Georgia Mertching Is Dead
Closed 1h 40m
Georgia Mertching Is Dead
78%
78%
(39 Ratings)
Positive
85%
Mixed
10%
Negative
5%
Members say
Funny, Great acting, Clever, Entertaining, Absorbing

About the Show

Three best friends set off on a road trip south to celebrate and mourn a figure from their past in this world premiere for EST.

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Critic Reviews (7)

The New York Times
October 10th, 2019

"In ‘Georgia Mertching Is Dead,’ a Road Trip Takes Detours: Catya McMullen’s work is a memory play, a friendship play, a delayed coming-of-age drama and briefly a romantic comedy."
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Time Out New York
October 10th, 2019

4/5 Stars "The play may not break much narrative ground, but it breaks your heart with a piercing exploration of the ways in which loss, trauma and love-romantic, platonic, familial-shape our lives."
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New Yorker
October 21st, 2019

"Beneath the charming, if familiar, premise of the production is a sombre core, about loneliness, brokenness, and addiction, but the play doesn’t take the time to mine that fascinating ground, instead opting for a quick, calculable resolution."
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Theatermania
October 10th, 2019

"Adulting Is Hard for Three Millennials in "Georgia Mertching Is Dead': Catya McMullen's road-trip play makes its world premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre."
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Lighting & Sound America
October 18th, 2019

"Under the direction of Giovanna Sardelli, Catya McMullen's new play is a relentlessly wisecracking affair, rarely rising about the level of eighth grade snark."
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New York Stage Review
October 11th, 2019

4/5 Stars "'Three Amigas Who've Been to Hell and Back': Millennial survivors take a road trip in Catya McCullen's new play"
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Theatre's Leiter Side
October 15th, 2019

"I found myself unmoved, incredulous (to use an au courant word), bored even, and—apart from a few good zingers—unable to find it as amusing as did many others in the audience…It survives more because of infusions from its able cast than from the nutrients in its dramatic bloodstream."
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