" 'Jonah,' is the kind of play that reveals itself slowly but entirely"
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"...it’s a slight disappointment when the play’s denouement tips into overexplanation."
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" 'Jonah,' the Off-Broadway play by Rachel Bonds that’s built to discombobulate us."
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"A young woman’s wariness"
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"...insightful yet perplexing new play"
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“It’s a tricky structure, each narrative line conceived in a different key -- young adult romance, stark family drama, and high comedy yielding to painful disclosures -- yet with all three blending to ultimately harmonious effect…Bonds is interested in the stories we tell ourselves to soothe our pains and maybe even save our lives. For all its apparent waywardness, Jonah is tightly structured, with certain motifs -- nighttime visits, religion, sexual fantasies, a hurled vase -- reoccurring in shifting contexts; the more one thinks about it, the more carefully wrought it seems."
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"Bonds crafts a denouement as genuine and original as it is moving."
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"The play is best at its mysteries which are only slowly revealed. However, audience members may be confused part of the time as to the sequence of events and the relationships. A great deal is never resolved. The scene transitions are accompanied by blaring sound and flashing lights (sound by Kate Marvin; lighting by Amith Chandrashaker) which at times suggest that at least one or more scenes may be fantasies. The costumes by Kaye Voyce remain basically the same but Gabby Beans as Ana seems to grow in poise and maturity though very subtly from teenager to adulthood."
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