←Recommendations of Beautiful Blessed Child

  • Elizabeth A. M. Keel: Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli
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    Nothing like a road trip to engender a metamorphosis. This gorgeous play takes the titanic themes of motherhood, childhood, culture, time, and mortality, and distills it into lovely, gentle poetry that dares to ask: despite all the dangers of the desert, will you still walk along with me?

    Nothing like a road trip to engender a metamorphosis. This gorgeous play takes the titanic themes of motherhood, childhood, culture, time, and mortality, and distills it into lovely, gentle poetry that dares to ask: despite all the dangers of the desert, will you still walk along with me?

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  • Emmet L.F. Cameron: Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli
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    This has all the makings of a modern classic Japanese-American road trip story. Even on the page, this dialogue & stage direction & subtext absolutely shimmers, layered & real & surreal & precise & ragged in the best way. There is so much here for everybody involved in this production to sink their teeth into, from actors to lighting designer, & it's a lucky audience (hopefully many audiences!) that get to see the whole thing pulled together.

    This has all the makings of a modern classic Japanese-American road trip story. Even on the page, this dialogue & stage direction & subtext absolutely shimmers, layered & real & surreal & precise & ragged in the best way. There is so much here for everybody involved in this production to sink their teeth into, from actors to lighting designer, & it's a lucky audience (hopefully many audiences!) that get to see the whole thing pulled together.

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  • DJ Hills: Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli
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    A beautiful and blessed exploration of mother-child relationships and the legacy of generational pain. The play's brilliant structure and whip-smart dialogue had me leaning in from beginning to end.

    A beautiful and blessed exploration of mother-child relationships and the legacy of generational pain. The play's brilliant structure and whip-smart dialogue had me leaning in from beginning to end.

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli
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    The community of national and local readers for the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the poetic, fable-like forms employed in this play to explore a mother-child relationship and the moments of transformation. We were compelled by this play’s promise in the devices of the dialogue, its structure and theatricality. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022

    The community of national and local readers for the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the poetic, fable-like forms employed in this play to explore a mother-child relationship and the moments of transformation. We were compelled by this play’s promise in the devices of the dialogue, its structure and theatricality. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022

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  • Chima Chikazunga: Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli
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    BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD fascinated me from the moment I read the synopsis as someone drawn to 2 handers and contained pieces. I found myself wanting to know more about Sharon in one scene and then shifting to Amiko during the next, and as the circumstances increased the back and forth both kept me eagerly fascinated. Their relationship is unique and watching the layers unfold created a world that’s rarely explored on the stage through subtle humor and deeper/darker undertones as they reflect on and embrace a bond that only a mother and daughter share.

    BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD fascinated me from the moment I read the synopsis as someone drawn to 2 handers and contained pieces. I found myself wanting to know more about Sharon in one scene and then shifting to Amiko during the next, and as the circumstances increased the back and forth both kept me eagerly fascinated. Their relationship is unique and watching the layers unfold created a world that’s rarely explored on the stage through subtle humor and deeper/darker undertones as they reflect on and embrace a bond that only a mother and daughter share.

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