←Recommendations of Live, Laugh, Lobotomize

Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn has created an infinitely charming way to talk about depression. This play is fully of goofy characters that would immensely fun to play (and watch)! I can imagine this play with bare bones and a sparse set just as easily as I could imagine full blown FX makeup and a decked out set dressings. Regardless of how you play it, LIVE, LAUGH, LOBOTOMIZE has a powerful message for anyone who finds themselves trapped in the darkness.

Oh, how I adore this quirky short piece by JACQUELYN FLOYD-PRISKORN. Olivia mysteriously finds herself in The Darkensss, a place she currently knows very well yet not at all. The use of humor and kind wisdom, from a very odd source, is the key to Olivia finding her way back to life. JUST THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG.

A sweet and touching story of demonic proportions. Jacquelyn's off beat sense of humor and memorable characters shine in this story where darkness is all too easy to give in to.

Guardian angels get all the hype, but move over. You'd have a hard task finding a play with inner demons more charming (or gut-burstingly hilarious). At once an homage? ripping satire? both? to kitschy tchotchke shops and a beautiful, nuanced exploration of depression, Floyd-Priskorn has outdone herself. The central shop is tremendous worldbuilding, and the set designers, in particular, will have a lot of room to really let loose here. This would be so much fun to see live, as well as powerful. And those are two things that always bring the room together.

The funniest play about depression that I've ever read. This hysterical short accomplishes so much in so few pages: original, evocative world building, dynamic and specific characters who leap off the page, and gut-busting, laugh-out-loud one-liners. Rae Dunn decor mashed up with dark fantasy and some earnest, moving messaging about what we have to live for when we're in our darkest places. Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn evokes a female millennial Neil Gaimon here--and that's a high compliment.

Apparently when you are battling your internal demons and are headed into The Darkness, you'd be fortunate to meet a half-demon and a wood troll to help you see your way back to the light. And send you on your way with a cute sign and a throw pillow. This is a very sweet fantasy play with a positive message, three terrific acting roles, and great opportunities for your local prop master and costumer to go overboard.

Talk about retail therapy! "Live, Laugh, Lobotomize" is a fantastically affirming delight - from the kitschy-with-a-twist signage and merchandise to the well-drawn and charming cast, there's a lot to love about this play from Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn. You'll be making haha sounds from the depths of your squishy human body, and you may even feel seen along the way. I'd love to see this short staged!

Who would have thunk that a short play about a store in the shopping district of an otherworldly place called The Darkness, full of dark creatures, would be so sweet? I love the world that's been created and the message that is given. I would love a series of plays set in this store, to watch Flurk and Ramiform help a whole slew of lost souls find their way out of The Darkness.

World building is such a difficult art, but Floyd-Priskorn manages it brilliantly. The world she creates is specific and layered and very, very funny. The outsider thrown into this world is movingly transformed by her experience there. But we are all better off for having visited Flurk's shop in The Darkness.

I think what I like most about reading plays is when an author creates an original world and characters that fit - a gift of one imagination to another. LIVE, LAUGH, LOBOTOMIZE succeeds in this regard and so much more. Priskorn’s demonesque tourist trap, its naughty pillow slogans, its weird rule system are brilliantly offbeat. A darkside hootenanny. The best sick joke, of many, might be the insight from our heroine Olivia that saves her.