Audience Response
“A beautiful story. You gotta see this play.”
“A wonderful production of your fascinating, compelling show. The cast, the direction, the production values, marketing, all top notch.”
“I really like how the structure of this piece lets us know some answers ahead of Genevieve, and how it still lets us share her excitement in finding those answers. I like how the characters change — grow — over time, how facets of their character are revealed in a “by the way” manner after we think we know everything about them. I like how we see the same incidents from different points of view,
Audience Response
“Love, loved the play. Would have liked to hear Eleanor Bumpurs name from Bronx and Randolph Evans from Bklyn they were shot by NYPD.”
“I like that [Avery] put that dynamic in there of the child trying to educate the parent.” -audience member from Neighborhood Night talkback
About the Playwright: Avery Sharpe
“Avery Sharpe is a remarkable young man who I’ve been blessed to know since his freshman year of college when I was his teacher. I’ve been proud to watch him evolve as an artist with serious talent and discipline. His play WOKE is a special piece of writing and I hope this production will turn out to be the first of many.” Freddie Ashley, Artistic Director, Actor’s Express
Avery Sharpe is an actor and recently a playwright from Atlanta, GA. After studying Acting and Spanish at Kennesaw State University, he has performed at a variety of stages across Atlanta.
In the Press
IN THE PRESS
“The Atlanta-based Evans has a natural flair for dialogue and builds four full-dimensional characters.”
-Jim Farmer, ArtsATL (Aug 1, 2018)
“This is a terrific play, suggesting an air of ‘magical realism’ to get inside of Tess’s head, filled to the rafters with terrific dialog, surprising twists of plot…and a quartet of very, VERY good performances…This is a very powerful piece, elegantly showing the need for ‘helping hands,’ the difficulty in overcoming early trauma, or addiction, or even long-standing family resentments.” -Brad Rudy, Atlanta Theatre Buzz (Aug 4, 2018)
Audience Response
“The play hypnotizes with performances that are true, clear, and sure to have the little hairs on your arm standing up! Thank you Peter Hardy for your stellar direction; the cast is perfection. Thank you to playwright Rachel Graf Evans: her script delights. Hey y’all: GO SEE THIS PLAY!” -Lisa Nanette Allender
“Stop everything you’re doing & mark your calendars to see BUILT TO FLOAT at the 20th Annual Essential Theatre Play Festival. I was completely blown away. Wow. Bravo! Kudos to Peter Hardy! Absolutely amazing performances from the entire cast!” -Laura Meyers
“You will be drawn in and captivated by each and every word.” -Mark Perloe
“[I] can’t wait to see it again.
