←Recommendations of The Window

This is one of the most ambitious, far-reaching ten-minute plays I've ever read.

When people wonder why the 10-minute play, we must all point them to this one! A feast! A philosophy! A slice of life so juicy and brilliant, I boggle at the mind of Tristen Canfield. What a wonderful play! I hope it lives a long well-produced life!

A confection of intellectual absurdism exploring the standards, implementation, and meaning of friendship, discourse and existence both quotidian and moment-to-moment. As one cat ponders the nature, purpose and consequences of the world in which it lives in order to stave off boredom, a fish lives for each moment, good or bad, with the gusto of a true innocent unencumbered by knowledge. It's also a hoot!

This comic short play excels because of Canfield's gift at creating contrasting characters. Actors will love performing the roles of Fish and Cat, who have vastly different world views. This is a lively, lovely light comedy. Produce it!

The costume and scenic design possibilities make this play a must-produce play. Fun for kids and their parents. Or maybe just their parents. This will be a hit with any audience. One of my favorite plays with animals on NPX.

You may stop writing 10-minute plays now. For Tristen Canfield has written the perfect 10-minute play, bar none. I first had the pleasure of watching this during Spokane Civic Theatre's Playwrights Forum Festival in 2015 and I haven't shut up about it since. It's a heartfelt commentary on the nature of humanity from two souls perhaps best poised to reflect upon it - a fish and a cat in a window - and it's damn hilarious, poignant, insightful and wonderful. I'm so glad to see it here on NPX, so that you too, Fellow Playwright, can rejoice in its existence.