←Recommendations of ALEXANDRIA

To be completely honest, the things I like most about this play are things that are best experienced for yourself. And experience it you should. While the swerves are harsh, the way Gatton sets them up are impeccably earned. The story goes into tense, challenging, and often painful territory, yet in a way that faces down the darkness with a hard, thoughtful stare.

Vince Gatton crafts a story that will have you choosing sides, and then wondering if you made the right choice. Nothing comes easy for any of the characters on this journey, which will sucker punch you multiple times when you least expect it. I always appreciate a journey that both delivers and is unpredictable, and Vince has hit the mark on both of those targets. Well-crafted with deep characters, and a joy to read.

I discovered the brilliance of Vince Gatton through this play, Alexandria. Beautiful, funny & moving.

The dangers of fundamentalism are handled with extreme care as it genuinely speaks both sides truthfully and fairly. As politely as you may want to handle things, it's incredible to think you can have a close friendship when someone rejects your identity. And it's not polite as we come to find. An incredibly layered and powerful story that captures the entire picture completely. Fantastic work!

A beautiful piece in its dual simplicity and profundity. What begins as a clash between "ostensible friends" with grave fundamental ideological differences becomes a poignant and terrifying parable about the dangers of fundamentalist thought. The increasingly ominous atmosphere heightens the stakes and that tension is made more effective by the fact that there aren't histrionics or huge emotional fireworks on display--just little seismic ripples that reveal each characters' truths beneath everyday pleasantries and coworker relations. Each character here is beautifully realized and voiced. I would love to see this onstage to even just view its amazing final scene alone!

This is one of the smartest, most balanced, and most heartfelt plays I've seen about our current political and cultural moment. A beautiful and powerful piece.

A clever, frightening drama about the distinctions we make between the personal and the ideological. Gatton's characters are complex and recognizable. The torment they experience -- at the hands of others and themselves -- is palpable. As superhuman forces aggravate the rifts in their relationships and push them past the bounds of polite society, ALEXANDRIA offers a uniquely 21st-century perspective on diverse friendships in divisive times. An intense and rewarding Pride Month read.

I've seen this play both in a reading and a fully staged production; it is smart and powerful and goes places you don't expect. What starts as a simple disagreement among civilized friends leads to important decisions when the stakes are raised. Highly recommended.

Evil is most insidious when it has a kind face, a calm voice, and words of love to make its agenda seem reasonable to the people it's trying to destroy. In ALEXANDRIA, the subject of the Lord comes up and suddenly bigotry isn't personal, self-defense seems intolerant, and "agreeing to disagree" is a lethal trap! It gets you thinking while you're watching it, talking when you're done, and sticks with you long after. And it will help you determine which Christians truly love their neighbors and which just say they do.

This play was a SEMIFINALIST for the 2017-2018 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support ALEXANDRIA.