Recommendations of The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

  • Len Cuthbert: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    This is a great 10-minute play that reveals just enough information at a time to keep the audience fully engaged. Some great lines and good laughs, especially for the Canadian that I am. "Is there anything manmade in this country?"

    This is a great 10-minute play that reveals just enough information at a time to keep the audience fully engaged. Some great lines and good laughs, especially for the Canadian that I am. "Is there anything manmade in this country?"

  • Stephen Kaplan: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    A totally clever and hysterical play. Bright and breezy but with something to say as well. Bavoso creates a whole world and, even in its short length, finds ways to constantly surprise and delight the audience. A really enjoyable play.

    A totally clever and hysterical play. Bright and breezy but with something to say as well. Bavoso creates a whole world and, even in its short length, finds ways to constantly surprise and delight the audience. A really enjoyable play.

  • Bethany Dickens Assaf: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    An absolutely wonderful concept that unfurls in unexpected ways. Both characters have striking individual voices and the dialogue is tack-sharp. This is a play to excite audiences, leave them wanting more, and get them talking about the aspirational stories we tell about ourselves.

    An absolutely wonderful concept that unfurls in unexpected ways. Both characters have striking individual voices and the dialogue is tack-sharp. This is a play to excite audiences, leave them wanting more, and get them talking about the aspirational stories we tell about ourselves.

  • Lainie Vansant: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    The premise of this play is a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, which is fantastic and beautifully done. On top of that, Bavoso adds nuance by forcing his characters to make choices and letting them take control of their own stories, and he does it all with such charming humor. This play has super fun roles for two comedic actors - put it on its feet!

    The premise of this play is a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, which is fantastic and beautifully done. On top of that, Bavoso adds nuance by forcing his characters to make choices and letting them take control of their own stories, and he does it all with such charming humor. This play has super fun roles for two comedic actors - put it on its feet!

  • Asher Wyndham: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    Everything about this -- the zany story, the never-seen-before characters -- makes for a clever play. A highly imaginative short play with perfect structure. This is so good, this is kind of comedy entertainment your theatre needs for your showcase.
    One of my favorite short comedies on NPX.

    Everything about this -- the zany story, the never-seen-before characters -- makes for a clever play. A highly imaginative short play with perfect structure. This is so good, this is kind of comedy entertainment your theatre needs for your showcase.
    One of my favorite short comedies on NPX.

  • Straton Rushing: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    Running across plays like this makes me wish I owned a publishing company. This show is original, hilarious and takes several unexpected turns. Bavoso killed it.

    Running across plays like this makes me wish I owned a publishing company. This show is original, hilarious and takes several unexpected turns. Bavoso killed it.

  • Audrey Webb: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    Super clever and imaginative play that provides not only some great laughter but also some thought-provoking moments.

    Super clever and imaginative play that provides not only some great laughter but also some thought-provoking moments.

  • John Adams: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    Ha! This was so funny! And it was such a clever and inspired idea! Everything was so much fun -- the premise, the characters, the details... The ending was great, and so incredibly positive and refreshing. It would have been easy for Bavoso to earn some laughs off this premise then limp to the finish line, but instead, we get a strong character taking distinct agency right up to the end -- and influencing another character to boot! Highly recommended!

    Ha! This was so funny! And it was such a clever and inspired idea! Everything was so much fun -- the premise, the characters, the details... The ending was great, and so incredibly positive and refreshing. It would have been easy for Bavoso to earn some laughs off this premise then limp to the finish line, but instead, we get a strong character taking distinct agency right up to the end -- and influencing another character to boot! Highly recommended!

  • Joshua H. Cohen: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    It starts as a clever joke, but that's just the beginning. A metaphysical meditation on the consequences of our social lies and fantasy selves, wrapped in snappy punchlines.

    It starts as a clever joke, but that's just the beginning. A metaphysical meditation on the consequences of our social lies and fantasy selves, wrapped in snappy punchlines.

  • Richard Lyons Conlon: The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

    A wonderfully imaginative conceit, perfectly executed. A kind of “Black Mirror meets Avenue Q” mash-up that’s hilarious while making a social comment on the need for constructing our own realities as a means of self-protection. Take this play as a terrific entertainment or more, it’s a joy either way.

    A wonderfully imaginative conceit, perfectly executed. A kind of “Black Mirror meets Avenue Q” mash-up that’s hilarious while making a social comment on the need for constructing our own realities as a means of self-protection. Take this play as a terrific entertainment or more, it’s a joy either way.