Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams

"Peppered with astonishing and exhilarating eruptions of storytelling and wondrous plays within the play."

This is a play that feels both contemporary and timeless, and I imagine will take its well-deserved place in the canon."

Liz Duffy Adams has a few tricks that put her a notch above your average Brechtswept wasteland: A genuinely crystalline ear for rough, poetic dialogue; a handful of simple, honest themes -- possibilities for kindness in a savage world, guilt as a luxury and a form of selfishness -- in lieu of sprawling world-building..."

"Adams spins language like a juggler twirls chain saws. What could be dangerous and lumbering becomes deft and surprisingly graceful... Dog Act is an unusual, challenging play that creates its own rules but honors the oldest rule of all: good storytelling is its own reward."