←Recommendations of LIGHTS UP!

A super little play about the theatre and, in particular, trying to get a performance from a self-seeking actor. Simple, pertinent, funny and very realistic. Jack Levine has a knack for cutting through the unnecessary to ensure a tight story with cracking dialogue shines at the centre of the stage! Super stuff!

Fantastic play! I feel like we all know these characters so deeply in such a short time. It’s part truth and horror story because this actually happens all the time. As an actor this is like the best characters to play with.

Very funny short play about theater and relationships. This would be enormous fun as part of a short-play festival and I'm sure actors would love performing it too!

I so want this to be a true story!! Where the community theatre actor is suffering from a wildly inflated self-image, only to be put in their place.
In general, i'm not usually a fan of plays about theatre. I find that they usually spend too much time explaining the set up, that they don't have enough left for the actual plot. This is not the case here. "Lights UP!" wastes no time with the backstory and heads straight to the action. In the process, Levine creates a universally relatable situation.
This is a true gem that should be performed!

I love a funny play about amateur characters acting in the most amateurish way possible, and Jack Levine doesn’t shy away from having his obnoxious lead actor ham it up in the spotlight, a place this actor has no business being at the moment. While it is clever and very funny, the play also gives us a valuable lesson on what good acting is about and being true to one’s character. This is a lot of fun!

Having recently had the pleasure of reading Justin in an online reading of LIGHTS UP by Jack Levine, it serves as a reminder, to myself at least, to remember that I, or no one else is bigger than the show! This is a fun depiction of where someone, we all no that 'someone', who pushes the patience of the director. Great!

Wow. Yep. Been there with this actor. (Once, I might add. I do not suffer prima donnas.) Accurately written and moves quickly with no extra weight; I was sorry to see it end. Will be a lot of fun for just about every company.

As I read through the lines of the 'lead actor' I couldn't help but think 'I know someone like this' and I'm pretty sure that most audience members who've been involved with theatre at one point or another would know someone like that too. It is creating characters so believeable in a scene that will tickle you with humour that makes this a great little piece that would do very well at a festival.

So I'm a sucker for plays about the theater and I loved this play. I know actors like this and it's nice to see at least one of them get their comeuppance. This would work very well in a festival setting.

Oh, the ego of an actor. That grandiosity we sometimes see strutting its hour upon the stage is brilliantly spoofed in this short play. Quite the fun piece!