Shoptalk

by TyLie Shider

For Shine, a routine trip to the barbershop becomes a comic, but vivid, portrait of what happens to the feelings society has not given us permission to feel out loud.

For Shine, a routine trip to the barbershop becomes a comic, but vivid, portrait of what happens to the feelings society has not given us permission to feel out loud.

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Shoptalk

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Shoptalk

    A masterful one-act, truly one of the best out there in the world today. Moving, with inter-generational awareness, and the idea of legacy, how to live with a state of grief in a country of cruelty. Could not ask for a better piece of work on this, and what a gift it is for its audiences and the actors who get to embody these parts. A blessing.

    A masterful one-act, truly one of the best out there in the world today. Moving, with inter-generational awareness, and the idea of legacy, how to live with a state of grief in a country of cruelty. Could not ask for a better piece of work on this, and what a gift it is for its audiences and the actors who get to embody these parts. A blessing.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Shoptalk

    I was lucky enough to see this one at the OOB Festival - a beautiful, moving play that brings a world to vivid life in a few pages. There's a powerhouse role for an older actor, but all three characters are well-crafted, filled with depth and nuance. Outstanding work.

    I was lucky enough to see this one at the OOB Festival - a beautiful, moving play that brings a world to vivid life in a few pages. There's a powerhouse role for an older actor, but all three characters are well-crafted, filled with depth and nuance. Outstanding work.

  • Jessica Feder-Birnbaum: Shoptalk

    SHOPTALK is poignant, cinematic and universally satisfying. Grief and humor are often conflated in real life. The barber shop represents a third place (where to gather when you're not home) for so many men. I found myself both cracking up and with my heart in my throat as I read this wonderful play.

    SHOPTALK is poignant, cinematic and universally satisfying. Grief and humor are often conflated in real life. The barber shop represents a third place (where to gather when you're not home) for so many men. I found myself both cracking up and with my heart in my throat as I read this wonderful play.

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization ArtYard, Year 2024
  • Type Reading, Organization The Middletown Arts Center (The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival), Year 2022