“Paul David Young has written a deceptively quiet winner”
“Surprisingly straightforward, richly compassionate, and directed with clarity and intelligence by Kathy Gail MacGowan, the show is an early highlight of the Fringe.”
“Young shows an impressive awareness of both the shifting, halting, yet unlimited hopes of youth and the realities of circumscription that experience brings.”
“All three actors do excellent work.”
NY Daily News:
“achy and richly observant story”
“wonderfully realized”
a “gem” of the NY Fringe
Village Voice: NY Fringe “Highlight”!
“Inspired by German philosopher Reinhart Koselleck, Paul David Young's poetic script explores the (possible) futures of three recent college grads, portrayed by a talented young cast.”
Curtain Up!
“In its own way, Paul David Young's In the Summer Pavilion is a perfect little play.”
“Tautly directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan, this play is one terrifying comedy.”
“This play tells the future with Freudian density and a phantasmagoric air.”
“Let us have more Young.“
NYtheatre.com
“Edginess pervades this 70-minute drama, focusing on the vagaries of the future and the fear of not measuring up to expectations.”
“The playwright has written smart characters and arms them with lyrical vocabulary, challenging arguments, and insatiable demands as weapons against their competition. Of course, they are each other’s competition.”
“Kathy Gail MacGowan directs the superb cast with a firm hand.”
Actor RYAN BARRY (Ben) winner of “EXCELLENCE” in Performance Award by the NY Fringe