←Recommendations of The play about a dick.

This play is hilarious, but it can also switch to poignant on a dime. It's about a strange ridged (striped?) dick belonging to a man Enid arranges to hook up with through Craigslist, but it's also about silence, truth, and whether or not things happen for a reason. The dialogue just flies, and it's all whip-smart. I was giggling out loud while reading. This would be a fabulous play to experience with an audience, to hear how others are reacting and to join in the laughter - and to see how squirm-inducing some of those pauses become off the page.

This play is both laugh out loud funny and powerfully poignant. Taught scenes and dialogue that cuts like a knife explore existential themes of happiness, secrets, truth, lies, religion, and more. Through twists and turns, I was thoroughly engaged wondering what happened next. It left me with a clear image of the characters digging into each other in their search for connection, answers, and silence.

This play starts taking crazy unexpected turns very nearly from its inception! What begins as a story examining dating in the digital world, very quickly escalates and shapeshifts into one examining deeply existential themes... is silence golden? Must the truth always hurt? Can anyone really be trusted? What version of ourselves do we present to the world? Should we keep one version all to ourselves? And while Wilton does not treat the subject of suicide lightly in this offbeat and quirky comedy, he manages to find humor in the way those left behind must find their way through it.

This play is so darned funny, I can barely stand it.