“Dream-like... not a mere monologue, but a complex drama.” – Variety
“Quietly hypnotic... leaves a lasting chill in the bones. [Adrienne Kennedy] is surely one of the finest living American playwrights.” – Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
“Much of the pleasure of the play derives from Ms. Kennedy’s elliptical narrative form, which generates a good share of old-fashioned, nail-biting suspense.” – The New York Times
“Part murder mystery, part memoir, this one-act drama leads us delicately but intrepidly into an American heart of darkness.” – CurtainUp
“Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders could almost be mistaken for simple storytelling. A woman rises from a table, and for 55 minutes she recalls a vicious, race-related crime she endured 50 years ago. Ghosts of the past move around her, but she stands in the present, safe and free. Or so it seems. However, then and now fuse together, and the dream-like result is not a mere monologue, but a complex drama.” – Variety
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