←Recommendations of The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends

Such a clever short piece! John Bavoso had me hooked from the moment I read the title and he delivers a play that is funny, relevant, and packs a good amount of heart. A perfect addition to any ten minute play festival.

This short play is clever in its concept and fun in its execution. I just listened to a radio version on the Short Play Podcast on Apple pod casts and it was a great little story with a nice twist at the end.

This is a gem of a short play. Brilliant concept and totally delightful execution. It's the best beard "limbo" imaginable, and the re-liberation (finally self-liberation) of Tiffany is worth cheering about. Very, very funny work.

There’s a whole new level of “beards” in this cleverly conceived comedy. Long after the laughs, long after you’re done rooting for both Tiffany and Rupert, you will be lost in thought. Bavoso will have you in the palm of his hands. As it turns out, it is the perfect place to be.

This delightful piece explores the very real possibility that our faded relationships live among each other in an assisted living center... in Canada. Makes sense to me! Bavoso packs this scene with farcical architecture, coaxing the audience not only to accept this wacky new world, but to move forward with the hilarious and harrowing concept that our minds are populated with characters that *spoiler alert* we've put there. Lovely possibilities here for two comedic actors.

The unseen men who invent Canadian Girlfriends give a poignancy to the set up that adds real weight and heft to this delicious comedy. The comedy is brisk and constant. In context, "That's why you're such a good typist" is a dizzying punchline. And the revelation that there are and will be fewer Canadian Girlfriends as men go directly to authentic lives is real cause for celebration.

John Bavoso's short comedy has a strong concept and even stronger execution. He shows a real affection for Tiffany, whose existence is thrown into turmoil before she ever has much of a chance to live her life. There are plenty of laughs, but the best part is the depth Bavoso brings -- we control our lives, we don't exist solely to serve as a function of someone else's life.

Extremely clever & creative comedy about the adventures of a mythical Canadian girlfriend. Genuine laughs here. Warning: contains one of the most groan-inducing jokes [on purpose of course] seen in recent memory. Involves an '80s pop singer. Good stuff. Highly recommended.