<p>This collection contains three full-length plays: GERALD&rsquo;S GOOD IDEA, THE SECRET WIFE and THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;If there is a common thread in York&rsquo;s projects, it is that they are full of uncommon characters: children, 1960s housewives, black financial consultants, Native American activists. Very few of York&rsquo;s characters seem to have anything to do with the playwright herself...and her attention to those differences gives her work a frankly political spin.&rdquo;<br />
American Theater</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;[Y York makes her points] by not taking herself too seriously, even as she offers astute observations about environmental, racial, and family matters.&rdquo;<br />
The New York Times</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;The future with all its exhilarating potential and terrifying possibilities has Y York in its grip. York does not struggle to break free, or even squirm. Calmly, with great wit and insight, she writes plays: environmental science-fiction plays that raise important questions even as they entertain.&rdquo;<br />
St Louis Post Dispatch</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;[Y York] displays a strong imagination and raucous humor...&rdquo;<br />
St Louis Sun</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;[Y York] writes with passion and delivers a powerful appeal for personal freedom and idiosyncratic behavior.&rdquo;<br />
St Louis Post Dispatch</p><p>from reviews of THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;An ambitious `modern fable&rsquo;&mdash;concerning ecological disaster, race relations, and the human condition... A Native American fisherman&rsquo;s extreme response to an atrocious oil spill brings his family together with that of the African-American&nbsp;<br />
lawyer who defends him.... The script conspires to bring massive, global issues to a human, even comic plane. Peripheral choices&mdash;such as a mother struggling with whether to not to stop contributing to her planet&rsquo;s demise by using laundry bleach&mdash;are weighed against the fisherman&rsquo;s violent choice in a world where rats chewing through computer chips can bring our entire justice system to a halt. In the `avalanche&rsquo; of today&rsquo;s reality, this show offers us a chance to examine our own responsibility as, you guessed it, the flakes.&rdquo;<br />
The Seattle Weekly</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;York has a real flair for wry, intelligent humor.... THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE forgoes preaching for a gentle hopefulness that we can set things right on the planet and learn to understand each other better.&rdquo;<br />
Seattle Times</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;At one point in a discussion on environmental responsibility, [Janet, the wife of] Thomas, a Native American being defended for shooting the president of a corporation responsible for a major oil spill, refers to Russell as `you white people.&rsquo; Action stops for a moment, and the implications hit, with strong force. To say that Y York&rsquo;s THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is provocative, is somewhat an understatement.&rdquo;<br />
Seattle Gay News</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;An OUR TOWN for Our Time...THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is about...our shared home-earth.... York has a wonderful gift for writing funny lines, and she&rsquo;s endowed all her characters with individual senses of humor. Even a sort of all-knowing nature sprite...has a delightful, sly wit. The tone and style of the whole production is, indeed, surprisingly light for what is basically a play about philosophical decisions...THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is an adult play which children can enjoy.&rdquo;<br />
Bellevue Journal American</p>