cover art design: Huntington Theater Company
“Based on the
evidence of HOPPER, though, Mat Smart is a talent worth keeping an eye on for
some time to come.
HOPPER is an impressive debut. It's—yes—smart,
as well as fresh, funny and full of unexpected turns and curiously evocative
moments.
Still more impressive is the skill with which
Smart has created an individual voice for each character. Daniel may complain of
`the endless hell that is having a wife that doesn't love you but still wants to
talk’ —with
a wonderfully meaningful emphasis on that final word. But even more than his
cleverly evolving situations and wry observations, it's the way these characters
talk that marks THE HOPPER COLLECTION as the work of a very promising artist.”
Robert Hurwitt,
San Francisco Chronicle
“A work of art…
Albee's influence on Smart is all to the good as the play progresses….
The twenty-six year-old is wise beyond his years about how people live, and
don't live, their lives. There is a measure of innocence as well as experience
in Hopper's painting, and those two qualities are apparent in Smart's play as
well.
Real theatrical flair”
Ed Siegel, Boston Globe
“Intriguing…acerbic and touching!
Clever and slightly absurdist.
…the barbed sophistication and the innocence at the heart of the play.”
Carolyn Clay,
Boston Phoenix
“Wonderfully
crazy-funny characters… Sparks fly!
Smart proves he’s a talent worth watching.”
Terry Byrne, Boston Herald
2 M, 2 F
Originally produced by the Magic Theater
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