←Recommendations of Aloha Apocalypse (Ten Minute Play)

Extremely compelling piece! Eppich-Harris puts her characters in an extraordinary situation and has them behave 100% in a believable way. Great characterization. Great story. Great writer!

This humorous and tense meditation on the true scale of an apocalypse is full of charm, specificity, and genuine humanity. We are introduced to a couple who have been together for years and, in a matter of minutes, are forced to reveal their regrets, heartbreaks, and deepest, darkest secrets. Even though the bomb dropped isn't what was expected, we're left wondering how these two well-drawn, delightfully flawed characters will handle the "fallout" of their near-death experience. This was a brilliant way to turn a real historical event into a small but satisfying work of art!

Eppich-Harris manages to create tension, fear, and humor in this 10-minute piece. I ran the gamut of emotions reading this fast-paced two-hander, feeling the terror this couple must be feeling, yet at the same time, chuckling at the petty arguments that come from being married to the same person for many years. In a short amount of time, we are given plenty to think about as we put ourselves in this situation. Powerful, funny, and poignant!

This short play about two people facing imminent nuclear annihilation manages a difficult trick: it’s very funny without turning its premise into a gag. The emotional stakes remain hugely real throughout, which heightens both the horror of it AND the humor. (Recording a final video message to their children is emotionally agonizing; the need for repeated retakes is human and hilarious.) I had forgotten this real-life incident at first, but what a terrific idea to examine: what would you have said or done or confessed, had it been you?

A very taut play about a vacation interrupted by a report of nuclear war, ALOHA APOLCALYPSE is a frightening, funny and well-written play by Marci Eppich-Harris. It flies by as fast as your last minutes would - and the human moments it covers are totally earned. Well done.

What do you do when faced with imminent death? During a vacation in Hawaii? Marcia Eppich-Harris takes us on this journey through the eyes of an unsuspecting couple. Fast paced, funny, moving.

A hilarious show about facing one's own mortality- who would have thought! This is quick, sharp, and invokes such empathy for all sides that it will have you wiping a tear away from your check and then holding your belly laughing the next. A true work of art!

A very funny play that answers a very big question -- what would you do if you knew you were about to die? Goes beyond the comedy, too, to find some nicely drawn human moments. A great example of a playwright taking a real event and running with it. It gives me that "Dang, I wish I'd thought of that" feeling.

Sweet, funny play about what you might do in the moment, if the end was very near. Sharp, witty dialogue offers multiple opportunities for nuanced performances in this clever two-hander.

Makes you feel the tension, the love, and the truth of a very surreal situation. A captivating script that askes "what would you do?"