←Recommendations of Something in the Holy Water

Donna Stuccio writes great cop stories. This is one! Terrific opening: Gina, wearing dress blues, encounters Danny, another police officer, who’s relieving himself in a sink. Great setting: church basement, a funeral for a fellow officer going on above them. Dialogue is sharp, snappy, and quickly gives us the picture about a relationship that’s gone wrong. But then (Is it really God and the Virgin Mary interceding?) the ground shifts, and we’re left with a beautifully unresolved but hopeful ending. No deux ex machina here – Stuccio gives a story that feels all too real. Fantastic!

Love has a funny way of working itself through in unlikely situations! Well done.

I love Donna Stuccio’s plays about (as she says) “cops in love.” This play drips with the regrets of those who love, but struggle to maintain lovers or even friends. Sad, funny, and sweet.

Such a charming play! Stuccio effectively captures a slice of the cop world and puts it in a holiday setting that lets the heart shine through. Believable, distinctive characters you root for. Funny, emotional, satisfying (like a church lady cookie).