Reviews

Check out what people are saying about Checkered Floors:

“Checkered Floors is profoundly personal, yet it brings you along into both the pain and the humor of this talented one-woman performer. I was delighted to see a play addressing immigrant needs that really speaks to Americans as well. This play will bring the two groups closer together.”
- Dr. Marlene Cohen, Professor, Communication & Theatre & Coordinator, International Education Center, Prince George’s Community College

“One of the most intriguing things I have ever seen on stage. I was cautious going into the show but it was truly a brilliant piece. With something like this you hate to call it ‘theatre’ because it was so much more than that. In all honesty — I am not sure what to call it, other than just a brilliant piece of work!”
-S. Lee Lewis, Interim Director, The Milburn Stone Theatre, Cecil College

“Wow! What a brave, funny and honest performance! I had the pleasure of seeing Checkered Floors at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. Cheryl Hamilton and her director packaged together a true story of her professional frustrations and personal traumas into a performance that was enlightening, accessible and highly gripping. I heartily recommend this show for adults, college students and mature adolescents - there is much to learn from the experiences she shares.”
- Jonny Atchin, UMd Law Student

“On rare occasions, against the routine backdrop of our daily lives, something happens that is so intense that it affects the way we perceive nearly all future experiences. In Checkered Floors, Cheryl weaves three events together skillfully and portrays them so effectively that by the end of the evening, you may momentarily forget that is was she, not you, who experienced them. Do not miss ‘Checkered Floors!’ You will leave with new insights into the events that change lives - and how, with courage and creativity - we can choose to positively channel that change.”
- Pat Hatch, Maryland Office for New Americans

“I left this show, I went home tingling with energy, the same energy that comes from reading great literature, from hearing great music, from watching a great movie. I wasn’t left in the doldrums, and I wasn’t falsely placated with a positivity that doesn’t ring through. Instead, I went home thinking, “Yep, there it is - life in all its grimy glory. Each day different and splendid and painful and utterly something that can be shaped into beauty - if only we try.” -Andrea Cumbo, Assistant Professor English, Cecil College

“A powerful multi-layered performance embracing both the global and the personal. Cheryl Hamilton brings to life the checkered experience of African refugee resettlement in her American hometown, combined with a personal trauma that allows her to understand the refugees’ experience of personal and sexual violation.”
- Elizabeth Schmidt, Professor, Loyola College