←Recommendations of Bartleby & Bess (5-10 minute play)

An absolutely lovely example of theater in an exploded moment. Bravo!

Every line of Speckman's powerful play hits with a swift and enjoyable impact. The interaction and imagery these characters paint is so delightful to experience. This piece will linger in your mind long after reading.

Beautiful and powerful. Speckman deftly creates two characters that we fully know and understand in only two minutes. It's tender and lovely and it's a celebration of how people can be different, and they can still love each other. Wonderful.

Simple and poignant imagery make this short piece a wonderful, soulful interaction between what was and what is for two people separated by distance and time.

A wonderfully quirky love story told from the perspective of a man who would prefer so many things not be as they are, but who discovers his soulmate has been revealed by the smallest of things and then claims her love with the the smallest of gestures. Elegant.

A very sweet, light-hearted, and funny piece that captures the anxiety of waiting for a loved one you have't seen in over a year, and the relief when they finally arrive.

A pitch perfect monologue of two lovers seeing each other after --- Well. I don't want to spoil any of it. It brought me to tears in the final moment. Well done, Elisabeth Giffin Speckman. I look forward to reading more!

We cling to every word - from the funny but poignant airport-monologue to the final moment for these two characters (reconciled lovers??) - it's lovely.

In one of the best stream-of-consciousness inner monologues I've ever read, followed by a swift, breezy exchange between two former lovers, Speckman gives us a perfect ode to change, capped in just one, almost throwaway stage direction and line of dialogue. Wonderful.

This moment captures the stream-of-conscious that we all go through. C'mon, admit it: you do. And the anticipation that is building up in this reunion is so revealing, so honest, so vulnerable. Elisabeth Giffin Speckman has a wonderful ear for dialogue, both internal and external.