Love this show. I had the honor of direct Monica Cross' show for the Loved Ones Audio Fiction Podcast. It's such a heartfelt story of using love to keep on living. The robot concept is brilliant and not too far away from being a potential reality. Billy though, what a brilliant character, the arc is tremendous. Monica uses subtle advances throughout the script to push Billy out of her comfort zone and into her living zone. All at an incredibly believable pace for this short play. Love this play!

Having been recently reminded of how loneliness can overwhelm someone, finding companionship, even if it is a robot and their pre-prescribed programming, provides an element of solace. In this warm-hearted and heart-rending short play, Monica Cross shows how just a voice that can recite poetry does not replace a lost love, but instead reminds one of what that connection once was. A lovely and moving work.

I'm smiling through tears after reading this play. Monica Cross has woven together strands of loss, poetry, technology, and memory to tell Billy's tale. Despite its backstory of grief, "On Robots and Raindrops" is a story about life and living.