←Recommendations of A Minute Past Midnight on Valentine's Day, or, the Untold Truth about Romantics [a 1-minute play]

Such a concise depiction of a romantic encounter gone wrong. What starts out giddily romantic ends up truly heartbreaking. This is a phenomenal achievement in so brief a work.

An efficient, impactful short that unpacks an entire relationship of unrequited friendship-turned-love in only a few sentences. Steven Martin does an impressive job of telling us just enough to start jumping to conclusions, only to break our hearts with a wordless conclusion. Excellent work.

Credit to a writer who can produce such a short powerful piece like Steven does here!
In so few words the back story is set, the romance builds, then.... BAM!
Very clever!

Wow, so much happens in such a brief moment in A MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT ON VALENTINE'S DAY, OR, THE UNTOLD TRUTH ABOUT ROMANTICS. Steven G. Martin really knows how to pack an emotional punch! Beautiful work!

A dramatic, emotionally-packed play with a lot of wisdom about desire and secret admirers--and relationships that only exist in one person's mind. An excellent addition to a one-minute fest or as a scene study for young actors!

What a play! A MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT ON VALENTINES DAY, OR, THE UNTOLD TRUTH ABOUT ROMANTICS is a deeply emotional 1-minute play. It is immediately, full of conflict, characters who have big wants, and a really lovely moment at the end.

Bravo, Steve!

Oof!

As someone who often expresses thoughts best left unspoken, this one hits home. Our insecurities and frustrations, even when justified in principle, can be a wrecking ball in practice.

There's a visceral realness to this play. You can feel the cold and the damn right in your toes as you read it, just as you can feel their stomachs drop one by one before the cold turns freezing and simultaneously ceases to matter.

A snapshot of pain, perfectly captured.

A terrific, truthful short that cuts deep!

Talk about sucker punch to the guts and then a few to your entire body. This plays pack such raw emotion and you hope against hope for one ending but are handed one that is completely different and also one that makes you lose your breath. In today's world, we have so ways to communicate but most of them are from a safe distance of an app. Martin gives us a reason for why maybe honest human communication is still the best way to share our feelings!

A powerful, perfectly staged one-minute play about unrequited love. Steve Martin once again shows why he's a master of the one-minute play, doing so much in so little time. Your heart will break for these characters.