The Exit Interview
by William Missouri Downs

"The laughs keep coming – even as audience members might think with a twinge, ‘Ouch, that might be me.’ Some will no doubt be offended by one non-politically correct moment or another. But with luck, all will be forced to think."

— Orlando Sentinel

"A gleefully boundary-flouting riff on religion, piety and the limits of belief... William Missouri Downs’ bonkers theatrical carnival is to conventional plays what Burning Man is to a weenie roast. It’s like an elaborate, lovingly constructed spitball aimed at the idea of divinity... Downs’ vision for it is nothing if not ambitious; he shoehorns comedy and commentary about religion into a broader construct of questioning and messing with pat perceptions of reality, taking his cues from the work of the German theater icon Bertolt Brecht."

— San Diego Union Tribune

"Downs’ rip-roaring send-up ricochets with Brechtian interludes and a cast including a pair of deranged cheerleaders, a pretentious newscaster, soccer moms and German doctors – each addressing universal questions regarding facts, faith and fate in this timely, dark comedy that breaks down all the walls of logic and realism."

— LA Theatre Beat

"Who knew school shootings could be so much gosh darn fun? If you want to get your Brecht on, and have a rip-roaring time…"

— Ed Rampell, Counterpunch.org