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We Need Better Friends

Two Person Show · James Ferrero & Nicole Knudsen · Ages 13+ · United States of America

Content Warning World Premiere
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Review by SCOTT HALLER

June 14, 2024 certified reviewer

What I liked

The modern perspective on the dysfunction rife in Shakespeare’s tragedies is fascinating. (Though it did cross my mind that technically Hamlet was set in Denmark and Romeo & Juliet in Italy, so that would be a jet-set lifestyle for those characters to interact so much…)

It was fun being in a theater crowd hearing so many people get the references.

It is indeed important to deal with the pain suffered by survivors of trauma — and this playful look at iconic dramas embraces that.

What I didn't like

It worked for me!

The contemporary updating (and getting away from iambic pentameter) felt right.

My overall impression

Clever & touching!

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