Shotgun Players

Sarah Burgess’ intelligent and tightly written dark comedy censures our all-American political fundraising process.

Kill the Debbie Downers! is creatively set, the acting is first-rate, and the music is entertaining. Overall, however, the ideas behind the play don’t hold together cohesively.

Ubiquitous images of women laughing as they pick at salads inspired playwright Sheila Callaghan to explore women’s shame and self-deprivation, men’s chauvinism and insecurity and the deleterious influence of advertising.

“You may hate it or you may love it, but you are going to have to go home and be with it.”