←Recommendations of A Cup of Java at the Fourth Wall Cafe

Featuring a handful of endearing oddballs and a nonstop barrage of laugh lines, A Cup of Java at the Fourth Wall Cafe is a treat from start to finish. If you like your comedies with a side of meta awareness, Dan West’s short play is a must read!

Wildly funny and joyfully meta, A Cup of Java at the Fourth Wall Cafe turns loneliness, romance, and writerly control into theatrical chaos. West’s self-aware humor and clever twists make this a gleeful treat for audiences, actors, and playwrights alike.

A lovely meta piece with sharp humor and absurdity, you can't help but laugh! It's the type of show you walk away smiling gleefully. The show is pure fun and such an exciting show to direct! In a world with so much stress and anxiety, shows like this can help us take a break and have a good chuckle. I cannot recommend it enough!

As the title suggests, this short piece is hyper meta. In addition it is enjoyably self aware and hysterically funny. Dan West offers not only a delight for all audiences but a special nod to playwrights who marvel at how characters seem to dictate their own stories. This needs to be produced often.

Twists and turns galore in this funny, meta-theatrical short play about writing, intention, and 35-year old virgins. A laugh-out loud piece that I would love to see live; a delight for actors and directors! Best title I've read all day as well. Kudos to playwright Dan West and the intricate web he weaves for his characters. Pure joy for an audience!

I couldn’t stop laughing while reading A Cup of Java at the Fourth Wall Café. Marvin’s awkward honesty, Ingrid’s brutal one-liners, and the Writer’s ridiculous power trip all collide in ways that are surprising and delightful. Dan West has a gift for timing and for flipping a scene on its head just when you think you know where it’s going. It’s the kind of play that’s pure fun on the page and would be even funnier on its feet.

Funny meta-theatre piece that keeps peeling off layers, satirizing the writer ego, the male gaze, and the craft of playwriting all in one fell swoop.