poignant figure, especially when looking back at a life of missed opportunities. There's a wicked sense of fun lurking behind her frail, disappointed façade, however"
David Barbour
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“Alyssa Simon is excellent as Jane and plays her with tenderness and patience. Einhorn has done a good job of capturing the difficult experience of watching a parent deteriorate and struggle to put their thoughts in order..”
Nicole Colbert
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"The casting and the performances were wonderful....a deeply personal play that is also very informative and entertaining."
Mark Savitt, Hi! Drama
"A raw, intimate, and ultimately quite moving portrait...Firmly in the center of things is Alyssa Simon in a brilliant performance as Jane."
Martin Denton, nytheatre.com