{"product_id":"comfort-food-by-zorana-sadiq","title":"Comfort Food by Zorana Sadiq","description":"\u003cp\u003eBette, a beloved YouTube cooking sensation, built her brand as a relatable single mother with her toddler sous chef, KitKat, by her side. Now the host of a major network show, she struggles to stay palatable while teenage Kit grows increasingly withdrawn, his emergent climate activism leading him into the radical corners of the Internet. When the network pressures Bette to spice up her show and Kit asks to make a guest appearance to promote his niche online channel, the generational rift between them turns their televised reunion into a recipe for disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncisive, edgy, and deliciously funny, Zorana Sadiq’s \u003ci\u003eComfort Food\u003c\/i\u003e picks apart the performative identities and echo chambers of our insatiable culture of spectacle and consumption. Exploring familial love, planetary inheritance, and the radicalization of chronically online youth, this potent play asks if our feeds provide the nourishment we truly hunger for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFemale roles: 1\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fully satisfying . . . Sadiq has stirred in some specific ingredients that make this particular family dynamic feel authentic: the alienation of social media, for instance, the pressures of single parenthood, and the very real fear of growing up in a world that’s on the brink of destruction.”\u003cbr\u003e- Glenn Sumi, So Sumi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Zorana Sadiq’s ‘food for thought’ script is a delicious treat of a play. A nutritious mixture of terrific performances and surprising plot development I didn’t see coming. Hilarious one minute, while poignantly touching the heart, the next minute.”\u003cbr\u003e- Our Theatre Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eComfort Food\u003c\/em\u003e isn’t here to soothe. It’s here to ask: what are we feeding each other, and why?”\u003cbr\u003e- Intermission Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A superb achievement.”\u003cbr\u003e- Leslie Barcza, barczablog\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Through its small family drama, \u003cem\u003eComfort Food\u003c\/em\u003e stylishly locates the existential drama of our Anthropocene and the Internet age, satirizing modern society’s fetishes for comfort and wasteful consumption by refracting one spectacle into the other.”\u003cbr\u003e- NEXT Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A deep dive into our relationships with food, and with each other, and what happens when that all starts to crumble.”\u003cbr\u003e- A View from the Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The play is full of clever thematic shading. Rattling throughout their interactions are notions about earthy authenticity and strategic, sustainable technologies.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Leslie Barcza, Istvan Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Playwrights Canada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68246710190253,"sku":"9780369106506","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/9780369106506_cover_rb_fullcover.jpg?v=1794516230","url":"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/comfort-food-by-zorana-sadiq","provider":"Canadian Play Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}