Another Way Home at Theater J

Another Way Home

Theater J
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington

It’s visiting day at Camp Kickapoo, and Joey Nadelman is nowhere to be found. As the search parties come up empty, Joey’s parents are left wondering – where he’s gone, why their marriage feels lacking, and what might have happened if they had taken a different path. An insightful, sardonic drama about the strangers we all live with – our family.

Thru - Jul 17, 2016

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm & 7:30pm

Price: $10 - $67

Box Office: 202-777-3210

Running Time: 1hr, 15mins; no intermission

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...Ziegler rounds out the picture through Joey's perspective-lending bunkmate, Mike (a patient and polite Thony Mena), and Joey's brainiac sister, the Taylor Swift-loving Nora (a wonderfully wound-up and wise Shayna Blass). At a glance, the show looks purely comic: Paige Hathaway's cabin set is built of logs and spells out "Camp Kickapoo" over the stage. It's fundamentally light and all rather conventional, and the quick ending may strike some viewers as a bit of a patch. The family's difficult reckonings and redefinitions come across as honest and sincere, though, and Ziegler's direct style is an asset. "Another Way Home" isn't technically innovative, and it's not a big or shattering play. But it's a good one, and splendidly played."

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- Nelson Pressley

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Although it's beautifully written there are some odd inconsistencies in the plot. Fortunately, these flaws are minor and easily overlooked under the spell that is cast by these five performers, helping us to suspend disbelief as we, and they, contemplate the power of love and loss. Another Way is a jewel of a play not to be missed."

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- Ravelle Brickman

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...Theatre is nothing if not a communal art, so it fitting that the Jewish Community Center house one of the finest theatres in DC. It is also fitting that they put on a show that is such a celebration of family, warts and all."

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- Stephanie House

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

"...Put more specifically, Anna Ziegler's play is about Joey Nadelman (Chris Stinson), a boy so irritating he would give St. Mother Theresa St. Vitus Dance. And about his parents, Lillian (Naomi Jacobson) and Phillip (Rich Foucheux), who love and hate each other in ways most of us would recognize. And about coming to grips, within the artificial confines of a boys' camp in Maine, with the enormity and indifference of the Universe, which is the unacknowledged background noise in each one of our lives."

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- Tim Treanor

Magic Time - Highly Recommended

"...Ultimately a remarkable mix of very funny and seriously astute, Theater J's Another Way Home is well worth leaving home for."

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- John Stoltenberg

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

"...Shirley Serotsky, who has been serving as the theater's associate artistic director, does a good job directing, getting out fine performances out of each actor and keeping the narrative moving. There are some unexpected jolts, though, as when the father moves from easy going faux pal to enraged and overheated dad."

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- Roger Catlin

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