←Recommendations of Abandonment [a 1-minute play]

From the astonishing description of Hugh’s bible right through the speedy prayer, Martin gives us an adolescent in turmoil and pain in a scant 10 seconds. Don’t be fooled by the brevity of the pice. There’s a lot at stake here.

Steven Martin presents an immediate crisis in faith that is life-altering and maybe shattering - all in a matter of a minute. Sharp and to the point, extremely well done.

Hugh, clutching a well-worn Bible, needs to know if God really loves him - a touching, very short script about insecurity with the Divine.

Fascinating character whose struggles are visceral and wholly believable. Martin does a great job of really pulling us into the characters head in a short period of time. An almost perfect monologue. Highly recommended.

One of the most astonishing depictions of a crisis of faith I’ve ever seen and Martin fits it on half a page! Unrequited love is terrible enough but when the One doing the rebuffing is supposed to be both all-powerful and all-loving, the paradox become untenable. Hugh’s love and anguish are at war and the stakes are as high sad heaven itself. A triumph!

What can happen in a minute? Read Abandonment to find out! This 1-minute-play is an entire experience in only 1 minute and can be interpreted in so many ways for any kind of actor especially written for LGBTQ people who struggle so terribly with our place on this earth. It also makes me wonder who is doing the abandoning? Society seems to have struck the first and many blows to inspire what Hugh does. Beautiful work.

Martin has such a talent for painting vivid, visual, and emotional pictures before the dialogue even begins... Then he can take your breath away in just half a page. Powerful, even visceral. Just half a page. Amazing.

A strongly emotional piece that resonates on so many levels. Martin weaves the character's inner struggle in a powerful and impactful way.

STEVEN G. MARTIN captures one of the struggles one might have in their desire to have faith. Can we hold on to our belief in the Almighty, if God does not seem to want to “be there” in times of our greatest need? “Abandonment (A 1-Minute Play)” is a play, which says so much with so few words.

It's a powerful piece in one-minute.