“The Women of Lockerbie is gloriously ambitious theatre. Deborah Brevoort is treating emotions – grief, fear, hate, love –with which mankind has grappled for ages. This is a drama that not only entertains but enlightens.”

– Journal Herald,
White Haven, PA

“[The Women of Lockerbie] is a beautifully written script that explores the depths of human sorrow and our various reactions to grief, showing how love can trump evil.”

– Journal News,
Cincinnati, OH

“The Women of Lockerbie is a triumphant and poetic drama ... I [was] left with the gentle gleaning of something positive arising from the debris – a strong recognition that darkness eventually begets light. That real people can ... meander back to the road of hope.”

– American Israelite,
Cincinnati, OH

“This is a thought-provoking and thoroughly affecting piece of theatre, rendered all the more relevant by recent events. Subtle, yet powerful, it allows the audience the necessary time and space to think about the nature of grief."

– MusicOMH.com

“Deborah Brevoort’s play carries a startling, often searing topicality in these days of terror attacks that make its dramatic impact all the more salient.”

– Rogues & Vagabonds

“This finely honed play has the formal beauty of a Greek tragedy. The result is a play where not a minute is wasted in verbiage – where you are gripped from the opening moment and not released until the end.”

– Green Left Weekly,
Sydney, Australia,

“The Women of Lockerbie catches the grim mood [of a terrorist attack] better than anything I’ve yet seen on the subject of 9/11 and it’s aftermath. In it’s tightly controlled depiction of collective sorrow ... it becomes almost unbearably moving.”

– Daily Telegraph, London

“If anything could stand as testimony to the human spirit under stress, to a principle of goodness that stands against violence and destruction, it’s what Deborah Brevoort has picked from the impact of a terrorist bomb ...”

– Reviews Gate, London

“[The Women of Lockerbie] is the best thing I’ve seen at the Orange Tree. The language is both poetic and epic ... one of it’s great strengths is its ability to meld epic themes and emotions in a playing style that is universally accessible. No issue is too big to be baulked at in this play and a myriad of complex themes such as grief, fate, chance, revenge and love are remarkably well handled.”

– Internet Magazine, London

“The Women of Lockerbie is a thoughtful contribution to discussions about war and the continuing repercussions of terrorism.”

– Columbia Spectator, NYC

“Greek tragedy meets contemporary terrorism in Deborah Brevoort’s stylized drama.”

– Voice Choices, Village Voice, NYC

“This is an important and compelling play for our times.”

– Australian Jewish News, Sydney, Australia

“The Women of Lockerbie is a very powerful play.”

– British Theatre Guide

“Good show! Choice Production!”

– Reports & Reviews (UK)

“This one packs a punch.”

– Richmond & Twickenham Times (London)

“The Women of Lockerbie is masterfully written.”

– Press Enterprise, Bloomsburg, PA

“A touching story of love conquering all.”

– Guardian Times, Wimbledon

“Playwright Deborah Brevoort brings the pain of bombings from all over the world into stark clarity ... The Women of Lockerbie becomes a stunning display of raw emotion, a powerhouse drama whose evocation of unthinkable loss and a path to a sort of redemption is a masterful and cathartic experience.”

– Variety, Los Angeles

“Critic’s Choice”

– Los Angeles Times

“If you want to see The Women of Lockerbie in a detached manner, forget it. You [will] walk out of the theatre a different person than when you entered.”

– Culver City Observer, Los Angeles

“The play's poetic language emulates the very best works of Sophocles ... [The Women of Lockerbie] is as modern in its language as it is classic in its style: an arresting and fitting tribute.”

– Frontiers New Magazine, Los Angeles

“A moving exploration of loss and the healing power of love.”

– LA Independent, Los Angeles

“The Women of Lockerbie ... create[s] serious drama by weaving classical forms and themes together with the tragic events of our times.”

– Theatre Talk, Los Angeles

“Deborah Brevoort’s drama imagines [an] important night seven years after the 1988 downing of Pan Am Flight 103 when a simple act of decency took on epic proportions. The Women of Lockerbie [is an] extraordinary story ... with nods to Greek Tragedy, Shakespearean rants on Scottish heaths and American dramas about the power of the common people.”

– Theatre Times, Los Angeles

“A powerful and cathartic evening in the theatre that ends with a heartening and moving message.” Four stars!

– Larchmont Chronicle, Los Angeles

“You think the Greeks closed the book on tragedy? Not quite. In Deborah Brevoort’s gut-wrenchingly devastating [play] the audience is both shocked and uplifted. Presented in a staggeringly accurate Greek tragic format, this play not only tempers a horrific disaster with unexpected humanity and memorializes the dead; it revives a long dormant genre in a uniquely American way.”

– LA Citizen, Los Angeles

“The Women of Lockerbie is searing drama that will tear at your heart… Intense and powerful.”

– Daily Breeze, Los Angeles

“The Women of Lockerbie is a powerful story of the transformative nature of grief ... the play intertwines the conflicts between individuals, communities, political and spiritual entities with masterful resolution.”

– Culver City News, Los Angeles

“Brevoort's modern take on Greek tragedy is delivered with such raw emotion and eerie staging that it becomes a wrenching ode to loss.”

– Backstage West, Los Angeles

“The Women of Lockerbie has moments that are downright heartbreaking.”

– American Radio Network, Los Angeles

“The Women of Lockerbie ... transcend[s] terror.”

– Topanga Messenger, Los Angeles