Recommended by Robin Rice

  • You Think You Know
    23 Jul. 2023
    I don't think I could write a farce. Rachel Feeny-Williams has co-opted the field. This fast-paced, emotion-driven, unfolding mystery twists and turns with never a dull moment. Who is who and why and how and when - with an unexpected twist at the end. Nope, I'm not even going to try to write a farce.
  • Good Neighbors (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection)
    23 Jul. 2023
    How we mislead others - our neighbors, audiences.... - and how we mislead ourselves. The reversal creeps up on you, then comes the Oh yes! Realism isn't always straight-forward and honesty isn't always the best or easiest path to take at first - in both life and in a well-written play.
  • The Boys Across the Street (Monologue)
    23 Jul. 2023
    Will those who need to hear the last line in this monologue ever really hear it? If so, this playwright has accomplished what so many others have tried (and are still trying) to do. It takes you by surprise - a right between the eyes zinger!
  • The Birds Are Feeding Me
    23 Jul. 2023
    "The Birds Are Feeding Me" - those words sum up what so many of us experienced during the pandemic lockdown. This play calls up different but intertwined feelings, experiences and attitudes toward our neighbors the birds. I heard this play read and it touched off immediate discussions - a playwright's dream!
  • 600 km NE Lima
    14 Jul. 2023
    Sickles has the enviable skill to capture in these few pages what it takes most of us an entire play -- or evening -- to say. The backdrop of the ocean with loud disco music as a counterpoint frames and highlights the subject and action perfectly.
  • THE MURDER MYSTERY CLUB (from the MAD FOR MYSTERY Collection)
    1 Jun. 2023
    It's not easy or expected to have such fun in so few pages! Lermond is a master of the short mystery form.
  • FRAMED ( from the MAD FOR MYSTERY Collection)
    1 Jun. 2023
    In addition to what other recommendations say, I want to put in a vote for a full-length play about the marvelous Stillwell sisters!
  • FOR LOVE OR MONEY (from the MAD FOR MYSTERY Collection)
    1 Jun. 2023
    Love the Stillwell sisters! Fun on speed. The radio version would be wonderful!
  • ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE (from the MAD FOR MYSTERY Collection)
    31 May. 2023
    Quick, witty, unexpected - bullseye!
  • 1101 WELLINGTON WAY - DUOLOGUE (from the MAD FOR MYSTERY Collection)
    31 May. 2023
    Love the duologue presentation. Snappy, surprising, fun!

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