#Hashtag

Social media can hurt you and help you! A group of great actors get together and prove that life in LA is difficult at best, and exciting at it's worst. The human factor gets lost in a sea of tweets, texts, instagrams, and smartphones that seem welded to the players hands. Clever, funny, and heartbreaking, this is new satire that says be careful what you wish for. ... full review

How much fun. This exuberant, funny, smart group of actors have conjured up a current, innovative commentary on social media. While talking to a fellow actor in the SPOLIN PLAYERS, who asked me how was hashtag, I started to rave about the evening. He kept nodding, saying cool while tweeting on his phone. Hey, I said this is what it's about. Are we ever just two people together communicating anymore? It's an enjoyable evening acted by a superb group of actors. FUN... full review

I think I would have loved this show if my phone hadn't died right before the opening song. I was looking forward to playing along but I didn't get to! Damn technology! But, I guess that's the point. In all seriousness, the performances were stellar and the message was clear without clobbering us over the heads with it. For the rest of the day I was rather glad my phone was dead. #hashtag reminded me how wonderful it is to be present in the moment.... full review

This is one of Hollywood Fringe theater festival's winners! It's hands down one of the best. A "10" in every category - writing, acting, staging, direction. It's smart, funny and poignant. Lead actor Spencer Howard is a stand-out. His delivery, timing and physicality are seamless. This is a seriously-talented actor/writer to pay attention to - he is going places. Overall the play is a very clever, insightful portrayal of the role that technology and social media plays in our lives these days and how we choose to use it. Don't miss this one.... full review

This is a smart show. It's brilliantly framed and all of the actors are on stage the whole time, when they're not being used, they're lined up against the back wall plugged into their phones. Except for the one character who only has a flip phone and doesn't know what a hashtag or instagram or twitter is. In fact, for most of the play he's in the back with the others, except he's reading a book. And I don't think it's an accident that his chair is actually a stool, and he's higher than the rest of the cast. He also seems to be able to communicate more clearly with actual humans face to face. Which is a brilliant contrast to all of the other characters who do get caught up in their digital worlds. This is a clever story and a smart script.... full review

This was a smart show that on one level is a relationship story and on another is an exploration of how technology has crept into many of our lives and in between our relationships. The production has a lot of heart and the cast is superb. It's a very enjoyable hour of theatre.... full review

I wanted to see Hashtag from the moment I first saw their logo, which so beautifully depicted the message of the show - that social media can imprison us. My favorite moment of the show was when that message was made physical onstage. Their reference to Brecht ("yeccch," I believe they described it) was clever, especially considering that each scene was prefaced with a hash tag describing (or titling) what followed. It smacked of the distancing/alienation effects of which Brecht was so fond. As did the social media interaction component, which was very interesting to me. I took the opportunity to live-tweet the show as they invited, and it was fun to come up with related hashtags and 'participate' in the process. With my attention torn, i... full review

This is a VERY fun piece. I would introduce this to new comedic acting students much in the way that I was first introduced to David Ives. Totally fun. Totally relevant. I definitely recommend it!... full review