←Recommendations of Ink'dWell

Ink'dWell is a poignant exploration of grief, anxiety, and the quiet struggles that often go unnoticed. Adams masterfully plays with time and reality, creating a space where the emotional complexities of loss are deeply felt and portrayed with raw honesty. The play beautifully captures the confusion, uncertainty, and secrecy that can accompany grief, while also offering a sense of hope and healing through the relationships that bind the characters.

A stunning play about how differently people grieve. Loved the way Adams plays with time and reality in this play.

I saw Ink'dWell in its Off-Broadway production with New Light Theater Project, and I loved it. It is so rare to find a play that accurately and thoughtfully depicts anxiety and depression and is also so full of love. This play needs to be widely produced.

A tough and beautiful play that moves with a quiet, mournful power. It deftly captures the confusion and uncertainty of grief and the secrets we keep even from those closest to us, but finds hope and healing in the bonds of family.

Playwrights Foundation highly recommends INK'DWELL, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends INK'DWELL as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021

The play manages to be both quiet and tumultuous as we flow with Kendra through time and space while she confronts the truth about her brother's death. Adams shows great skill in writing dialogue that is natural and intimate. Each character is distinct and memorable.
Ink'd Well presents a unique portrait of African-American woman/girlhood that is not often seen.

A beautiful and intimate portrayal of the things a family hides. Kendra's relationship to Issac is felt through every sentence that is both spoken and unspoken. It is powerful and dynamic and truly builds upon each scene. There are such wonderfully nuanced women in this show that would be a treat for any actress and E. E. Adams does an incredible job of deftly handling what life is like when dealing with anxiety and the stigmatization of caring for your mental health.

"Ink'dWell" flows incredibly well through family love and strife. Secrets are revealed with impeccable timing. Each struggle is met with love. This play is truly a testament to how powerful magical realism can be.

"Ink'dWell" is a haunting and well-told ghost story. Adams creates a beautifully theatrical world here that would certainly give directors, designers, and actors a field day. Not only is the world established and aesthetically cohesive and interesting, but she has also crafted five amazing roles, including four spectacular parts for black women. The piece explores universal themes of family secrets and shame, mental health, and repeated patterns in a way that completely acknowledges and highlights and complex, specific intersectional identities of its characters. The ending utilizes empty stage space powerfully, followed by a poignant, cathartic, and hopeful tableaux.

Part ghost story. Part family drama. It all adds up to a gorgeous, haunting piece that grapples with the fallout of tragedy and all the elements that lead up to that point. The dialog flows naturally, which contrasts beautifully with the magical realism. This script offers some fantastic, nuanced acting and imaginative staging opportunities!