"The wonder and charm of
Heartless come from the very real passion behind it and the poetry within it." –
The Village Voice "The playwright's most inspired and imaginative work in years. . . . Shepard's poetic sense of the absurdities of human congress is pitch perfect and the drama never flags." –
The Huffington Post "As much as any American playwright, Mr. Shepard understands that every family is insane in its own special way. . . . [He] has secured his place in the hall of fame for portraits of domestic dementia." –
The New York Times "Surreal and haunting." –
Newsday Spookily engrossing. . . . The play is full of silences that have the force of poetry. –
Bloomberg News Pure Shepard. . . . There are great, tantalizing lines like, 'Another fable in the Los Angeles canon of hysterical imaginings, ' which may be a description of the play itself.
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
