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THE DATING POOL, a one-act play for 5 women plus optional additional characters by Arianna Rose

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  • Scott Sickles:
    3 Feb. 2024
    “ There's an elegant paradox to THE DATING POOL. When the older you gets a chance to warn the younger yous about the romantic mishaps, disappointments, and disasters of the past they must first have endured them so obtain the wisdom for the warning. Hence the inevitability of the mistakes of youth. After all, the young rarely heed their elders even when its their elder selves.

    Rose presents a rich retrospective on a lifetime of romance examining naivety, exploration, optimism, and autonomy. Five fun and funny roles for women over a wide range of ages.

    Watch, listen, and learn! ”
  • Morey Norkin:
    2 Sep. 2023
    “ Imagine being able to meet yourself at various younger ages and warn yourself about dating dangers. In dreams, anything is possible. And Arianna Rose brings this possibility to amusing and entertaining life as a woman converses with her younger selves, at once sending warnings but also seeking reassurance about future prospects. Wonderfully written with endless possibilities for staging. ”
  • John Mabey:
    25 Aug. 2023
    “ Arianna Rose is a writer who not only creates such poignant and beautiful plays, but also constructs works with such dynamic and elegant structures. In THE DATING POOL, we meet multiple selves of a woman who is living an active life. Through each of their perspectives, we learn about her journey as well as the shifting perspectives we have as we age. There is such richness in this play that makes it a wonderful playground for creative teams and captivating for the audience. ”
  • Philip Kaplan:
    7 Aug. 2023
    “ A great play. Funny, surprising and insightful. Packs a lot into ten minutes. ”
  • Dan Taube:
    28 Apr. 2023
    “ Fantastic play. Takes a deep dive into the psychology of the human mind by dramatizing one character at different stages of her life. Nice variety in the ages of the cast. Great play for a group of female actors. Do this play! ”
  • Christine Foster:
    31 Mar. 2023
    “ I just had the pleasure of watching Theatre Three's production of the play on Youtube. It's a fresh and delightful piece in which a 60 year old widow conjures, warns and counsels four of her younger selves on the not-so-great choices they are about to make (choices that she herself did make) in her romantic past. The collision of their comparative innocence with her own humorous self-awareness might just give her the courage to get back in the "dating pool." Maybe it's not so bad to be "sadder-but-wiser." And it's great fun. ”
  • Cindi Sansone-Braff:
    6 Mar. 2023
    “ A widow of a certain age contemplates whether she should jump back into the dating pool. She is visited by her former self at various ages, and the results are hilarious. I had the pleasure of reading this play and seeing it staged at Theatre Three's 24th Annual One-Act Festival. It is a fun read, but even more fun to see staged. Bravo! ”
  • Lee R. Lawing:
    25 Feb. 2023
    “ My mom always said she felt young in her mind the older she got and with every year she was always surprised by the face in the mirror which didn't seem to match what she felt like. This play captures what I feel what my mom was feeling and it does so beautifully with a woman's younger selves coming back to be her guide as she thinks about wading into the dating pool once again. I know this would be so amazing to see on stage. ”
  • Paul Donnelly:
    23 Feb. 2023
    “ A woman who has lived a full and complex life must reconcile with her former selves before moving forward to the next phase of her life. The younger selves represent significant turning points and raise regrets for the roads not taken (and for some roads taken!). Can 61 integrate all her former selves and the life experience they represent into a coherent whole? That worthy question is the focus of this rich and satisfying play. ”
  • Claudia Haas:
    2 Feb. 2023
    “ What a whirlwind of a play. Imagine having all of your former selves meet each other. And then imagine all those conflicts between yourself at 18, 25, 35, etc. Rose does a gorgeous job of bringing a woman to life and showing us the evolution of one human being. I want to see their reunion with age added. Just a delight. ”

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