←Recommendations of Margie's Interview

“It’s okay, Baby. Papa’s gonna get you some food.” This may be one of the greatest character transformation lines I have had the pleasure of reading. It is spoken during an elementary school interview, which is so zany it had me laughing out loud. I can only imagine how much fun this would be to watch onstage, especially with real props! I loved it!

For every academic who forgets that there are some things in life that can't be learned with a book or a video, comes this sweetly funny play by Kate Danley. Playing against the stereotype of a hardened outdoorsman (or woman, in this case) a lumberjack looking to impart wisdom teaches an elementary school principal the satisfying art of ripping through wood with a chainsaw. Fast and funny, this play will bring the house down (or at least a desk). Great stuff.

Funny. Skillfully builds from a seemingly innocuous opening to a rip-roaring conclusion that Kate Danley has cleverly thought out in her introductory note for practical performance. Nice tone of farce throughout, and should play in no more than ten minutes if that.

A hilarious ten minute play. Full of wit, charm, and laugh out loud lines. This will be perfect for ten minute play festivals. I loved it!

A hilarious school interview that you won't stop laughing from! Well done!

What a delightful play! Kate Danley has taken a situation we all know - a job interview - and turned it on its head with hysterical results. There are so many laugh lines and the end is just perfect!

Kate's sense of comedy starts with the name she gives her lumberjack character: Margie Goodwood and her chainsaw Bubba. Margie, who likes "the smell of turpentine and grease rags" and whose backwoods experience could rival Paul Bunyan's is overqualified for the job at Smith's school. "We're just looking for someone who knows how to build houses out of popsickle sticks." The principal, who comes off as a milquetoast, undergoes a transformation by the end of this short play. Fun!

This play had me laughing out loud. Kate Danley has a keen ear for comedic situations and builds to a satisfying climax. I love that the protagonist is a female who is one with her power tools. Read this! Produce it!