“On Friday night at JACK, in Brooklyn, the audience was at a loss. At the end of James Ijames’s whip-smart satire “TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever” (which you would be wise to race to see), we in the audience waited for what felt like minutes. But there was no bow from the actors, who had already left the stage.
That’s when it sank in. The beautiful dare the show had offered us in its final lines? We were expected to take it. Or not. Either way, we had a decision to make as we left the theater — voting, with our very bodies, for the kind of future we want to see.
That’s mysterious, I know, but I won’t ruin the surprise of Jordana De La Cruz’s electrifying production, which offers an extraordinary, deeply moving payoff. The pinch of courage it demands of us — audience participation, like change, is frequently unnerving — proves more than worth it. “
(Read the full NYT review here)
Playwright: James Ijames
Director: Jordana De La Cruz
Assistant Director: Talia Paulette Oliveras
Scenic Design: Gerardo Díaz Sánchez
Lighting Design: Megan Lang
Costume Design: Azalea Fairley
Sound Design: Kathy Ruvuna
Choreographer: Candace Taylor
Dramaturg: Nissy Aya
Producer: Chris Ignacio
Production Stage Manager: Janeill Cooper
Featuring: John Bambery*, Aja Downing*, Drew Drake*, Starr Kirkland, Sierra D. Leverett
*Performing courtesy of Actors' Equity.