←Recommendations of Art Duty

Comfortably akin to Didi & Gogo/Ben & Gus/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern: the duo Tobin & Asher are tasked with the absurd. Nevertheless, achieve it they must, determining how along the way, and damn any complications. Conceivably a metaphor for how preciously we treat art, what is deemed to be art, and art's relationship with class; Daniel Prillaman's 'Art Duty' is, like art, a persistent search for truth, for the genuine, the authentic - mainly from its characters, no matter how taboo or unseemly.

Absolutely hilarious- ART DUTY is a masterful take on where society is heading. I could watch these characters interact with each other all day.

I am a fan of Art.
Prillaman has made me a fan of those who guard it.
Art Duty is a terrific piece that explores every facet of craving nonexistence as well as being comfortable in the not knowing.
I cannot wait to see it on its feet.

Ruthlessly funny! Very unique and entertaining dialogue. I enjoyed every last interaction and grew to love the characters. The end brings it together very well. A new favorite of mine!

Darkly comic and absurd, Art Duty is a dystopian play that asks big questions while being genuinely funny. This play is full of darkly comic, oh-my-god-should-I-be-laughing moments. I'd love to see this produced!

Daniel Prillaman provides plenty of laughs in this absurdist, dystopian work. But the comedy belies the deeper questions addressed related to how we value art, human life, and our roles in society. The tension between the two security guards, sometimes comic sometimes menacing, is heightened further with the introduction of each new character. Brilliant writing! This play needs to be put on its feet!

Art Duty ricochets between the worth of Art in an endless dystopian, flat-concrete void, to genuinely side-splitting morbid humor and tense quips about taboos that are no longer taboo. Prillaman expertly navigates the questions asked about the worth of Art and life without answering them. Like any good Art, you don't always need to know.

In particular: Critic #1's monologue, the parallels between Asher/Bellamy and Tobin/Leopold, and the guards themselves resigned to their duty in the Plaza around increasing absurdity immersed me in a world that reminded me of how much we do affect one another after all.

A dark and wry meditation on the role of Art and the struggle to survive in a totalitarian dystopia. For all the darkness, and there is some dark stuff in Art Duty, the wit of this work is striking, What this melding of darkness and humor leads to is a fascinating conceit brilliantly realized.

Daniel Prillaman is so skillful at creating worlds. The world of Art Duty is no different. It's eccentric, yet cold. Darkly humorous. I am still laughing at the art critics scene and encourage anyone looking for a comedic monologue for auditions to consider the Critic #1 speech! This play is so good, college students should be writing essays on it-- in a good way! I am in love!

Yes, yes, yes! I'm here for this script. I need to see it produced. The duality is scrumptious. The Rich Lovers scene, the scene in the cafe, people dying off stage, everyone wanting to kill themselves (almost)... again, I am here for this script. What is art? This. I'm gonna say, it's this. But that's just me talking. Experience this and muse on art yourself.