Above The Hospital

The message about missed conversations and "what ifs" gets buried under 90 minutes of what feels like unedited diary entries and I found myself wanting to leave partway through. Random film/dated Death Cab for Cutie references, a lot of poop jokes, and a character sharing the playwright's own name reinforced the sense of personal catharsis over crafted and intentional theatre. Direction was predictable and bland, and I found the lead's dialogue was often hard to hear from my seat. Too many characters crowd out the central relationship, leaving two performers carrying weight the script doesn't earn. If deeply personal, melancholic work about creative insecurity is your thing, this may land better for you than it did for me.

“Filled with Gen Z angst” - Overall, all 4 of us thought the play was very good and really enjoyed the performances, the story and the writing. We found the subject matter interesting and the characters captivating. The play made us reflect on our own “youth” and we could easily identify with the situation and the situations that the characters found themselves in. In our 20’s we all went through a time of confusion, searching for one’s identity and decisions that needed to be made re following your dreams vs. making a living and getting on with your life.

This show was highly relatable as a youngish person living in a big city working a job I'm not really passionate about. I felt like I could be sitting on a secondhand Ikea chair in this expensive apartment watching the drama unfold during the worst pregame of my life. It was so deliciously tense that I found myself squirming uncomfortably for much of the run time (complimentary) so if you are into that, you'll have a wonderful time.