←Recommendations of To Be A Monarch Butterfly, To Return To A Home That Never Was

A beautiful, heart wrenching play about ascension, transformation, and yearning. All these people (or this one person, if that’s how you do it), have a deep yearning for something lost, for finding themselves, and in the end, none of them, nor the audience, come out of this play unchanged.

I'm consistently impressed by Lee's understanding of their own voice at such a young age. When I was 23 I was scribbling on bathroom mirrors. They also have a real commitment to and understanding of short plays, something I admire and envy. This play is beautiful. It's a play in transition, of people who want to be in motion, to transform. More than that it's about thwarted movement, thwarted change, thwarted communication...

In a poignant exploration of metamorphosis, "To Be A Monarch Butterfly, To Return To A Home That Never Was" weaves a tale of yearning and self-discovery. Through the lives of its characters, each cocooned in their own way, the play masterfully captures the essence of transformation, mirroring the monarch butterfly's journey. It's a reflective odyssey that invites audiences to ponder identity, change, and the courage to emerge anew.

Ah, I loved this. It's an incredibly well-constructed, powerful, and deeply relatable piece. A major thank you to Daniel for capturing what are some very complex feelings in such a poetic and palatable way. Read it. Produce it. Repeat.

This piece is lyrical and touching, written in what I would personally call free verse poetry. Daniel wrote words I had only previously thought before, and it was an emotional moment to realize that others feel as I do. A beautiful manifesto on the necessity of change.

Lee is a gifted wordsmith with an equal mix of poetic whimsy and a humorous sharp tongue. Their bluntness reveals their unapologetic honesty and vulnerability. The molting of a butterfly coupled with the unraveling of the human being underneath its shedding skin is a beautiful and cathartic image, and I just love the engaging uniqueness to how Lee structures their writing.