Synopsis
Gerald's Good Idea & The Secret Wife & The Snowflake Avalanche
Published by Broadway Play Publishing
"[Y York makes her points] by not taking herself too seriously, even as she offers astute observations about environmental, racial, and family matters" ~ New York Times
"The future with all its exhilarating potential and terrifying possibilities has Y York in its grip. York does not struggle to break free, or even squirm. Calmly, with great wit and insight, she writes plays: environmental science-fiction plays that raise important questions even as they entertain" ~ St Louis Post Dispatch
"[Y York] displays a strong imagination and raucous humor..." ~ St. Louis Sun
"[Y York] writes with passion and delivers a powerful appeal for personal freedom and idiosyncratic behavior" ~ St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Snowflake Avalanche
"An ambitious `modern fable' concerning ecological disaster, race relations, and the human condition...A Native American fisherman's extreme response to an atrocious oil spill brings his family together with that of the African-American lawyer who defends him...The script conspires to bring massive, global issues to a human, even comic plane. Peripheral choices-such as a mother struggling with whether to not to stop contributing to her planet's demise by using laundry bleach are weighed against the fisherman's violent choice in a world where rats chewing through computer chips can bring our entire justice system to a halt. In the `avalanche' of today's reality, this show offers us a chance to examine our own responsibility as, you guessed it, the flakes' ~ The Seattle Weekly
"York has a real flair for wry, intelligent humor...The Snowflake Avalanche forgoes preaching for a gentle hopefulness that we can set things right on the planet and learn to understand each other better' ~ Seattle Times
"At one point in a discussion on environmental responsibility, [Janet, the wife of] Thomas, a Native American being defended for shooting the president of a corporation responsible for a major oil spill, refers to Russell, as `you white people.' Action stops for a moment, and the implications hit, with strong force. To say that Y York's The Snowflake Avalanche, playing at the Group Theatre, is provocative, is somewhat an understatement' ~ Seattle Gay News
"An Our Town for Our Time...The Snowflake Avalanche is about... our shared home earth... York has a wonderful gift for writing funny lines, and she's endowed all her characters with individual senses of humor. Even a sort of all-knowing nature sprite...has a delightful, sly wit. The tone and style of the whole production is, indeed, surprisingly light for what is basically a play about philosophical decisions...The Snowflake Avalanche is an adult play which children can enjoy' ~ Bellevue Journal American