Four Woke Baes, Edinburgh Fringe 2019
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Stage UK ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- What’s On Stage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Binge Fringe |
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Scotsman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - UK Theater Web ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Spy In The Stalls THE BEST SHOWS TO SEE - The Independent |
RECOMMENDED SHOWS TO SEE AT THE FRINGE, 2019 - The Guardian
"...With three friends, Des is toasting his imminent marriage. Enter Emma: a gorgeous, intellectual writer on sex and free love, camping alone in the woods and now obliged to share riverside space with Des and his bros. She’s a spur to debate – about the compromises we make in monogamous partnerships; about the relationship between love and sex. Her radical honesty picks apart the little lies that bind their band together. Moment to moment, Teddy Bergman’s production is a pleasure to watch, powering up a palpable sexual and ideological charge." Brian Logan
CAST: Matt Staddelman, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Braun and Noah Bean
FOUR WOKE BAES PRESS I EDINBURGH PREMIERE
Features
Meet the 2019 Performers - Jonathan Caren
"We live in a time when people want everything, and they want it now. But to appreciate anything, there has to be a cost. Nothing is worth the price of sacrificing one’s truth in a relationship, so whatever your boundaries are, make sure they’re clear. The truth always manifests one way or another. "
The EFC written by Christian McRae | Read Full Interview
"We live in a time when people want everything, and they want it now. But to appreciate anything, there has to be a cost. Nothing is worth the price of sacrificing one’s truth in a relationship, so whatever your boundaries are, make sure they’re clear. The truth always manifests one way or another. "
The EFC written by Christian McRae | Read Full Interview
A Conversation between Whitney White and Jonathan Caren in Broadway World
"This play, Four Woke Baes, is about a group of liberal men that believe they are evolved, and must come to terms with just how far from "woke" they truly are." | Read Full Interview
"This play, Four Woke Baes, is about a group of liberal men that believe they are evolved, and must come to terms with just how far from "woke" they truly are." | Read Full Interview
Four Woke Baes - Teddy Bergman (Director)
"Jonathan manages to unearth the way people’s politics only run so deep, and usually end as when each the shore of someone’s psychology."
The New Current | Read Full Interview
"Jonathan manages to unearth the way people’s politics only run so deep, and usually end as when each the shore of someone’s psychology."
The New Current | Read Full Interview
IAMA/Latino Theater Company World Premiere, 2019
PRESS | LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
“CRITIC’S CHOICE… [a] sharply observed and suspenseful new dark comedy… shrewd humor, and the actors take an infectious pleasure in sending up uncomfortably relatable characters while also making their choices seem plausible throughout the many twists of the plot” — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times | Read Full Review |
“WOW!… EXPLOSIVE… performances could not be finer… razor-sharp direction… playwright Caren proves himself a master at keeping an audience on the edge of their seats while providing plenty of food for thought. Expect to be riveted throughout.” |
“TERRIFIC, TIGHTLY PLOTTED… plunges head long into the territory of the current time… played with gusto by a first class cast of superb actors… inspired direction” — Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes | Read Full Review
“NUANCED AND BRILLIANT… explores the idealized L.A. melting pot… well-paced and sharply written” — Francisco Reyes, Living Out Loud | Read Full Review |
“SPLASH SELECTION… A SUPERB depiction of ordinary people who face extraordinary challenges.” — Elaine Mura, LASplash | Read Full Review |
“[SENSITIVE AND CHALLENGING]… With a kind of diabolical genius, Caren intertwines all these characters in a whirlwind of secrets, pretenses, self-congratulation, doubt and accusation… director Whitney White integrates these six life stories with aplomb… The ensemble is absolutely superb and flawless.” — Eric Gordon, People’s World | Read Full Review
“A GREAT SHOW… a ballet of different perspectives and thoughts… really good acting” |
“TIMELY, POIGNANT… no one comes out as a winner, except for the audience.” |
POIGNANT… INTRICATE… exposes the dichotomy of those living in two different tax brackets and two different skin colors “
—Steve Vargas, USC Annenberg Media | Read Full Review
