A Jumping Off Point Reviews
Washington Post- Recommended
"...Fortunately, Craig-Galván relishes humor as well as debate. Through deft pacing and spot-on casting, director Jade King Carroll makes the comedy zing as the play barrels toward a final wry reveal (no spoilers here). In a running joke, the hapless Andrew admits to having held down a string of oddball day jobs, including upholsterer — a backstory that becomes funnier when he seeks to parlay that experience into writerly wisdom."
DC Theater Arts- Somewhat Recommended
"...A Jumping-Off Point is an excellent draft of what it is trying to be. The questions it is asking are some of the most pertinent to our time, and it has made a valiant and largely successful effort. I am eager to see more shows unpack ideas, especially any absolutes, that we may take for granted."
Washington Blade- Highly Recommended
"...Absorbing, timely, and often funny, the current Round House Theatre offering explores some serious issues surrounding privilege and who gets to write about what. Nimbly staged and acted by a pitch perfect cast, the play moves swiftly across what feels like familiar territory without being the least bit predictable."
MD Theatre Guide- Somewhat Recommended
"...Inda Craig-Galván’s “A Jumping-Off Point” makes its world premiere at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre as the centerpiece of the theatre’s third annual National Capital New Play Festival. Directed by Jade King Carroll, the play tackles representation and privilege within the TV writers’ community. The fast-paced production and emotional performances will likely provoke lively discussion among audiences, but the playwright’s point is not as sharp as it might be."
Theatre Bloom- Recommended
"...Round House Theatre launches the premiere of Inda Craig-Galván’s play A Jumping-Off Point. It is a great launch and worth seeing! The new piece focuses on Leslie Wallace (Nikkole Salter), an African American writer newly hired to develop a series for HBO, whose personal victory is compromised by the return of Andrew (Danny Gavigan), a white man from her graduate school days, who accuses her of plagiarism. Specifically, Andrew accuses her of rewriting his script (submitted for a school project) about Black characters, and of claiming sole authorship."
BroadwayWorld- Somewhat Recommended
"...An exploration of what constitutes the writer’s role and ownership of material, issues of representation in the arts, racial politics and the messiness of friendship and caring are all threshed out in Inda Craig -Galván’s play A Jumping-Off Point. Now being presented at the Round House Theatre, this 90-minute play is provocative, topical, and moves briskly. The various issues it explores, however, cannot be fully explored too well in a play that tries to be too many things at once."