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Be Here Now, Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, MD, (1/2020)
Fortune, Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY, (10/2018)
Fortune, The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY, (5/2018)
Be Here Now, Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL, (3/2018)
Informed Consent, Gable Stage, Coral Gables, FL, (7/2017)
The Three Sisters of Weehawken, Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL, (11/2016)
Fortune, Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY, (10/2018)
Fortune, The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY, (5/2018)
Be Here Now, Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL, (3/2018)
Informed Consent, Gable Stage, Coral Gables, FL, (7/2017)
The Three Sisters of Weehawken, Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL, (11/2016)
BE HERE NOW, Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, MD, January, 2020
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"Author Deborah Zoe Laufer takes the reigns as Director of this production and, obviously, she has a tight grasp on the material and presents it beautifully. Her guidance and knowledge of these characters and text bring the production to another level. Pacing is spot on, characters are fleshed out, and the action keeps the story is entertaining and thoughtful. Laufer knows her way around the stage making for a terrific showing as an Author/Director combo."
BE HERE NOW, Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL March, 2018
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BE HERE NOW
Reviews
Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL:
Christine Dolan:
http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-be-here-now-fau-theatre-lab-review-boca-20180409-story.html
“Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer has never been afraid of taking on the big questions. Her work explores contemporary life with intelligence, insight and sharp humor. It resonates, in part, because Laufer’s writing makes room for life’s dualities: joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, exhilaration and depression. All those emotional colors exist within “Be Here Now,” a beautifully crafted new Laufer play.”
“Laufer’s vivid voice sugarcoats nothing in “Be Here Now.” As playwright and director, she takes the audience on an emotional journey that serves up hilarity, sorrow and more. And yet, as the play comes to a close, she offers a grace note of hope — that two suffering souls may yet find warmth and rebirth.”
Hap Erstein:
http://palmbeachartspaper.com/with-quirky-be-here-now-fau-theatre-lab-has-a-major-play/
“…Factor in a skill at crafting vivid characters and an innate depth of humanity and you have one of the best scripts from a major writer.”
“A play for our time and, perhaps, for all time.”
Roger Martin:
http://www.miamiartzine.com/Features.php?op=Article_Happiness+Is+A+Broken+Crow
“Be Here Now” is a ninety minute one act, bursting with ideas.”
“Deborah Zoe Laufer wrote the terrific script and also directed flawlessly.”
Bill Hirschman:
http://www.floridatheateronstage.com/reviews/be-here-now-is-engrossing-experience-skillfully-staged-acted-by-theatre-lab/
“Deborah Zoe Laufer’s life-affirming, funny and touching new play.”
“Be Here Now serves as a much-needed reminder, especially these days, about life’s fragility, unpredictability, and the power of the mind and our perception to affect our quality of life. “
Reviews
Theatre Lab, Boca Raton, FL:
Christine Dolan:
http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-be-here-now-fau-theatre-lab-review-boca-20180409-story.html
“Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer has never been afraid of taking on the big questions. Her work explores contemporary life with intelligence, insight and sharp humor. It resonates, in part, because Laufer’s writing makes room for life’s dualities: joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, exhilaration and depression. All those emotional colors exist within “Be Here Now,” a beautifully crafted new Laufer play.”
“Laufer’s vivid voice sugarcoats nothing in “Be Here Now.” As playwright and director, she takes the audience on an emotional journey that serves up hilarity, sorrow and more. And yet, as the play comes to a close, she offers a grace note of hope — that two suffering souls may yet find warmth and rebirth.”
Hap Erstein:
http://palmbeachartspaper.com/with-quirky-be-here-now-fau-theatre-lab-has-a-major-play/
“…Factor in a skill at crafting vivid characters and an innate depth of humanity and you have one of the best scripts from a major writer.”
“A play for our time and, perhaps, for all time.”
Roger Martin:
http://www.miamiartzine.com/Features.php?op=Article_Happiness+Is+A+Broken+Crow
“Be Here Now” is a ninety minute one act, bursting with ideas.”
“Deborah Zoe Laufer wrote the terrific script and also directed flawlessly.”
Bill Hirschman:
http://www.floridatheateronstage.com/reviews/be-here-now-is-engrossing-experience-skillfully-staged-acted-by-theatre-lab/
“Deborah Zoe Laufer’s life-affirming, funny and touching new play.”
“Be Here Now serves as a much-needed reminder, especially these days, about life’s fragility, unpredictability, and the power of the mind and our perception to affect our quality of life. “
Informed Consent, Gable Stage, August, 2017
INFORMED CONSENT reviews
MIAMI HERALD
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article164598877.html
“Informed Consent” ponders the big questions of mortality, faith and legacy with intelligence and compassion.’’’
“Are we our DNA or our memories? What counts for more in our all-too-brief lives: the hard science of our genetic destiny or the treasured stories of our personal histories? How do we reconcile the contradictions of faith and science? And what lines can we cross in the name of saving someone we love?
“These are the sorts of provocative questions posed by the intellectually stimulating and emotionally stirring “Informed Consent,”
“Real science is in the mistakes,” one character says at one point. Jillian’s errors are considerable, but Laufer’s play challenges you to consider what you’d do in her shoes. The answers aren’t easy, and perhaps they shouldn’t be.”
FLORIDA THEATER ONSTAGE
http://www.floridatheateronstage.com/reviews/gablestages-informed-consent-is-the-search-for-truth-paramount-and-whose-truth/
“Laufer’s shattering drama defines the much-abused term “thought-provoking.”
“The triumph of the production, directed by Laufer, is that the human costs and values at risk are never lost. Indeed, they are channeled through the lives of its protagonists who are passionate, funny and propelled by their beliefs.”
“Able to riff off her specific vision, Laufer knows how to stage this highly theatrical story with an agile fluidity. She also easy switches among wry narration, gentle humor, painful reminisces and the tragedy when well-intentioned hearts and minds cannot co-exist.”
“These and another half-dozen ideas careen and crisscross GableStage like electrons colliding in a chain reaction, battling for dominance in profound intellectual struggles that only the audience can adjudicate.”
“Laufer really doesn’t take sides, not simply because the questions may be ultimately unanswerable, but because the questioning itself may be the overarching virtue of sentient human beings, a pursuit that is beautiful and awe-inspiring even if it is tragic as well. In the end, she seems to acknowledge honor is due the worth of everyone’s story.”
MIAMIARTZINE
http://www.miamiartzine.com/Features.php?op=Article_Informed+Consent+at+GableStage
“Informed Consent” is a glue-you-to-your-seat-with-breath-bated, production.
“Playwright Laufer directed “Informed Consent” with the same skill she shows in her writing. She and her cast bring out every essence of the humor and sorrow of those searching for the truth of being. Can science be allowed to change the history of a person? Are legends inviolate?”
BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS
http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/08-08-2017_informed-consent-in-south-florida.htm
heartfelt, heartbreaking and unsettling
Informed Consent is a morality play about science that’s never preachy or jargon-filled.
Laufer’s thought-provoking, issue-packed, yet taut play (roughly 95 minutes) tempers brutally serious issues with humor and a sunny, hopeful optimism.
It would be easy for a playwright to make Jillian the undisputed protagonist. But Laufer isn’t looking for the easy way out.
Part of what makes Informed Consent compelling, relatable theater is that we shift allegiances between Arella and Jillian. Each has valued points to make and Laufer refuses to take sides, giving both an equal voice. The play also carries a message of unity that’s sorely lacking and refreshing in today’s divisive times.
“Laufer’s detailed, sensitive direction”
MIAMI NEW TIMES
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/theater-review-informed-consent-at-gablestage-at-the-biltmore-9521336
“an engrossingly fascinating play”
MIAMI HERALD
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article164598877.html
“Informed Consent” ponders the big questions of mortality, faith and legacy with intelligence and compassion.’’’
“Are we our DNA or our memories? What counts for more in our all-too-brief lives: the hard science of our genetic destiny or the treasured stories of our personal histories? How do we reconcile the contradictions of faith and science? And what lines can we cross in the name of saving someone we love?
“These are the sorts of provocative questions posed by the intellectually stimulating and emotionally stirring “Informed Consent,”
“Real science is in the mistakes,” one character says at one point. Jillian’s errors are considerable, but Laufer’s play challenges you to consider what you’d do in her shoes. The answers aren’t easy, and perhaps they shouldn’t be.”
FLORIDA THEATER ONSTAGE
http://www.floridatheateronstage.com/reviews/gablestages-informed-consent-is-the-search-for-truth-paramount-and-whose-truth/
“Laufer’s shattering drama defines the much-abused term “thought-provoking.”
“The triumph of the production, directed by Laufer, is that the human costs and values at risk are never lost. Indeed, they are channeled through the lives of its protagonists who are passionate, funny and propelled by their beliefs.”
“Able to riff off her specific vision, Laufer knows how to stage this highly theatrical story with an agile fluidity. She also easy switches among wry narration, gentle humor, painful reminisces and the tragedy when well-intentioned hearts and minds cannot co-exist.”
“These and another half-dozen ideas careen and crisscross GableStage like electrons colliding in a chain reaction, battling for dominance in profound intellectual struggles that only the audience can adjudicate.”
“Laufer really doesn’t take sides, not simply because the questions may be ultimately unanswerable, but because the questioning itself may be the overarching virtue of sentient human beings, a pursuit that is beautiful and awe-inspiring even if it is tragic as well. In the end, she seems to acknowledge honor is due the worth of everyone’s story.”
MIAMIARTZINE
http://www.miamiartzine.com/Features.php?op=Article_Informed+Consent+at+GableStage
“Informed Consent” is a glue-you-to-your-seat-with-breath-bated, production.
“Playwright Laufer directed “Informed Consent” with the same skill she shows in her writing. She and her cast bring out every essence of the humor and sorrow of those searching for the truth of being. Can science be allowed to change the history of a person? Are legends inviolate?”
BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS
http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/08-08-2017_informed-consent-in-south-florida.htm
heartfelt, heartbreaking and unsettling
Informed Consent is a morality play about science that’s never preachy or jargon-filled.
Laufer’s thought-provoking, issue-packed, yet taut play (roughly 95 minutes) tempers brutally serious issues with humor and a sunny, hopeful optimism.
It would be easy for a playwright to make Jillian the undisputed protagonist. But Laufer isn’t looking for the easy way out.
Part of what makes Informed Consent compelling, relatable theater is that we shift allegiances between Arella and Jillian. Each has valued points to make and Laufer refuses to take sides, giving both an equal voice. The play also carries a message of unity that’s sorely lacking and refreshing in today’s divisive times.
“Laufer’s detailed, sensitive direction”
MIAMI NEW TIMES
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/theater-review-informed-consent-at-gablestage-at-the-biltmore-9521336
“an engrossingly fascinating play”