GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP., a quartet of Caryl Churchill plays, officially opened Off-Broadway's April 16 at the Public Theater, and the reviews are rolling in. The run continues through May 11.
The performance features four new works from Churchill—the first time they have been performed together—described as a "kaleidoscope of stories" in press notes. The production is the latest in a long collaboration between Churchill and The Public, dating back to the North American premiere of Churchill's Top Girls in 1982.
Read the reviews below.
Brooklyn Rail (Paul David Young)
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers, David Finkle)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theatre Guide (Austin Fimmano)
The New York Times (Jesse Green)*
TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)
Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)
Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The cast includes Japhet Balaban, Ruby Blaut, John Ellison Conlee, Adelind Horan, Maddox Morfit-Tighe, Deirdre O'Connell, Cecilia Ann Popp, Sathya Sridharan, Junru Wang, and Ayana Workman, with understudies Kyle Cameron, Orlagh Cassidy, and Anya Whelan-Smith rounding out the company.
James Macdonald is directing with scenic design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Bray Poor, stunt coordination by Michael Rossmy, and dialect coaching by Amanda Quaid. Caroline Englander is serving as production stage manager with Luisa Sánchez Colón as stage manager.
Tickets are at PublicTheater.org.
Deirdre O’Connell in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Adelind Horan, Ayana Workman, Japhet Balaban, and Sathya Sridharan in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Cecilia Ann Popp, Sathya Sridharan, and John Ellison Conlee in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
John Ellison Conlee, Adelind Horan, and Deirdre O’Connell in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Adelind Horan, Ayana Workman, Sathya Sridharan, and Japhet Balaban in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Japhet Balaban and John Ellison Conlee in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Sathya Sridharan in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Deirdre O’Connell in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
Ayana Workman and Sathya Sridharan in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
John Ellison Conlee and Deirdre O’Connell in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. IMP.
