cover art by Brains on Fire
“Aside from some beautiful dialogue and a
delightfully optimistic spirit, the greatest strength of this play is that its
characters confound all stereotypes. Most plays about misfits in motels go for
easy archetypes. By contrast, Owens’ piece of rural Gothic not only respects the
human spirit...but also celebrates the romance of the interstate.”
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“TULSA LOVECHILD straddles the delightfully absurd and painfully
real without cracking at the seams.”
Robin Rauzi, Los Angeles Times
“What Owens has given us is a post-Jack Kerouac look at the forces
that can go bump in the night in this country. … every wise, wistful, whimsical,
darkly comic, quasi-tragic note of Owens’ script is played with truth and wit.
There is a cartoonish quality to the way all their fates coalesce, but there
also is truth and genuine sentiment in it. And therein lies the gentle magic of
this play.”
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times
“With tongue-in-cheek, but with generosity of spirit, author Greg
Owens concludes that goodness and decency survive in unexpected nooks and
crannies and souls, even as the forces of hypocrisy and darkness constantly are
reborn.”
Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times
“TULSA LOVECHILD explores infinitely relevant topics—believing in a
cause, selling out, defining a generation, achieving inner peace, and living
one’s life to its fullest potential at all costs. Owens is capable of writing
bizarre characters with honest insights into the mad, whirling energy of the
world.”
Lucia Mauro, Chicago Theater.com
7 M, 6 F
Originally produced by The Subterranean Theater Company in North Hollywood
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