←Recommendations of Coin Pusher

COIN PUSHER was a stunner at Baltimore Playwright's Brew in 2024- in just a few short pages, we realize what's lost with a gambling addiction. Marshall Logan Gibbs effectively captures the voices of different generations, and both the grandmother and the granddaughter communicate in distinct languages and poignant missed messages. This play is an aching short look into what's really important in life.

This is a piece that will wrench at the heartstrings for all sorts of reasons! Marshall has created characters that you can hear as real and allowed the audience to be a fly on the wall as the innocent perspective of a girl questions 'grown-up things' while the grown-up doesn't see how their addiction is affecting their life and their relationship with their loved ones. It's a powerful and emotional piece that offers plenty of wonderful (albeit sad) moments.

MARSHALL LOGAN-GIBBS hits the nail on the head with his short play”Coin Pusher”. Unfortunately, some are addicted to gambling and don’t recognize how their obsession affects themselves and their family. We need to take stock of our priorities.

Trigger warning to the grandparents and parents with addiction. Tragic. And truthful. Clear, arresting writing.

WOW. This heart wrenching short piece by Marshall Logan Gibbs is so perfect. Whether it's gambling or cell phones, adults are missing powerful moments and setting examples that will debilitate families for generations to come. I look forward to reading more pieces from Gibbs.

I love how three generations are vividly depicted in this short piece with only two characters on stage. A moving story that makes you wonder how many precious moments have already been missed within this family. There’s quite a lot to take in here, making it a perfect fit for any theatre.

This engaging short by Marshall Logan Gibbs has this complexity between the relationship of Dorthy and Lucy. In very little time, Gibbs is able to allow the reveals to occur naturally while allowing the audience to fill in of what could be of Lucy’s potential future. Thought provoking, honest, and poignant, Coin Pusher is sure to pack a punch for audiences.

What is so masterful here is the way in which Marshall Logan Gibbs takes the serious issue of gambling addictions, particularly of the elderly, and shows us how heartbreaking it can be through dramatic action. Lucy loves her grandmother and dinosaurs. She is not yet old enough to understand the reasons for her grandmother’s neglect. I wonder about the mother who has allowed her daughter to spend time in public under her mother’s care. There is so much rich subtext in this brief play. Excellent!

A unique and nifty way to look at addiction. Definitely a cautionary tale, and now i'm really going to be side-eyeing those people I see at Dave and Buster's who are just a little TOO into it. Seriously, though, Gibbs does a good job here in creating a poignant scene in this short play. Keep loving those dinosaurs, Lucy. Things definitely aren't as interesting when you grow up, but they can certainly be more dangerous, as this play infers.

“Coin Pusher” delves into themes of aging, responsibility, and neglect. Dorothy's commitment to the coin pusher machine serves as a metaphor for the repetitive nature of life, where one may be engrossed in a seemingly trivial pursuit. Lucy's innocence and attachment to her stuffed dinosaur represent the purity of childhood, untouched by the complexities that adulthood brings. The juxtaposition of these themes creates a thought-provoking atmosphere and Dorothy learns too late the true cost of her addiction.