“Heartwarming, optimistic, charming and full of hope.” – Broadway World (Tempe, AZ)
“A 40-year romance that is warm, funny, ardent, inventive and, above all, resilient… Two years worth of wartime love letters that are frisky, sensual, imaginative and, above all, honest… Such is the charm of Bob & Jean: A Love Story.” – Austin American-Statesman
“In his play, Schenkkan has shared with audiences the rare gift of hindsight… A love letter to all that the children of those WWII veterans have lost – time with their parents, the chance to ask meaningful questions and the understanding of what it might have taken to find love in the midst of a conflict whose outcome was anything but certain.” – 27 East
“Heartwarming, optimistic, charming and full of hope… The writing is delicious and exquisite… Bob & Jean: A Love Story has a small cast, but the story of the play is big, while at the same time being intimate and personal.” – Broadway World (Tempe, AZ)
“A fluent tale that captures the delicate urgency of falling in love while the world unravels… captures the aching need for intimacy in an era defined by separation – when lovers clung to words in place of touch, and relationships were sustained in silence… and a profile of a generation shaped by duty, geography, and dramatic change.” – Tucson Sentinel
“Schenkkan’s writing is sharp, intimate, and refreshingly unsentimental. He avoids the easy trappings of romantic nostalgia and, instead, offers dialogue that is deeply human – full of wit, doubt and the kind of yearning that feels achingly real. The play never falls into the trap of being a mere historical reenactment; instead, it is a living, breathing testament to the resilience of love in the face of war.” – Broadway World (Tucson, AZ)