Quotes
and Recommendations
Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance [view slideshow of Fred and Mary]
""I LOVED Fred and Mary—the play, the actors, the setting.
Thanks for bringing such wonderful live theater to Winslow!"
~ Allan Affeldt, Owner, La Posada Hotel
"Even if you've known Mary Colter only by her buildings, it was obvious there was a unique person and creative vision behind them. This play brings Colter alive, her personality, her vision, her struggles. And it turns our that Fred Harvey, who is often merely a face on a shopping bag, also has an interesting story behind him." ~ Don Lago, Grand Canyon Historian
“Playwright Micki Shelton and director Ellen Bailey worked their magic with strong talents and a great cast in Fred and Mary. The curtains of time were parted and the audience was swept into the lives of historic Fred Harvey and Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter and their friends and contemporaries—J.F. and Minnie Harvey Huckel, Herman Schweizer, Fred Kabotie, Ford and Byron Harvey, and Albert, the foreman. Delightful entertainment and a must see!”
~ Marie LaMar, Winslow Harvey Girl
“I loved the sensitivity and respect the playwright showed to the Native American culture. Well done! Brava! ~ PFAA reading, October 2008.
"2nd time i viewed this, it's a great slideshow. i hope to see this play someday. awesome good luck."
~B.B.
Medea’s Ghost
"Medea's Ghost is a true masterpiece. Micki Shelton has deftly woven together the societal issues of illegal immigration, single motherhood, and mental illness to create a darkly compelling piece of theatre that challenges audiences to question their own capacity to love, to sin, and ultimately, to forgive." ~ Debra Rich Gettleman, Actor and Playwright
"As for the problem of evil, it cannot be solved, but as Mary and Teresa help each other to face the darkest parts of their own souls, they grope their way toward—not quite understanding, but an acceptance, an openness to divine grace. The final scene, a prayer both simple and infinitely complicated, is stunning, one of those pure moments." ~ Kerry Lengel, The Arizona Republic, Feb. 1, 2010
[ link to web article ]
“…an important multi-level work that requires us to examine and question ourselves and our society. I love this play and am a captive audience. Bravo!!” ~ Susan Williams, former member of Teatro Athanor in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and Danza Quattro in Guatamala City, Guatemala; and Director of Island Children’s Theater Company in Roatan, Honduras.
“Thanks, Micki, for your exceptional work and for giving us the opportunity to hear and react to it. I feel privileged.” ~ Warren Miller, Curator of Education, Sharlot Hall Museum, February 2007
“Medea's Ghost is at least bicultural in its context. Or borderless. Its Latin American supernatural device, where ghosts play such a major role, where the audience is in touch with the dead, brings an energetic plausibility and accessibility to the idea of grace. Yes, one can forgive oneself; yes, one can consciously decide to be forgiven, to return to grace. But it is a secular story. Never does Medea's Ghost preclude the idea of an intervening God, but neither does it require one for the completion of its transcendental process.
“Borderless and timeless, illuminating the vagaries of modern human adulthood with resolution from a dark Greek tragedy, Medea's Ghost is an indictment of the cruelty that wealth disparity forces upon those who must desperately balance the absurdities resulting when isolated poverty persists in such close proximity to the comfort of wealth so visible yet so far from reach—new money and old dilemmas of living in the American Southwest. But the play's indictment is only incidental. At center is an offer of hope and of transcendence.” ~ Terry N. Simmons, Professor of Anthropology, February 2010
A&E Article by Kerry Lengel, The Arizona Republic, January 29, 2010
[ link to web article ]
Elkhorn Slough
“Some of the sharpest, wittiest dialogue I’ve
seen in a while. The whole thing was striking and hilariously
funny." ~ City Lights subscriber, June 2001.
“Hilarious” ~ City Lights subscriber, June
2001.
*&%$*# brilliant! ~ City Lights subscriber, June 2001.
Amici
“This play deserves a wider audience.” ~ Sandy
Moss, Arts Critic, The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
“… presents a compelling (and nearly universal)
dilemma among a group of engaging characters, and tells
its story with a simplicity that doesn’t get in the
way of the dilemma’s inherent complexity. Amici strikes
me as an imminently producible play for the right theater.”
~ John Glore, Literary Manager, South Coast Repertory
Circles
“Circles is true to life in the way it portrays the relationships among six women friends who have gotten together at a beach house to celebrate Emily’s 50th birthday … and to keep all this female bonding from becoming too touchy-feely, Emily’s sister, Jo, is the fly in the aromatherapy oil…” ~ Anne Gelhaus, Drama Critic for Metro, Silicon Valley’s Weekly Newspaper
[ link
to web article ]
Award-Winner, AshlandNew Plays Festival; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon, 1994.
Award- Winner, New Plays Festival; Alternative Repertory Theater, Santa Ana, California, 1994.
“…very much about contemporary women’s issues from a perspective that is feminist but not stridently so… the play is infused by a sense of myth and spirituality. While its characters and their interaction adhere to the tenets of realism, the play’s form breaks from the traditions of the “well-made play” in favor of a more contemporary rhythm and a subtler trajectory… I commend the play and its author to you.” ~ John Glore, Literary Manager, South Coast Repertory
“We had our first New Plays Festival this last weekend
(Circles was read Friday night) and I feel it was a resounding
success. The actors and audience responded very well to
your voice.” ~ Patricia L. Terry, Artistic Director,
Alternative Repertory Theatre
The Face in the Mirror
“Excellent dialogue. Touching.” ~ City Lights
subscriber, June 2001.
“Looks like the first scene of a terrific full-length
play that I’d love to see.” ~ City Lights subscriber,
June 2001.
“I have three sisters, and it made me think how we
all look at our Mother differently.” ~ City Lights
subscriber, June 2001.
Lunch at McDonald’s
10-Minute Playwriting Contest first place winner; El Camino Real Playhouse, 1994.
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