←Recommendations of Fresh Hell

I am 23 years old with no kids, yet this play still induced horrid flashbacks of signing my (nonexistent) child up for camp. Intensely relatable! I have a personal love for creative stage directions, utilized brilliantly with: "the tension is palpable, like runners at a starting line" and "the same intensity as a child waiting for Santa Claus." The picture is so clear! Hilarious!

I can't believe how caught up in this I was. Brian Cern got me invested in these parents to the point of actually saying "go go go" under my breath. That's good writing. Then I got to THIS exchange and laughed my ass off...

DAD: I didn’t even click your button this much when we made the kid.
MOM: I know.

That right there made this a classic. I will never drink anything when reading a Brian Cern comedy. I don't want to shoot it out of my nose...

This short play is as funny as it is accurate. Panic reigning supreme with so much more on the line than button pushing and summer camps.

Oh, how I don't miss these days! This hilariously relatable short play by BRIAN CERN in HILARIOUS! The pacing is perfect. The banter is priceless. The camp registration process? As the title says, a fresh hell.

Tremendously funny. I actually woke my wife up laughing in the living room while reading this... that'll teach me to read Cern's work in the late hours of the night. :) Seriously, though, this is an extremely funny (and tense!) ten-minute that gave me mirth (packed with great bits throughout) and also some renewed reassurance about not having kids. (That second part is probably not intended, but oh well.) This ten-minute would definitely shine in any festival that chooses to have it!

Lots of fun to read! My mouth was literally open in horror/delight the entire time.

FRESH HELL is one of the most stressful and tense plays I've read in a long time. I could feel my insides twisting to knots as this mother and father stare at their computer. This play would be a riot on stage!