[...] a Stoppard-adjacent, quasi-picaresque, and extremely meta journey. Jordy's travails treat the audience to a sharp-witted and uproariously funny show that explores the nexus of page, stage, life, and love.
"[...] Stefan Diethelm’s exhilarating Anton Goes To Heaven (?). It is a wild sly take on Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic existential play, No Exit. Mr. Diethelm spins out his mordant, clever and well-plotted premise through witty often hilarious dialogue spoken by his quartet of richly delineated mostly underclass characters."
"Anton Goes To Heaven (?) is a wry, thoughtful and grandiose fantasia of present-day American heartland despair."
Darryl Reilly, theaterscene.org
"[...] a gripping, unsparing portrait of the rootedness of anger like Anton's not only in social stressors but also, and maybe more importantly, in family across the generations."
"[...] is, like experiencing Anton Goes to Heaven (?), valuable in itself."
John R. Ziegler and Leah Richards, thinkingtheaternyc.com
Featured in "A 2024 10 Best List" by Darryl Reilly, theaterscene.org
"[...] Stefan Diethelm’s haunting and wrenching contemporary American psychological drama Connoly."
"[...] here as in Eugene O’Neill’s lengthy classics cathartic enlightenment awaits. Through his exquisite command of dramatic writing and polished everyday dialogue Mr. Diethelm satisfyingly ties up his play’s strands together with a searing 30-minute conclusion. Diethelm’s distinctive style, universal themes, and humanist concerns, are all reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman’s work. Then there is his treading the path paved by dramatist Marsha Norman in her 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘night, Mother."
Darryl Reilly, theaterscene.org
"Connoly is a Powerful and Intimate Exploration of Family and Mental Health Under Fire"
"Stefan Diethelm’s writing is fearless. The language moves with raw, disarming clarity."
Noah Simon Jampol, thinkingtheaternyc.com
"I believe it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find two hours better spent than seeing this play."
"Stefan Diethelm understands tragedy comes from love, intimacy, humanity and beauty."
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