←Recommendations of Lessons in Self-Love

JACQUELYN PRISKORN gives us a heavenly look at the pitfalls of real-world dating in this short play. These two souls have seen it all through the ages and decide to try a new approach to finding true love…combine personalities to become one person. Let the fun begin! Witty dialogue and quick switches between comical settings—a dating game show, a bar, and a grocery store—makes Gemini: Lessons in Self-Love a guaranteed hit in any one-act festival.

Is there such a thing as too close for soul mates. Yes. The answer is yes. Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn gives us an eloquent portrayal of the notion that we do not complete one another, we complement one another. You must have two whole people to have a working relationship, not pieces that form into one.

"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, going over the same old ground..." enough Pink Floyd lyrics and time to concentrate on the great short play this Floyd has written here. It's fun, quirky, quick, but also sad and remorseful. I love how the playwright intertwines the separate groups of characters here. Very clever play!

For some reason this play had me thinking about Certs breath mints (no, it’s a candy mint). Many of us are a bundle of contradictions. Could it be we are just the temporary embodiment of two soulmates together for eternity? Are there really soulmates who find themselves over multiple lifetimes? And if so, how do they deal with each other’s annoying habits? Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn explores these questions in the comic yet also relatable character of Liberty, the quintessential Gemini. Fast-paced fun guaranteed to be a hit with audiences.

When is a monologue really a dialogue??? When the character is a GEMINI!!!

Whether you believe in astrology determining personality or not -- and a gemini can argue both sides AT THE SAME TIME -- this play takes the archetype, humanizes the duality into a singular persona, and mayhem ensues!

Floyd-Priskorn gets her David Ives on in a way that is uniquely her own. The play jumps around in time and place and I found myself thinking of how I would stage each of them! A delightful series of characters, setups, and payoffs that culminate fabulously!

There's plenty to like about this play by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn, which bounces from the abstract nature of souls and soulmates to dating game pitfalls to twenty-something soliloquy and back again. Though many characters serve largely as companions to Liberty's struggle to find love, the dialogue feels very human and the piece has a lovely theatricality to it. The ending lands excellently, too.

The play I wish I’d written when I was a single, twenty-something Gemini! Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn’s witty, fast-paced dialogue snaps, crackles, and makes me laugh out loud. Both of my personalities thoroughly enjoyed this highly satisfying read.

Sometimes getting closer shows all the cracks in the foundation of the relationship we'd rather ignore, as Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn shows in this wonderful 10 minute piece about 2 souls who try to get closer than they should and the comic fallout from it. Snappy dialogue and a gem of a role for a woman with great timing, this would be a dream to see staged.

JACQUELYN FLOYD-PRISKORN poses an interesting premise of two soulmates coming as close together as possible by being in one body. “Lessons in Self-Love” is a really witty short play with a reminder: Love can be wonderful, but it may not always be so. This was a very interesting read and would be fun to watch performed.

Be careful what you wish for! We all want a soul mate, but could there be too much of a good thing? Appropriate for all ages, this New Age play, is both thought-provoking and entertaining. This short play takes us on a wild ride from life in spirit, to life on earth, and back again. Whether you read it or see it on stage, enjoy the ride!