←Recommendations of DRAWBRIDGE

With shades of Beckett and a dash of Monty Python, this charming, heartfelt short is both funny and profound. I could seen an audience eating... gulping... devouring... oh where is that lexicographer when you need one!... it down.

At the intersection of Inside Out and A Knight's Tale, DRAWBRIDGE is a scenic sprint of words and feelings with laughter and heart all along the way. The open casting and opportunity for play in both the verbal and the physical make this piece incredibly versatile. My favorite read in quite some time. I had the privilege of festival coordinating at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival where this play was last seen; it was there I learned this playwright is just as wonderful as she is brilliant! I so want to work with this playwright!

I had the privilege of seeing this piece performed at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. It was funny, sweet, and the characters draw you in. It's an age old should they or shouldn't they, but the language of this piece and the thesis really soar and hit home. How do you describe, or even feel, a feeling if you don't have the words for it? Is ignorance bliss, or is knowledge power? Truly Mallory's descriptions of feelings without using the word for them was the most outstanding part. A sweet drama worth the read.

Language is alive in DRAWBRIDGE—not only for Mallory Jane Weiss’ characters, who discover the power of naming their feelings, but for us, as Weiss’ original metaphors and playful, almost vaudevillian dialogue remind us not to take words for granted.