CRITIC’S PICK "In ‘Make Believe,’ Four Children Meet Their Inner Adults: Bess Wohl’s daring, mysterious new play is a comedy of underparenting and a tragedy of selfishness. Or is it the other way around?"
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★★★★ "It's the oldest strategy in the dramatic playbook: the 'retrospective' plot, in which a buried secret is dug up and brought into the light...That's why Bess Wohl's 'Make Believe ' has such freshness: The writer has found a new way to cut old cloth."
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"The Unreal Land of 'Make Believe': Bess Wohl's play about childhood and its ripple effects."
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"The latest effort from Bess Wohl, author of the acclaimed 'Small Mouth Sounds,' explores the lingering effects of a traumatic event on the lives of four young children."
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"'Make Believe' Reveals the Seriousness Lurking Behind Playtime: Bess Wohl's latest show depicts abandoned kids at play."
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"Therapy is Child's Play in Bess Wohl's Engrossing Drama 'MAKE BELIEVE'"
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"'Make Believe' is populated with children who play some very adult games; the playwright, Bess Wohl, is a pretty audacious game-player herself…Make Believe would challenge any director, but Michael Greif's intensively detailed approach makes every moment count."
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"'The Games That Kids Play.' Fine acting brings Bess Wohl's tender new drama to realistic life at Second Stage Theater"
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