Lauren Gunderson

Great BEAR reviews nationwide!

angelamitchell — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:33:30 +0000

The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog! opens to a rave from The Washington Post:

“The science geeks have all the fun in “The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!,” a jauntily educational children’s musical at the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater. Featuring a book and lyrics by Lauren Gunderson, with a perky pop-show tune score by Brian Lowdermilk… Director Sean Daniels and his creative team deliver some cheeky humor with their science lessons… In the moments after the curtain call, one youngster was heard to gush to his parent: ‘That was awesome!’”

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Amazing press for Exit, Pursued By A Bear across the country!

Featured in American Theatre Magazine - ”Bear is raw and hilarious.”

Nationally profiled in The Week Magazine here:

“Gunderson’s script not only makes each character adorably quirky but engenders empathy for all four as well. This show contains enough offbeat and grisly – no pun intended – humor that the Bard’s immortally funny line is a fitting title.”

“Falling in love with a playwright whose work you’re experiencing for the first time feels like Christmas morning at age 6 – giddy excitement, new toys, wonder and sugar high all wrapped up in a nice holiday package. That’s what it felt like the other night at the Boxcar Playhouse watching Crowded Fire Theater Company’s production of Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a new play by Lauren Gunderson, a Georgia native who now lives and works in San Francisco.” - Chad Jones, Theater Dogs! Read more.

“Exit is a spirited comedy, able and clever”- Rob Avila, SF Bay Guardian

“It is a well-balanced mix of serious subject matter and laughter. The play is real and highly unlikely, but it’s the highly unlikely parts that make the on-stage witnessing of the real-life, depressing, heart breaking horror of domestic violence possible… It was perfect.” - Kim Frndak | Community Educator for the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

“If the Coen Brothers decided to set a feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust, it might look something like “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” a raucous comedy… of friendship, domestic abuse and performance-as-catharsis.” - Felicia Feaster | ArtsCritic Atlanta (Read Full Story)

“It’s Dixie Chicks’ ‘Goodbye Earl’ meets 9-5,” - WABE, Atlanta’s NPR Station.

Plus a wonderful radio piece by Myke Johns at WABE about the world behind Bear from Atlanta’s NPR station – (Listen Here)

Creative Loafing – March 2010 – Bear and Silent Sky

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:01:48 +0000

Atlanta’s Creative Loafing previews Bear here.

“Lauren Gunderson is a master of science. Exit, Pursued By a Bear establishes Gunderson as rising national talent.” – Curt Holman, Creative Loafing

EMILIE article in Seattle Times – 2010

jacksonmurphy — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:59:41 +0000

Great reviews fo Silent Sky at South Coast Rep:

“The dialogue sublime and the performances enormously engrossing,” – Broadway World

“Perfection.” - The Examiner

“Silent Sky makes for just the right blend of human relationships, science, and romance.” – StageSceneLA.com

“Charmingly lyrical – With a penchant for subtle wit and sincerely earnest dialogue—the sort of beguiling back-and-forth you’d expect from the best period wordplays on premium TV scripts—Gunderson has a nicely-crafted play that gives us a headstrong heroine nerd to root for from America’s little-known historical margins.” – BroadwayWorld

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Seattle Times – Preview: ‘Emilie‘ at ArtsWest shows an 18th-century female scientist’s remarkable life, loves

“ArtsWest stages playwright Lauren Gunderson’s account of the amazing true story of Emilie, the Marquise du Châtelet, who was a scientist, aristocrat and lover of Voltaire’s.”

More love for EMILIE in Seattle!

”An evening of humor and heartbreak with a powerhouse ending.” - BroadwayWorld

“How does EMILIE work? Brilliantly.” The Examiner

“A triumph.” Seattle Gay Scene

The Sunday Paper, May 2007

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:09:16 +0000

“At the relatively young age of 25, writer-actress-activist Gunderson has amassed an impressive list of honors and awards for forward-thinking works (“Baby M,” “Leap,” “Parts They Call Deep”) that grapple with science, history and feminism. Atlanta’s own Eve Ensler? Absolutely.” … Continue reading →

Wendell Brock, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 2004

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:08:59 +0000

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“The verdict: Lauren Gunderson shows signs of preternatural brilliance.”
– Wendell Brock, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 2004

Alliance Theatre, Feature Story, Feb. 2006

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:08:43 +0000

“Carrying the torch for a new generation of Atlanta playwrights is Lauren Gunderson.”
– Alliance Theatre, Feature Story, Feb. 2006

Wendell Brock, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:08:24 +0000

“There’s no denying she’s one of the most formidably talented voices to emerge here in years.”
– Wendell Brock, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Creative Loafing, Feb. 2004

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:08:06 +0000

“It’s Gunderson’s undeniable talent that have earned her acclaim.”
– Curt Holman, Creative Loafing, Feb. 2004

Curt Holman

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:07:51 +0000

“LEAP features splendid language and easy confidence with heady material. Think Tom Stoppard, not Sex in the City.”
– Curt Holman

Atlanta Magazine

jacksonmurphy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:07:36 +0000

“Gunderson is a prodigy.”
– Atlanta Magazine, Jan. 2004