The Village Voice article written by Jorge Morales
"In the new Toughing Slumaria, Janeen Stevens adapts a real-life story—whose characters knowingly dismiss as tabloid fodder—into a modern-day morality play, replete with a sermonizing chorus of narrators. Under Barry Gomolka's direction, a game cast of multi-ethnic Slumarians vacillates between earnestness and caricature, yielding a few uneasy shifts of tone. But the compelling Hobson's choice at the heart of the drama, and the ensuing search for justice, make for an accessible and often engaging evening." To read the whole article click here.
The Village article written by Scott Harrah
"The play is an ambitious, poignant piece of theater that has much to say about the helplessness of the needy and the many obstacles low-income women have to overcome to avoid being victimized. Playwright Janeen Stevens sheds thought-provoking light on the moral dilemmas poor women face when they are forced to live on little money and food and try to make a decent home for their families in violent, dilapidated urban slums." To read the whole article click here.
