Washington City Paper: "Sing to Me Now reaches into your guts and invisibly rearranges things with a gentle hand. You leave the performance feeling better connected to humanity, with a few tears sparkling in your eyes. A river of wisdom, this play believes strongly that people can be saved."
The Washington Post: "Dauterman fruitfully mashes up humanity and divinity in this offbeat quest."
DC Theatre Scene: "At its heart, Sing To Me Now grapples with a lot of weighty topics, including what the role of art is in a cruel, chaotic world... And like the best of art, what it offers is not so much clear answers as the hope we need to keep going, keep fighting, even after we leave the theater."
Boise Weekly: "Funny, sad and poignant, Sing to Me Now is essential viewing from an up-and-coming playwright and one of Boise's most cherished small theaters."
Theatre is Easy: "Even as all of the characters’ dreams and expectations fall apart, Dauterman’s dark humor also brings a kind of optimism to the show. She has a beautiful way of shedding a warm light on even her characters’ darkest flaws."
Lavender After Dark: "Dauterman has done extensive research on the experiences of well-meaning families who chose to adopt from Eastern European orphanages... it’s a phenomenon that is definitely worthy of greater exploration in the world of theater, and it’s both sensitively and smartly explored in Merrily, Merrily."
Single White Fringe Geek: "It’s an enormous relief when something turns out to be just as great as you hoped it was going to be. Iris Dauterman's script Sing to Me Now is easily the best new play I’ve read in the last ten years."
The Washington Post: "Dauterman fruitfully mashes up humanity and divinity in this offbeat quest."
DC Theatre Scene: "At its heart, Sing To Me Now grapples with a lot of weighty topics, including what the role of art is in a cruel, chaotic world... And like the best of art, what it offers is not so much clear answers as the hope we need to keep going, keep fighting, even after we leave the theater."
Boise Weekly: "Funny, sad and poignant, Sing to Me Now is essential viewing from an up-and-coming playwright and one of Boise's most cherished small theaters."
Theatre is Easy: "Even as all of the characters’ dreams and expectations fall apart, Dauterman’s dark humor also brings a kind of optimism to the show. She has a beautiful way of shedding a warm light on even her characters’ darkest flaws."
Lavender After Dark: "Dauterman has done extensive research on the experiences of well-meaning families who chose to adopt from Eastern European orphanages... it’s a phenomenon that is definitely worthy of greater exploration in the world of theater, and it’s both sensitively and smartly explored in Merrily, Merrily."
Single White Fringe Geek: "It’s an enormous relief when something turns out to be just as great as you hoped it was going to be. Iris Dauterman's script Sing to Me Now is easily the best new play I’ve read in the last ten years."
