What people are saying about every tongue confess
It's an emotionally difficult work that guards itself against obvious message or sympathy. Evil is as complicated as good, and understanding either requires a powerful imagination or complete and utter faith.
--Tom Avila, MetroWeekly
For the arsonists and those that get burned.
--Marcus Gardley, Author's Note
...suspend disbelief because this is no ordinary piece of theater. Part magic realism, part miracle play, part parable, Every Tongue Confess is a sort of epic theater-poem exploring sin, loss, and redemption.
--Sophie Gilbert, Washingtonian
There aren’t many people with the passion to make plays as big and complex as every tongue confess; it lives in the vast and terrifying territories
roamed in this era by [August] Wilson and Tony Kushner and Sarah Ruhl and Naomi Wallace.
--Trey Graham, Washington City Paper
Gardley’s script tells of the impact of the grisly events on a community of rural Alabamians within a style that blends poetry, folklore, drama and even humor.
--Paul Harris, Variety
Gardley's play...tries through lyrical speeches, magical spirituality and densely interlocked subplots to locate the redemptive potential in a horrific set of circumstances: the serial burning of black churches in the Alabama of the mid-1990s...The darkness of "every tongue confess" is illuminated by the flames of those churches.
--Peter Marks, Washington Post
The synergy of this play is sure to excite audiences.
--Molly Smith, Artistic Director