←Recommendations of Reconnaissance

If you ever doubted that we might be in eco-trouble, this play practically confirms it. For those who ask "How could this happen?"...this dark comedy shows you exactly how. Great short piece for three actors.

It is refreshing to be reminded that message plays do not need to be preachy and didactic, because the short comedy about the dangers of climate change featuring an angel, an alien, and a disturbingly 21st Century Wisconsinite is anything but. It is a true gift to be able to make you audiences bust a gut laughing while at the same time driving it home that our very own behavior is likely leading us to our doom. Well played, Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend.

Reconnaissance is a hilarious, satirical look at climate change through an angel and an extraterrestrial’s perspective. Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend blends comedy and dark reflection brilliantly, offering a witty yet urgent call to action. It's a quirky, insightful piece that makes you laugh while driving home an important message—an enjoyable and thought-provoking short!

I love the deft comic touch that Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend brings to all of her pieces, especially this one. "Reconnaissance" is a rich satire and a warning, both funny and intensely dark. This is a superb 10-minute play that I would love to see live.

Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend's unique blend of comedy and reflection makes this play a standout, offering both entertainment and a meaningful message about our role in preserving the planet. The play addresses the urgency of taking responsibility for the environmental crisis and challenges the audience to question their own complacency.

I desperately wish Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend would teach a class on climate dramaturgy! I would be the first student to sign up! She has consistently proven that she comprehends the nuances and complexities of these urgent global issues. More than that, she has found so many clear, effective, and hilarious ways to communicate those complexities to contemporary audiences. This quirky, comedic piece is another winner. It'll have you laughing so hard that you don't even realize that you're thinking! It's like magic! It's easy, accessible, efficient, and clear, and the ending is a perfect, inevitable sucker punch. Bravo, as always!

This would be depressing if it weren't so mordantly funny. Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend mines plenty of comedy out of our bleak state of planetary affairs: an alien, and angel, and a randomly-chosen human test subject each bring their own energy, perspective, and agenda to bear in a discussion of Earth's climate change situation. Safe to say we humans don't come off all that well, but the "Good Place"-esque dialogue sparkles and snaps to delightful effect. Program this short immediately so we can all share a good laugh before the polar icecaps melt.

Does it feel that the average American, in their chaotic and diffident response to the environmental crises we're facing, has a proverbial devil and angel perched on either shoulder whispering in their ear? It certainly does to Feriend, who has the perceptive acumen to make the devil a space alien and the "average American" worried he's there for a probe and convinced that Chinese weather balloons are somehow involved. A delightfully mordant piece of satire.