“Affecting!” – Centerstage
“A funny and moving examination of families, culture and the American Dream.” – Chicago Stage Standard
“These are all deeply vulnerable characters, and the issues in play are not only complex in their exploration of race, class and education, they’re also intensely personal. Love and loss scramble everything.” – Chicago Tribune
“Simply brilliant! Shows the power of family and the reconciliation process when growing up without the matriarch. More than that, and here is the brilliance of Mr. Joseph, it ends up being about how we are all longing for a mother’s affection and how coping with their death at an early age puts on a life path they never intended to have happen as a parent.” – ShowBizChicago
“It is no small feat to have a world premiere be as effective as this – you may even be inspired to make that long-avoided call to your folks.” – Stage and Cinema
“A refreshing take on the effects of one’s life on their significant others.” – Chicago Critic
“Poignant… In Joseph’s writing, there is certainly poetry… A relatively quiet drama that spotlights the tenuousness of the family dynamic, especially when engulfed in the messy aftermath of an unexpected tragedy.” – MD Theatre Guide
“Infused with an earnest appeal for human connection… Thorny with anxiety and resentment… bristles with the indecision to blame or to forgive… A nuanced and empathetic view toward a family’s changing fortunes… a show of revealing and confrontational honesty.” – DC Theater Arts
“Plunges us into a family situation alive with tense, humorously tinged possibilities.” – SF Gate