This play turns out to be less about a single act of desperation — the causes and roots of which can never be fully understood — than about how we process, package and move on from such events.
– The New York Times
A rare example of a contemporary play that keeps us constantly guessing where it’s headed, Gloria is a work not to be easily forgotten. – Hollywood Reporter
What playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins says aboutAmerican society, the media, and how we package celebrity and tragedy is spot-on.
– The New York Post
Some of the Gloria cast made an appearance on last week’s VT Show — Check it out!
Tickets to this benefit reading are fully tax-deductible and support the artists and programs in The Vineyard’s 2020-2021 season. A portion of the proceeds from Gloria will support The Dramatists Guild Foundation.
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GLORIA at Vineyard Live Streaming Through January 24
For my money, the theatre is up there in the ten top reasons to be human. I leave my home and go sit in a dark room with complete strangers and watch actors do their stuff because I want to be inspired. I’m asking to be involved. I’m volunteering to be led down any old path they choose as long as they don’t let go of my hand.
And if I see a show, and it is NOT so very good – I will try to divert you, because I don’t want you to come to the temple when the preaching isn’t up to snuff. I will bar the door, I will swing from rafters, I will yell FIRE just to set your feet on a path that does not lead to disappointment. Do something different with your evening I will say. Save your money for dinner with a friend you haven’t seen in months because you are too frigging busy. Go take a walk with your dog or your child or your significant other. Go to bed early, I will say. Don’t come to the theatre when it is less than it can be.
I’m an usher snob, and that’s all there is to it.
This play turns out to be less about a single act of desperation — the causes and roots of which can never be fully understood — than about how we process, package and move on from such events. 
