←Recommendations of WATCH YOUR PRONOUNS - one-act, grandfathers with young LGBTQ family members shares their inner turmoil.

'Watch Your Pronouns' contributes to the ongoing dialogue about gender identity and acceptance. The play’s message is clear: love and understanding are paramount, and personal growth often requires confronting and overcoming one’s own prejudices.

I remember the first time I was asked my pronoun in a playwriting course. I had no idea what they were asking.

This play tackles the family challenge of a grandchild being trans with intricate dialogue on the pronoun they wanted used. I could identify with George, not because I had an issue with trans people, but because like him I stumble with pronouns other than the obvious two used in the usual way. I found the conversation fascinating.

Cliff is an interesting foil to George, asking the hard questions. I really enjoyed the play.

Change does not come easily, particularly as we age. In this compelling drama, Tom Erb demonstrates this perfectly as we see in one case change comes too late. In the other case, there may still be time. Issues of gender identity and sexual orientation may cause confusion or worse between generations, but as this play movingly shows us, acceptance is the only path forward. Great roles for two older gentlemen.

This is a moving play about the difficult path to acceptance. George must accept that the world has changed and that his grandson has found his true gender identity. Cliff uses his own pain to guide George to seeing that acceptance is a necessary part of love.

This was such a moving play. And highlights the struggles many cis people have adjusting to the changes their trans loved ones are going through. It's careful, well thought out, and filled with love beneath the character's anger and confusion. It's an honest portrayal of hard-won, but earned love.

As a transgender playwright, I have overheard this conversation many, many times. It seems to be an almost universal reaction to a family member coming out as trans, and this play captures it perfectly.
Far from being the type of play that beats its audience over the head with simplistic good/bad ideals of leftist morality, it dwells in the very human crossroads where misunderstanding collides enlightenment, where confusion collides with guidance, and where distaste collides with acceptance.

This is a lovely play. A simple everyday conversation between two old friends trying to make sense of their losses. They are also trying to navigate the modern world and their conversation helps us see things from different perspectives. I'd love to see this on stage at a shorts festival.

This play pushes you to reconsider your preconceived notions of pronouns and what someone's experience transitioning is like.