The Great Depression-era play tells the story of an aspiring singer in Memphis, Toulou, who seeks help with her personal life from a local hoodoo practitioner.
Writing for The Village Voice, Tom Sellar stated: "And this debut play...has several evocative moments—especially when it delves into hoodoo, an African-American folk magic, which Hall uses to conjure her drama’s most compelling scenes.
David C. Nichols stated in the Los Angeles Times in 2012, "Admittedly, her debut script sports some clichés and arbitrary plotting amid the pre-PC patois and imaginative interstitial songs -- musical director Haskel Joseph's live guitar licks are worth admission -- yet it fascinates us despite its flaws.
"[3] In a review for Chicago Tribune in 2019, Chris Jones rated the play 3/4 stars and wrote: "The set doesn’t free up the strongest, central part of the stage and, frankly, the constantly swinging screen doors end up as a distraction.
But the visual finale that these two artists pull off in this small space is pretty spectacular...and each performer here is diving deep into a difficult work, richly staged.