←Recommendations of ONE

Amusing.

I would love to see this kind of experimental play staged, as it really needs to work not only between the two actors selling it, but between them and the audience who are asked to buy what they're selling. To me, the great challenge of a play like this is all in the delivery. One word can tell us so much, BUT context, nuance, variety and connection are where the story is built, using just these one word building blocks. By the time the monologue happens, we already have a foundation to place it on. Really interesting stuff.

You will love Christopher Plumridge's ONE if you enjoy esteemed playwright, Annie Baker. Plumridge creates a unique set up but the payoff is oh-so excellent! This two-hander is an actor's dream come true. There is so much depth with so little being said. A real acting challenge and maybe even a stronger challenge for a director. I would love to be the ONE(see what I did there?) to bring this to life!

HA! In acting classes, many of us did scenes like these called "open scenes." It was up to the actors to decide who the characters were and what was going on in the scene. Fun to see the different interpretations from each group. I say this would be a fun evening of plays, allowing students each to perform this scene without the surprise monologue (so hilarious) and then have the instructors perform the same scene WITH the surprise monologue. It would have the audience and the students roaring with laughter! A perfect evening of ONE Plumridge Play over and over!

Dang! So clever. So funny. So poignant. I want to see this on stage.
Please.
Please?
Please!

My wife would say that I'm the one word responder. Which I find annoying because I write a lot of words all of the time. As you read this play, it's possible for a different interpretation from the specificity of the writing. What if this is purely the perception of the other person and that there's an entire conversation that is actually taking place. At times it felt like that. Chris Plumridge is a brilliant writer and I thoroughly enjoy his shows, including this one.

Good.
Oh?
Very.
Really?
Really.
Funny?
Very.
And the break from single word exchanges comes at a perfect time. The longing for deeper communication speaks to our time.
Recommend?
Heartily.

I feel sometimes my partner would enjoy that very much, that speaking in one word or maybe no words at all and by the time Black speaks out and stakes their claim for what they truly need and want I feel we are all breathing a huge sigh of happiness.

Hilarious! Cleverly crafted and resonant in this age where communication has often been reduced to emojis and texts. I can't tell you how much I hate getting texts like "K?"

I thoroughly enjoyed Christopher Plumridge's play about two humans trying to communicate. The aria-like monologue was a twist I didn't see coming. An absolute gem.