“A Playwright was born...”

Denis Hamill

“Chiara is a daughter of Brooklyn – the old neighborhood – the Italian American family dynamic – and her own glorious talent"

Adriana Trigiani

"Good theatre at its most basic, should simultaneously accomplish two things: entertain and enlighten the audience. And by the time Montalto's piece of theatre had ended, she had more than accomplished both"

New York Press

This is a one-woman work, but it doesn't appear to be, so beautifully does Chiara Montalto evoke all the other characters, most particularly "Pop." As herself, the granddaughter, she is delightful, funny, sharp yet affectionate as she portrays the foibles of her grandfather as well as the ironies in her own life...Chiara, the character, is beautifully delineated and performed; we, the audience, know what's about to befall her before she knows it herself.

Broadway After Dark

“What a beautifully poignant piece Chiara Montalto has created.... In a one woman tour de force she tells of the relationship with her grandfather at the end of his years when she became his caretaker. Set in Brooklyn she not only "does" a perfect grandfather, she throws in a few neighborhood boyfriends that luckily got away...The symbolic bond between the two generations is filled with laughter and tears, wit and wisdom, and undeniable love and respect...Montalto touches a common heartstring in us all... this makes for an extremely satisfying theatre experience.-

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