High

by Matthew Lombardo

When Sister Jamison Connelly agrees to sponsor a 19-year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat his addiction, her own faith is ultimately tested. Struggling between the knowledge she possesses as a rehabilitation counselor and a woman of religious conviction, she faces the challenge of helping others find courage to change.“Matthew Lombardo’s smartly tangled drama is harrowing, highly amusing and a pleasure!” —The New York Times“Theatrically exciting! … Entertaining with lively dialogue, powerful exchanges and authentic performances! … Nuns have been portrayed as righteous and wrathful but few so fiercely as Lombardo’s lioness of a sister!” –Daily Variety“An electrifying experience! … HIGH is profoundly shattering and emotionally devastating! Lombardo’s writing gets better, stronger and more human each and every time! … HIGH deserves a long and vital life!” —Rex Reed, New York Observer“Matthew Lombardo’s play offers an engrossing evening of theater! His writing saves the nonbeliever from discomfort by making his case in a framework of sincerity and passion, treading in the footsteps of Shaw’s SAINT JOAN. And, as long as we venture into comparative literature, there is a case to be made for saying HIGH is EQUUS on crack cocaine.” —San Francisco Examiner“HIGH suggests no easy or comforting answers. Its characters may suffer, but the searing play suffers from nothing!” —Philadelphia Inquirer

Genres: Drama

68 pages, Paperback

Published April 5, 2019

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 rounded up. This goes to some really dark and bleak places I wasn’t expecting. It could easily tip into overwrought melodrama, but with three excellent actors who can keep it real, I imagine it would hit the audience like a punch to the gut and be a powerful evening of theater.