well, I’ll let you go
Written by Bubba Weiler
Directed by Jack Serio
The Space at Irondale
August 5, 2025
Production website
💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

Set in a small Midwestern town well I’ll let you go is a portrait of a woman and a community in crisis. Alternately vast and personal in scope, shifting backwards and forwards in time, this expansive, yet incredibly intimate, debut play sifts through the rubble of a town, marriage and a life built on an American dream that’s crumbled period.

Entering the “space” above a beautiful church in Brooklyn I was met with a very long court of a floor all in nailed down in plywood and a handful of metal folding chairs.  I knew this was going to be a terrible show or something really special.  AND it turned out to be something very, very special.  It is impossible to believe that this is playwright Bubba Weiler’s playwriting debut – – It is so clean and clear with beautiful language and the perfect blending of kitchen-sink American realism with touches of theatrical magic.  I was interested and invested in each character and wanted to see how each of their story lines played out.  

The Weir
Written by Conor McPherson
Directed by Ciaran O’Reilly
Irish Repertory Theatre
August 3, 2025
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

The Weir is not the type of play that you want to watch after spending a few hours of walking energetically through the streets of New York – only to find a dim well air-conditioned theatre – the play is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.  The Weir is a very quiet, very still and very much a show to be attentive and present to.

Beau The Musical
Concept, Book and Lyrics by Douglas Lyons
Director/Choreographer: Josh Rhodes
Out of the Box Theatrics
August 2, 2025
Production website
💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

Beau featured eight actor-musicians telling the story of Ace Baker – a young queer man whose life is forever changed when he discovers his deceased grandfather is actually still alive.  Family secrets unravel as Ace rushes to make up for lost time with a man who changes his life by putting a guitar in his hand. I had a simply wonderful night of theatre at the Out of the Box / Theatre 154.