What I liked
Incredible stage trick!
Moments of quiet stayed engaging.
The brother’s conversation about young black daughters’ adultification is relevant and real.
An earned reveal that reframes the narrative.
A strong ending that makes me want to shout out in the audience, but I’m unable to since it would likely ruin the play.
What I didn't like
This is small, but the umbrella feels like a mislead, especially since this is within a facility, wouldn’t he have closed that already?
My overall impression
What starts as an objective look upon a struggling writer reveals itself to be the deeply unreliable perspective of a man who’s lost his reality. Our protagonist maintains a semblance of normalcy that turns in a fashion that creates a disconnect – we as an audience question ourselves. Did we see it? Are we bystanders, or are we even here?
