The Sound Inside

“The Sound Inside is an emotionally layered two-hander in which the process of writing, reading, and analyzing fiction is an inextricable part of how we come to know and care about both characters … A quiet stunner of a play.”

—DAVID ROONEY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“Exquisitely written … Rapp’s eloquent language is sometimes meta-theatrical, often poetic, sometimes professorial, pragmatic, intellectual, or wry, and always riveting.”

—DEB MILLER, DC METRO ARTS

“An exquisitely dark and Dostoevskian little play … Rapp is writing about how death usually comes with a sudden awareness of the youth of other people, fellow humans totally unaware of how lucky they are right now, and the rich banquet of possibility that lies ahead.”

—CHRIS JONES, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

“A small-scale, unexpectedly gripping new work … The Sound Inside is a real rarity—a direct, actionless, slim piece that turns out to be uniformly engrossing.”

—MATT WINDMAN, AMNEWYORK

“Deeply affecting and memorable … Rapp’s language is a luxurious blend of literary imagery and rhythm and theatrical nuance and intensity.”

—JEFFREY BORAK, BERKSHIRE EAGLE

“A remarkable psychological mystery … The Sound Inside includes no obvious crimes, no hint of the supernatural or anything else we associate with bump-in-the-night tales. Rapp instead has written an intensely quiet play of two lonely people circling one another … To say we fear the worst is more or less true, but only because we hope for something good and suspect—both from the mood created and the hints dropped—that we’ll be as disappointed as we fear they’ll be.”

—GREG EVANS, DEADLINE

“A quietly riveting character study and exquisitely realized piece.”

—MICHAEL DALE, BROADWAY WORLD

“Rapp is in top form here, creating a tough, dense work that feels more like a recited novella than a traditional drama … A delicate play that’s always one step ahead of its audience—as any good work of fiction should be.”

—DAVID GORDON, THEATERMANIA

“The Sound Inside transmits experiences of solitude, introversion, depression, and the innate desire for human connection.”

—ROSEANN CANE, BERKSHIRE ON STAGE

“An engrossing new American play … The Sound Inside is a potent piece of must-see theater, a magnificent Broadway premiere for Rapp.”

—DEB MILLER, DC METRO ARTS

“Vital, compassionate and often funny … Rapp taps into themes of tragedy and redemption, sacrifice and loss, the bright blaze of artistic creation and the sadness of an unknowable stranger. This intimate drama manages to be both literary and rivetingly theatrical.”

—DAVID ROONEY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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