Elaine Smith Writes

And So Do Other People

PRESS COVERAGE
Reviews - Angels and Ministers of Grace
Reviews - The Looking Glass
Interviews
Other

Reviews

Angels and Ministers of Grace

...immensely satisfying...an extraordinarily uncommon knack for dialogue and character...a promising start to what will certainly be a unique voice in American Theater.
~ Michael T. Mooney, New Jersey Footlights - full review here

 

The play is an emotional journey but it is also laced with humorous and sincere moments that every family can relate to.... It is a piece of theater you will reflect upon again and again.
~ Marina Kennedy, Broadway World - full review here

And then, in the final scenes of Angels, something curious happened-- the thing that you hope will happen when you go to the theater.
~ Martin Denton, NY Theater Now - full review here

Ms. Smith's writing captures the cadences of backwoods Florida folk in this well-crafted play. She understands the importance of the spaces between the words and creates empathetic characters that audiences recognize and root for.
~ Navida Stein, StageBuddy - full review here

An intriguing hand at work...a wordsmith to watch...climactic, cathartic...well acted...worth the wait.
~ Tom Chesek, Asbury Park Press - full review here

Deeply satisfying...
~ Hannah Walker, Tri City News - full review here

I urge you to let them tell you their story.
~ Raphael Bagladiacca, Front Row Center - full review here


The Looking Glass

...quite funny...the audience ate this one up...
~ Elyse Sommer, CurtainUp.com - full review here

 

...one of the finest Wharton adaptations...since Shakespeare & Company first performed at the Mount 35 years ago.
~ James Yeara, MetroLand - full review here

 

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Photo: Jane Nichols as Cora Atlee, © Kevin Sprague, Studio Two

* The Looking Glass performed by permission of the Estate of Edith Wharton and the Watkins/Loomis Agency

Interviews

Broadway World
Interview by Marina Kennedy of Broadway World,in advance of the opening of Angels and Ministers of Grace at New Jersey Rep in 2014. You can read it here.

The Arts Fuse
Interview by Helen Epstein of The Arts Fuse, Boston's online arts magazine, for a feature on the craft of theatrical adaptation which appeared in August 2013. You can read the first part of the article here. The second, in which she interviews playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, can be found here.

Other

Angels and Ministers of Grace

Angels... is scheduled for production at New Jersey Rep, opening October 9, 2014 and running through November 9, 2014. See links to various articles below:

First Coast News - June 13, 2012

A! Magazine for the Arts - August 21, 2008


Round Robin Shakespeare

Round Robin Shakespeare is a group that meets monthly to read the plays of William Shakespeare aloud. I founded it in 2013, and it's going strong thanks to some nice press coverage. See links to articles below.

Clay Today - July 25, 2013

Florida Times-Union - September 9, 2013