About the Show

A time-shifting portrait of a woman and a Midwestern town in crisis.

Set in a small Midwestern town, Well, I’ll Let You Go explores the intersecting struggles of a woman, her community, and her marriage in the aftermath of a crumbling American Dream. Moving between past and present, the play traces the unraveling of personal and collective histories, portraying both the vast scope of a town in decline and the intimate details of one life within it.

Critic Reviews (7)

Quincy Tyler Bernstine offers a master class in conveying the minute shifts in feeling through a widow’s stages of grief, like a stop-motion view of sunlight casting shadows through a bay window. She also achieves an emotion so delicate and ephemeral that it’s all too rarely experienced in theater, let alone in life: grace. ★★★★★
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Coffee, condolences, and a widow who wants the truth: Well, I’ll Let You Go returns Off-Broadway as sharp and moving as ever.
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For a previous production

“This is an eye-poppingly talented cast, delivering meticulous, vivid performances.”
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For a previous production

“Well, I’ll Let You Go is certainly somber, but it also inhabits a liminal space where grief and humor coexist... And what a debut it is.”
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For a previous production

“...it’s this summer’s must-have ticket for fans of new American drama.”
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For a previous production

“The plot may take some implausible turns, and the structure may not always serve, but the underlying emotional core hits, and hits hard.”
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For a previous production

Masterfully constructed study in grief, portrait of a person and community, and murder mystery
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