An unsettling, well-drawn portrait of a town, an event, and of the ways that communities grapple with violence and tragedy. The play is structurally very inventive, and I love how layers of meaning and plot surprises were slowly unfurled to the audience as the piece progressed with a sense of restraint that heightened suspense. All of the characters were beautifully rendered and had distinct, clear voices. I would so love to see a production of this!

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Alex Lubischer and their play Bobbie Clearly as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

Review of Steep Theatre production (Chicago, IL):

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
3 Stars, Recommended
"...staged with great overall intensity and some blistering individual performances at Steep Theatre, where, as this highly respected storefront's growing number of fans well know, the actors do not mess around... potent three-act play... the final few minutes are quite extraordinary... very skillfully directed by Josh Sobel... I found "Bobbie Clearly" exceptionally interesting and moving to watch... Lubischer, a writer of great talent, may well turn out to be a significant Chicago playwright."