Reception
The Austin premiere was well received by both audiences and critics. Austin Chronicle critic Barry Pineo found HOSS to be "one of the few examples of purely American absurdism outside of Edward Albee."
Imagine That's production received six B. Iden Payne Award nominations from The Greater Austin Creative Alliance, including Outstanding Comedy, Outstanding Original Script, Outstanding Direction, as well as three Outstanding Acting nods (winning two--Lane for Outstanding Lead Actress and Burke for Outstanding Lead Actor).
The production also made three Top Lists of 2009; including Top 9 Theatre Productions of 2009 That Did Ascend the Brightest Heaven of Invention by Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires, top 9 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2009 by arts critic Barry Pineo, and top nine — and then some — arts happenings of 2009 by Austin American-Statesman arts critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin.
Imagine That's production was also nominated for five Austin Critics' Table Awards, earning Boulanger the David Mark Cohen New Play Award in June 2010.
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