←Recommendations of After the Deluge

06/19/2026 - A beautiful piece that is as alluring as it is mysterious. Ken Love tells an engaging story here through the eyes of a woman who has committed adultery and finds herself banished from society, just as a historic flood is coming. Very biblical in terms of its references and in terms of how it would play out on a stage. Wonderfully well done!

As I read this monologue, I kept thinking of the woman's strength. This piece is lyrical and frightening all in one. She tells a story worth listening to and survives at the end.

The flowery language in this one person one act does an excellent job of evoking this mystical air. Ken Love's worldbuilding makes submerging yourself into the world of the woman effortless. This play is atmospheric. Intentional. Definitely check it out if you're looking for a quick read.

From the very first word until the last, we are so caught up with this one woman's story as she realize that if not for being banished from her own village that she would not have wound up safely upon the top of Mount Ararat. After the flood waters are receding, she thinks maybe that she has died until the sign that God had set for everyone on the ark, appears, and she is thankful for the path she had been sent on before the rains came because how many of us get that second chance like she did.

Rich with imagery and powerful emotion. An imaginative take/perspective on a well-known tale! A gripping monologue!

Haunting, raw, and fiercely imaginative, After the Deluge reclaims biblical myth through the voice of a survivor who refuses to disappear quietly. Love’s poetic language and stark imagery create a monologue that feels both epic and deeply personal.

"After the Deluge" is a haunting and fiercely original monologue that reimagines biblical mythology through the voice of a woman abandoned by both society and God. Ken Love crafts language that is raw, poetic, and unsettling, allowing the character’s pain, resilience, and bitterness to unfold with gripping emotional intensity. The play’s stark imagery—from the floodwaters to the phantom birds singing hymns—creates an atmosphere that feels both apocalyptic and deeply intimate. Very imaginative!

This is not the Biblical ark-in-the-flood story or protagonist you were expecting. Ken Love has created a flawed character who has fought for her life against a vengeful community, a lecher in sheep's clothing, and God's anger with the world via 40 days and 40 nights of rain. This monologue shines with the unnamed character's resilience and sense of self-worth.