​FOUR WOKE BAES

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Stage UK
"...a playful and provocative dissection of marriage and monogamy. KNOWS HOW TO NEEDLE YOU... an odd breath of fresh air. - Fergus Morgan | Read Full Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-  What’s On Stage 
"Caren balances WITTY RUMINATION and WELL-PITCHED PLOT TWISTS, catalysing the various strands of gendered debate, deepening paranoia and creating a genuinely entertaining hour... it's a welcome breath of cynicism that cuts through cutesiness and explores the real, psychological problems of commitment.  Alex Wood  |  Read Full Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Binge Fringe
FOUR WOKE BAES tackles... questions head-on in a THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING AND ENGAGING manner. It deeply invests the audience in the lives of these people... Jasper Cresdee-Hyde  |  Read Full Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Scotsman 
"...A VERY RARE THING indeed; a consistently funny feel-good comedy about masculinity.  -- Rory Ford | Read Full Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - UK Theater Web
“CRITIC’S CHOICE… [a] highly crafted hilarious play in a superb production." --Derek Benfield. | Read Full Review
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Spy In The Stalls
"...an exceptionally interesting piece... a clever, awkward and incredibly tense comedy."  Craig Unadkat | Read Full Review

THE BEST SHOWS TO SEE - The Independent 
"New playwriting looks at toxic masculinity on a camping stag-do by acclaimed playwright Jonathan Caren."

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

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

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

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

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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.”
​— Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA | Read Full Review

“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”
​— Patrick Chavis, LA Theatre Bites | Read Full Review

“TIMELY, POIGNANT… no one comes out as a winner, except for the audience.”
​— Jill Weinlein, On Stage | Read Full Review

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