Hellcab
by Will Kern

"Kern has faithfully captured the open-faced trust of prairie people, Midwesterners who are acquainted with adversity but who still maintain a Sandburgian awe of the world around them…these [characters] create a theater that is more a mirror to, rather than a window into, the American soul.” —Los Angeles Weekly. “HELLCAB has been a hell of a success in America…It is easy to see, to feel, its pull. The device is perfect: social and moral commentary by way of fleeting scenes, snatches of lives famed by those few minutes in the cab…It wears this weight of realism with buoyant lightness: fast, wisecracking, relentlessly moving on just like that cruising cab.” —The Scotsman (Edinburgh). “Whether you see the play as a portrait of embattled human decency, or a study of the intricacies of race, poverty and urban desperation…HELLCAB is equally rewarding.” —The Times (London). ”HELLCAB is great—a must-see for anyone interested in sharp, off-beat performances…HELLCAB has a heart inside its g"

— Backstage