The Dignity Circle Reviews
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
"...If someone offered you the chance to get rich quick and improve your self-esteem in the bargain, would you take it? That's the question posed by playwright Lauren Smerkanich in The Dignity Circle, the provocative, entertaining latest from Theatre of NOTE."
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
"...In playwright Lauren Smerkanich’s drama, the monster of fraud enters the lives of a small group of vulnerable women in the person of Angela (Sierra Marcks in a fine turn). She is a successful realtor, who one day runs into her former client Judith (Jenny Soo) at a supermarket. Judith is timid, visibly frail, and frustrated trying to decide what type of cake to buy for a dinner party. The problem is solved when Angela offers her a gift basket, then invites her to a party that Angela describes as a “charity event, a women’s empowerment thing” or Dignity Circle."
Nerds Of Color- Somewhat Recommended
"...Exceptionally strong acting from their two leads make up for a somewhat predictable and safe pyramid scheme story in Lauren Smerkanich‘s The Dignity Circle, now having its world premiere at Theatre of Note."