Make Believe (Wohl)
by Bess Wohl

"A rich and moving contemporary drama… [Wohl’s] formal daring, her precise calibration of humor and despair, her confidence and anger and empathy, all mingled, lift Make Believe into the realm where even naturalism becomes a great mystery... A profound delight."

— The New York Times

"Beautifully accessible. As an audience member, you are not only allowed to figure out this play by yourself, but you can, precisely because it is so excellently written…There is no way to see Make Believe and leave unmoved. It is a profoundly affecting, harrowing work that will force you to think – to re-think, perhaps – your own childhood and what from it you are still carrying around. Get ready for an emotional night of reckoning that you will never forget."

— Medium

"Achieves the near-impossible: capturing the world through the eyes of children and their adult selves while adeptly avoiding fantasy, nostalgia, and sentimentality…Bess Wohl’s Make Believe is a masterful exploration of childhood and its lingering impact… Tragic, funny, mysterious and true, it is easily among the best plays I have seen all year."

— Stage Left