←Recommendations of Quantum

  • Zach Barr: Quantum by Tara Moses
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    Who gets to be a member of a culture? Who decides who counts as a member? How can you explain that culture to an outsider? How much of our identity is constructed in opposition to someone else's? And how can we meld the contradictory parts of ourselves into a singular personhood? Narratively and even metatheatrically, Moses' play is an active exploration of these questions. A dense Native American history, explored through a twisting, often shocking plot.

    Who gets to be a member of a culture? Who decides who counts as a member? How can you explain that culture to an outsider? How much of our identity is constructed in opposition to someone else's? And how can we meld the contradictory parts of ourselves into a singular personhood? Narratively and even metatheatrically, Moses' play is an active exploration of these questions. A dense Native American history, explored through a twisting, often shocking plot.

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  • Brynn Hambley: Quantum by Tara Moses
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    An incredibly honest and poignant story about culture, identity, colonialism, and misogyny. Moses manages to tackle so many different themes in a way that doesn't feel cluttered! We need more plays that discuss Native culture, identity, and experiences like this one does. I found Ivy's journey towards learning about her family and culture incredibly soul-touching. For a full review go to "A Playwright's Journey" on SubStack.

    An incredibly honest and poignant story about culture, identity, colonialism, and misogyny. Moses manages to tackle so many different themes in a way that doesn't feel cluttered! We need more plays that discuss Native culture, identity, and experiences like this one does. I found Ivy's journey towards learning about her family and culture incredibly soul-touching. For a full review go to "A Playwright's Journey" on SubStack.

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  • Nick Malakhow: Quantum by Tara Moses
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    A detailed, beautifully told, and rich story whose protagonist Ivy goes on a compelling and nuanced journey. The discussion of so many things ranging from adoption; definitions of family; huge questions about race, culture, identity; the identities and lives of Native folks in the US; and the ways the US has systematically betrayed those lives is seamlessly integrated into the story. Ivy's relationship with Tamara is one rarely seen onstage--one that illustrates someone feeling like an outsider to their identity and ways forward from that untethered state--and one that demands visibility.

    A detailed, beautifully told, and rich story whose protagonist Ivy goes on a compelling and nuanced journey. The discussion of so many things ranging from adoption; definitions of family; huge questions about race, culture, identity; the identities and lives of Native folks in the US; and the ways the US has systematically betrayed those lives is seamlessly integrated into the story. Ivy's relationship with Tamara is one rarely seen onstage--one that illustrates someone feeling like an outsider to their identity and ways forward from that untethered state--and one that demands visibility.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Quantum by Tara Moses
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Tara Moses and their play Quantum as a finalist for our 2020 National Playwrights Conference. This particular work emerged from a highly competitive, anonymous, and multi-tiered selection process to become one of 63 finalists out of more than 1,500 submissions. This enthralling piece galvanized the hearts and theatrical imaginations of our reading teams and is fully championed by our offices. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American Theater.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Tara Moses and their play Quantum as a finalist for our 2020 National Playwrights Conference. This particular work emerged from a highly competitive, anonymous, and multi-tiered selection process to become one of 63 finalists out of more than 1,500 submissions. This enthralling piece galvanized the hearts and theatrical imaginations of our reading teams and is fully championed by our offices. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American Theater.

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