Interviews & Features
- McGough, a Playwright who Defies Labels (Boston Globe)
- Some Small Magic (Podcast)
- A Playwright on the Rise: Walt McGough (Boston Globe)
- In Defense of Dramaturgy: an Interview with Walt McGough (Dramaturgchick Blog)
- An Interview with Walt McGough (Vagabond Theatre Company)
- No-Time Zones (for the One-Minute Play Festival)
- The ‘Spy Play’ (for Boston Playwrights Theatre)
Reviews
Non-Player Character
- “So made for theater that you wonder why there aren’t more plays about video games.” -Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle
- “Uninitiated or not, you’re likely to find Walt McGough’s “Non-Player Character,” a world premiere at San Francisco Playhouse set in the youth-oriented world of video games, funny and harrowing.” –Jean Schiffman, San Francisco Examiner
The Farm
- “Mr. McGough’s script is skillfully structured, with game playing and role reversals between the principal characters.” –Anita Gates, The New York Times
- “Taut and absorbing…signals that the 27-year-old McGough is well on his way to fulfilling the significant promise he’s shown for some time.” -Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
Brawler
- “Reveals a complex portrait of intense loyalty between fellow athlete-warriors.” –Kilian Melloy, WBUR
- “An ever-timely topic explored and presented with searing insight and the urgency it deserves.” –James Foritano, Artscope Magazine
Chalk
- “Makes smart use of his black-comic premise.” -Tony Adler, The Chicago Reader
- “Chalk is captivating. It draws a line around a mother’s love.” -Katy Walsh, The Fourth Walsh
- “A thrilling two-woman tete-a-tete.” -Alex Huntsberger, NewCity Stage Chicago
The Haberdasher!
- “A fun show with high entertainment value that would be particularly attractive to the young or young-at-heart.” -Danielle Rosvaly, New England Theatre Geek
- “An exciting new play by Boston’s always-clever, never-safe playwright Walt McGough.” –Brian Balduzzi, ArtsImpulse
False Flag
- “False Flag takes shape in the form and mood of a thriller, as clues and connections spiral outward, and the show is bracing is its sustained sense of ambiguity and ambivalence.” –Megan Grumbling, Conway Daily Sun
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