←Recommendations of Phillie's Trilogy

  • Donald Loftus: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    It is clear to see why "Phillie's Trilogy" by Doug DeVita has been so highly praised. As a guy who grew up in the 70’s the play rings true with well-developed characters and sharp dialogue that brings back memories and delivers a satisfying and engaging theatrical experience.

    It is clear to see why "Phillie's Trilogy" by Doug DeVita has been so highly praised. As a guy who grew up in the 70’s the play rings true with well-developed characters and sharp dialogue that brings back memories and delivers a satisfying and engaging theatrical experience.

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  • Sarah Cosgrove Gaumond: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    Doug DeVita’s play, PHILLIE’S TRILOGY, features smart, fully developed characters who engage in incisive dialogue that never becomes sentimental. He steps back in time to tell an original and unpredictable coming of age story filled with twists and turns. I was completely engaged throughout the entire play.

    Doug DeVita’s play, PHILLIE’S TRILOGY, features smart, fully developed characters who engage in incisive dialogue that never becomes sentimental. He steps back in time to tell an original and unpredictable coming of age story filled with twists and turns. I was completely engaged throughout the entire play.

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  • Lawrence Aronovitch: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    There's a sweet and affectionate nostalgic tone to DeVita's portrayal of family life in the 1970's, complete with references to Rice-A-Roni, Pringles Chips and "Maude," but he shows us real people with all their flaws as they stumble and try to connect with each other, especially when we flash forward to the present. This is a lovely play that had me on page one and has left me thinking about the lives of its many characters long after its final scene.

    There's a sweet and affectionate nostalgic tone to DeVita's portrayal of family life in the 1970's, complete with references to Rice-A-Roni, Pringles Chips and "Maude," but he shows us real people with all their flaws as they stumble and try to connect with each other, especially when we flash forward to the present. This is a lovely play that had me on page one and has left me thinking about the lives of its many characters long after its final scene.

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  • Scott Sickles: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    Phillie's Trilogy is three coming of age stories in one about a boy and the man he becomes. It perfectly captures how our friends and family resonate from childhood into our later lives. It's a roller coaster of torment, forgiveness, disappointment, and surprising tenderness. Early on, it also deals frankly which childhood sexuality: what we long for before we understand longing and how we experiment before we understand our bodies. A lovely piece.

    Phillie's Trilogy is three coming of age stories in one about a boy and the man he becomes. It perfectly captures how our friends and family resonate from childhood into our later lives. It's a roller coaster of torment, forgiveness, disappointment, and surprising tenderness. Early on, it also deals frankly which childhood sexuality: what we long for before we understand longing and how we experiment before we understand our bodies. A lovely piece.

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  • Julie Weinberg: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    DeVita’s characters are indelibly vivid and wonderfully complex. You love them or you hate them – sometimes simultaneously - but you’ll never forget them. Mix a little of Mark Twain’s satire with a bit of JD Salinger’s ironic self-deprecation and you may get a sense of DeVita’s voice. Read this play – better yet produce it. It’s a deliciously funny and unexpectedly moving play.

    DeVita’s characters are indelibly vivid and wonderfully complex. You love them or you hate them – sometimes simultaneously - but you’ll never forget them. Mix a little of Mark Twain’s satire with a bit of JD Salinger’s ironic self-deprecation and you may get a sense of DeVita’s voice. Read this play – better yet produce it. It’s a deliciously funny and unexpectedly moving play.

    ”
  • Victoria Z. Daly: Phillie's Trilogy by Doug DeVita
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    In THE PHILLIE TRILOGY, Doug Devita exhibits a sublime eye and ear for the details that add up to real, living characters. The members of this mismatched extended family, in 1970’s Long Island and beyond, need each other — especially in an environment rigid in its religious and sexual standards. Yet each one acts by turns hilarious and awful, his or her own worst enemy. Underneath it all runs the ache of a boy isolated in his own home town who yearns for escape. DeVita’s great achievement is to make us feel for all the characters, even the most deluded.

    In THE PHILLIE TRILOGY, Doug Devita exhibits a sublime eye and ear for the details that add up to real, living characters. The members of this mismatched extended family, in 1970’s Long Island and beyond, need each other — especially in an environment rigid in its religious and sexual standards. Yet each one acts by turns hilarious and awful, his or her own worst enemy. Underneath it all runs the ache of a boy isolated in his own home town who yearns for escape. DeVita’s great achievement is to make us feel for all the characters, even the most deluded.

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