The North Plan
by Jason Wells

"Despite such serious thematic concerns as the legitimacy of political authority, the importance of dissent and the uses of torture, The North Plan is a threat to public order because it’s a laugh riot... Building a headlong momentum until its sudden conclusion - which on opening night brought the crowd to a hooting, hollering standing ovation."

— Marty Hughley, The Oregonian

"... Sharp, dark political comedy... Wells' dialog remains funny and chilling, sometimes by turns and sometimes all at once. He consistently supplies acid, dystopian laughs..."

— Tony Adler, Chicago Reader

"Wells (Men Of Tortuga) is a highly entertaining writer with a keen sense of how to fire up a pressure cooker on a stage and keep an audience feeling jumpy ... Fun, smart, involving and just disturbing enough for a Saturday night on the town."

— Chicago Tribune

"The North Plan is funny and deeply political."

— Oregon Arts Watch

"A powerful work of dystopian agitprop ... As disturbing as Jason Wells' play is, it's just as hilarious ... The show crackles with wit and energy ... One of the best things produced at Steppenwolf this year, in a year I've liked most everything on that stage. The North Plan is one of those rare plays that manages to combine a powerful message ... with a raucous sense of humor and deft stagecraft that plays with conventional notions of farce and manages to make them as funny as the first time you'd ever seen such things ... If I were an artistic director shopping for a play, I'd go all-in to pick this one up. As it is, I can only suggest that you see this production while you can."

— New City