Fag Gods- Theatre Bloom Review

" Henderson was joined by Jae Jones as Dad, Dontrell Jones Jr., to complete the parental unit. He, too, held all power during his scenes with expert comedic timing (even with a mouthful of cake) and both a tender and stern approach to disciplining Dontrell after he verbally abused his mother. The pair’s presence on stage anchored the family in truth, giving a wholistic, but not stereotypical, view into the modern Black family dynamic. Jones also appeared at end of the piece as that nameless ancestor articulating, in Yoruba, a similar message to Dontrell’s parents: you are loved and seen by those who have come before. "  

"The Father, Dontrell Jones Jr. (Jae Jones) are played a bit to the stereotype of a family that you might see on television and yet they’re so perfectly in their respective elements that you feel wholly encapsulated by their portion of the narrative. A good deal of the chuckles and humors come from the somewhat dysfunctional relationship between Henderson’s Sophia and Jones’ Dontrell Jr.— the shouting back and forth at one another from separate rooms, the insistence that the other is right or one is gonna show the other what’s what— it’s hilarious and true to family form; it puts the fun in dysfunction as it were."