←Recommendations of The Morning After (Ten Minute)

What do you do if a ghost returns the morning after it’s been exorcised? Maybe deny its existence. Perhaps try to kill it again. Maybe take a turn to the meta and engage in out of character digressions. Paul Donnelly’s familiar characters try all three in this brilliant send up of Edward Albee classic play. And this time is not just for fun and games. What would Nick and Honey think? I dunno, but I loved it.

Who’s afraid of an Albee parody? Paul Donnelly definitely isn’t, and the audience is in for some laughs. Nick and Honey may have had enough, but there is more to come the next day. Is it all just a bad hangover dream sequence? Maybe, but whatever it is, it’s awesome. Brilliant dialogue!

For Albee fans, this is a great send up of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf! The twist at the end is completely unexpected! Poor Marth-- I mean, poor woman! And yet, for the man to have a happy ending is satisfying, especially after all that the couple has been through together. Nobody in the original had a happy ending -- at least this version gives a little hope to someone. I also enjoyed the narrator and the meta feel of the piece.

A brilliant parody of the Albee classic! The dialogue is worthy of the original, and Paul Donnelly provides an unexpected but believable twist at the end. I love the use of a Narrator to set the stage and make excuses for any theater’s budget woes. So there are no excuses. Produce this now!

Viciously funny, with twists. Also, a love letter to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" rather than a mockery or indictment. This 10-minute play by Paul Donnelly is one of his best.

Very much in the style of parody ala Christopher Durang, Paul Donnelly serves up those two lovebirds from Edward Albee's masterpiece and makes it his own. Fun and fast and with a great twist at the end.

A hilarious, uber-meta take on Albee that had me guessing until the very (surprising) end.

Wow. I did not see that ending coming! Playwright Paul Donnelly has given us a clever, thought-provoking short play on one of my favorite themes: well-known characters backstories and future forwards. Using characters styled after "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", Donnelly has fun with the oeuvre and isn't afraid of a twist or two. Extremely theatrical and a hoot to read.

As a diehard Albee fan, this piece checked off all the boxes for me: it's absurd, super-meta, and the conclusion feels justified. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

You of course have to know Albee's "Virginia Woolf" (and who among theatrical folk doesn't) to get the premise of this farcical little play, which turns the original on its end by telling us that George and Martha had a kid after all. And this kid might as well be the wholesome, cheerful young man from Albee's "Sandbox" or "American Dream." Having established his premise, Paul Donnelly throws caution to the winds as he piles twist upon twist in truly Albeeian, absurdist fashion. This piece should be great fun for audiences to see, and for actors to act.