"If not the best new play of recent
years, surely this is the most imaginative. Constance Congdon's
brilliant off-Broadway script wryly deflects the story of a man
with Alzheimer's disease into a travel guide to Middle America
conducted by aliens."
William Henry III, Time
"Constance Congdon's TALES OF THE
LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways—starting with its
deliciously wry title....you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new
voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a
freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so
distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and
more from her.... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting
metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her
drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three
generations' worth of stress simultaneously...."
Michael Feingold, Village Voice
"...a savagely uncompromising play
of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home
truths... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a
chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with
sure command of language and her subject...."
Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue
"Congdon's writing creates dialogue
that crackles with wit, imagination and incisive
passion...."
A J Esta, Drama-Logue
originally produced at the Actors Theater of Louisville
4 M, 3 F
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