←Recommendations of DON'T PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD, a 10-minute comedy for five actors

Casey has an unhealthy relationship with her pantry. But this year that’s going to change…right?
Not if Cookie, Ice Cream, and Chip have anything to say about it. Maybe Kale can save the day - if only he weren’t so weird and stringy. A clever and identifiable short play about the struggles so many of us face with maintaining a healthy diet. A fun kitchen cautionary tale for all ages.

If theater is about making the invisible, visible, Arianna Rose brings the struggle so many of us have with food into sight. DON'T PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD offers us a funny, honest, and touching glimpse at the protagonist's (Casey) struggle to be healthy when trying to untangle from the emotional and seductive call of Cookie, Ice Cream, and Chip. Will Kale ride to the rescue? Read it and find out.

The battle to resist unhealthy food rages on inside so many of us. Arianna Rose in DON’T PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD makes poor eating a poignant and hilarious food fight. Personifying cravings that hearken back to our childhoods. Can Mighty Casey stand up to the edible charisma of her house guests - Cookie, Ice Cream, and Chip? Is Super Kale a realistic answer or a fantasy of cruciferous satisfaction? It’s the time of year when resolve is beginning to wane and the battle rages on. Fine work from a gifted playwright.

In case you had any doubts, yes - cookies and ice cream (and chips!) can talk to you - quite persuasively. The massage interlude is quite telling as to which foods are needy and which foods exist to please you. Rose has concocted a sweet spread of resolution and indecision. The physical comedy and sly inserts of clever lines (“I’m melting!”) are the added cherries (or sprinkles) on top.

Haven't we all had struggles with foods that are inherently bad for us? Where's the fun in giving them all up? That's the struggle that Ms. Rose has hilariously created in this exceedingly clever and funny play. You may actually find yourself rooting for the "bad" foods when snobby kale shows up, pretending to be the food hero of the piece. This is a play anyone can relate to and it should be a no-brainer for theaters to pick it up and produce it. (With a concession stand in the lobby, selling...you-know-what...)

So much temptation stands between Casey and her New Years resolution to eat healthy in this witty and engaging play. Ice Cream, Cookies, and Chips each have their siren's song. Then Kale arrives in superhero guise, but proves not to be the answer to Casey's cravings. Casey's final response is all too human and completely relatable.

No one can bring inanimate objects to life on stage quite like Arianna Rose, as she proves once again in this hilarious, clever, and very relatable short play about resolutions, will power, temptation, and human weakness. Sweet Cookie, seductive Ice Cream, and salty Chip all have their hooks in struggling food addict Casey, who tries to resist each one’s mouthwatering charms. When self-righteous Kale bursts on the scene to save the day, the smug, cruciferous green proves not the superhero Casey needs. Even the title of this comic gem is perfect. Read. Laugh. Relate. Produce!

Roses fun and funny battle between trying to eat healthy and the fat, sugar, and salty foods she loves is something we all relate to, especially when it’s a new years resolution. Casey faces off against her favorite bad choices, and trying to eat better. Who will win? I laughed out loud throughout. It’s a fun piece for the actors as well. Who doesn’t want to play melting ice cream? Produce it. It’s sure to be a hit.

I have had battles with sugar and salt, so I am sympathetic to Casey...to point. This fast and funny short play will appeal to most everyone in an audience because we all have our food nemeses. Rose has the innate ability to bring inanimate objects to life in a most unique way. This will be a festival favorite.