←Recommendations of Our Time

  • Brent Alles: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    Our theater group has performed this in the past and it was great. I'm a sucker for this era, admittedly, but it's a nifty little character study of people from that time and still very funny as well. Teach your kids about the 70's, people! Or at least put on Ken's play and they can learn from there as well as laugh their heads off.

    Our theater group has performed this in the past and it was great. I'm a sucker for this era, admittedly, but it's a nifty little character study of people from that time and still very funny as well. Teach your kids about the 70's, people! Or at least put on Ken's play and they can learn from there as well as laugh their heads off.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    A fascinating journey through a pivotal time in the comedy world as each work through the vast complexities of life as they try to make it to the top. Well done.

    A fascinating journey through a pivotal time in the comedy world as each work through the vast complexities of life as they try to make it to the top. Well done.

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  • Ross Tedford Kendall: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    Anyone with a struggle to achieve a dream will relate to this. The characters are sharply drawn and the comedy comes fast and yet natural. Sometimes the funniest plays are the ones that ring the truest of truths.

    Anyone with a struggle to achieve a dream will relate to this. The characters are sharply drawn and the comedy comes fast and yet natural. Sometimes the funniest plays are the ones that ring the truest of truths.

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  • Brent Askari: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    OUR TIME is a quick, fun, engaging read about a fascinating subject: comedy writers in 1970’s Los Angeles. The script feels incredibly authentic, likely because author Ken Levine was there in the trenches. His script has equal parts humor and pathos, heart and hilarity. A great ensemble piece you should check out. Excellent roles for young actors.

    OUR TIME is a quick, fun, engaging read about a fascinating subject: comedy writers in 1970’s Los Angeles. The script feels incredibly authentic, likely because author Ken Levine was there in the trenches. His script has equal parts humor and pathos, heart and hilarity. A great ensemble piece you should check out. Excellent roles for young actors.

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  • Rich Orloff: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    A sweet and very human comedy about the challenges of being sweet and very human while trying to break into the world of 1970's comedy.

    A sweet and very human comedy about the challenges of being sweet and very human while trying to break into the world of 1970's comedy.

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  • Ron Nelson: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    Ken Levine's play Our Time about two comedy writers struggling to get their first break in the television industry is authentic, really funny, and just as touching. Notably, the two lead characters, as well as the two supporting ones, are quickly and deftly defined, and the jokes are organic, artful and surprising. It also reads fast, and has a satisfying, emotional conclusion. I can't recommend it highly enough.

    Ken Levine's play Our Time about two comedy writers struggling to get their first break in the television industry is authentic, really funny, and just as touching. Notably, the two lead characters, as well as the two supporting ones, are quickly and deftly defined, and the jokes are organic, artful and surprising. It also reads fast, and has a satisfying, emotional conclusion. I can't recommend it highly enough.

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  • Matthew Weaver: Our Time by Ken Levine
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    Masterful. Levine instantly draws us in with full-fledged, lovable, neurotic characters who wear their hearts on their sleeves (it's like he's done this before or something) and are instantly recognizable, particularly for those of us who are fledgling writers just waiting for that one chance. Feels like a classic, and for good reason. Every line is quick, acerbic and completely heartfelt. I particularly liked Alan offering to help Sarah by sleeping with her to break her creative drought, and every bit of the preternaturally gifted Doug Manoogalarian is pure gold, among many highlights. Levine...

    Masterful. Levine instantly draws us in with full-fledged, lovable, neurotic characters who wear their hearts on their sleeves (it's like he's done this before or something) and are instantly recognizable, particularly for those of us who are fledgling writers just waiting for that one chance. Feels like a classic, and for good reason. Every line is quick, acerbic and completely heartfelt. I particularly liked Alan offering to help Sarah by sleeping with her to break her creative drought, and every bit of the preternaturally gifted Doug Manoogalarian is pure gold, among many highlights. Levine shows us how it's done.

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