Excellent! Four stars! A pithy piece of theater smartly written by April Turner... It was an exciting night full of humor, thoughts, vitality...			Warren Gerds, Green Bay Press Gazette
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	"'Chocolate on the Outside' was phenomenal!"			Lisa Roland, Hayti Heritage Center
	"'Chocolate on the Outside' by April Turner is a tightly constructed 'social problem' play in the tradition of Ibsen, Shaw, Baldwin and Hansberry. a well honed and vibrant piece."			Professor Donald Mager, Johnson C. Smith University
	"We loved it!"			Wendy Story, Virginia Tech
	"We thoroughly enjoyed this production!"			Pamela Smith, Fayetteville State University
	"I commend [April Turner] and the cast on a very well written and performed play. Not only was 'COTO' thought provoking, it entertained the audience with interesting dialogue that allowed them to grasp the nature of the issues raised."			Thomas E. Rivers, University of South Carolina at Columbia
	"...wonderful performance. the acting was superb."			olufunke a. moses, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	"...stellar performance. it was a pleasure to work with [April Turner] and [the] cast."			Janet Morrison, North Carolina Wesleyan
	"As a result of my high esteem for the talent that went into its writing, I now teach 'Chocolate on the Outside' as one of my texts in Introduction to African American and African Studies which includes such classic works as Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God."			Dr. Tanure Ojaide University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	"If you missed 'Pickle and Lil' Junior' and you've never seen any of Turner's work ('COTO' is my personal favorite), you definitely want to see one of her productions. To put it simply, as critically acclaimed director Spike Lee is to cinema, so is April Turner to theater."			Matthew Talford Cultural Calendar
	"[April Turner's] professionalism is exemplary. Her commitment to our vision was realized through her hard work and always her priority. April's work far exceeded our expectations."			Dottie Hollatschek Enrichment Specialist, Oaks Rd Elementary Coordinator of six-week playwriting residency
	"April has brought such a sense of pride to our school and its community. She has exposed talent that would have gone unnoticed without her presence."			Pam Schiller, James Smith Elementary Coordinator of six-week playwriting residency