Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Lauren Gunderson

"If the Coen Brothers decided to set a feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust, it might look something like Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a raucous comedy of friendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis."

"Funny-as-hell."

"Gunderson is one of the most creative and entertaining playwrights in America."

"It is a well-balanced mix of serious subject matter and laughter. The play is real and highly unlikely, but it's the highly unlikely parts that make the on-stage witnessing of the real-life, depressing, heart breaking horror of domestic violence possible... It was perfect."

"Bear is raw and hilarious."

"There's more than enough wit, seriousness and originality in Exit to show why the native Georgian Gunderson is emerging."

"Falling in love with a playwright whose work you're experiencing for the first time feels like Christmas morning at age 6--giddy excitement, new toys, wonder and sugar high all wrapped up in a nice holiday package. That's what it felt like the other night at the Boxcar Playhouse watching Crowded Fire Theater Company's production of Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a new play by Lauren Gunderson, a Georgia native who now lives and works in San Francisco."

"Exit is a spirited comedy, able and clever."

"Uproarious."

"It's Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl" meets 9-5."

"Gunderson's script not only makes each character adorably quirky but engenders empathy for all four as well. This show contains enough offbeat and grisly--no pun intended--humor that the Bard's immortally funny line is a fitting title."