“Bob Jaffe is the cast, deftly slipping in and out of characters as diverse as a 7-year-old boy embarrassed by poverty and a widowed immigrant woman.

Eliet has managed to strike a nice balance here, telling believable, engaging stories about those who face hunger on a daily basis.

There are 10 characters in all, and Jaffe manages to put a different and convincing spin on each of them, skillfully swapping voices and body language from part to part.

This is a show that manages to make some important points, but without hitting you over the head with its message.”

- Providence Journal

A one-man play about poverty and hunger, But for the Grace... doesn't take the theatrical easy route. No song or romance here! But writer-director David Eliet does have plenty of bitter resignation and desperation to go around.

Jaffe's earnest dignity and subdued rage are engaging. Such a production threatens to be the play equivalent of a spoonful of castor oil, but Jaffe's skill makes this a worthwhile, even inspiring, guilt trip.

- Time Out New York

Once in a while, you stumble on a great piece of theater that makes you think and want to be part of a solution. "But for the Grace," a one-man show written by David Eliet about the plight of this country's hungry, now playing in the NY Fringe Festival, is such a show.

- Reflections In the Light / Lauren Yarger