←Recommendations of The Last Great Act of Mankind

  • Monica Cross: The Last Great Act of Mankind by Scott Sickles
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    I have the opportunity to watch Almost Adults Productions (Santa Fe, NM) virtual reading of THE LAST GREAT ACT OF MANKIND. Scott Sickles once again creates a beautiful glimpse of love at the end of all life on Earth!

    This play is about the the types of love we have for one another beyond sexual/romantic love. Lars and Benno want different things in the last moments of humanity, but even if they don't get what they want, they still have each other.

    It is touching and funny (delightfully so) and so full of hope, even as the world ends.

    I have the opportunity to watch Almost Adults Productions (Santa Fe, NM) virtual reading of THE LAST GREAT ACT OF MANKIND. Scott Sickles once again creates a beautiful glimpse of love at the end of all life on Earth!

    This play is about the the types of love we have for one another beyond sexual/romantic love. Lars and Benno want different things in the last moments of humanity, but even if they don't get what they want, they still have each other.

    It is touching and funny (delightfully so) and so full of hope, even as the world ends.

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  • Steven G. Martin: The Last Great Act of Mankind by Scott Sickles
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    Another beautiful fingerprint of a play to identify LGBTQIA lives. For being set on Armageddon, it's remarkably funny, even as Lars is heartbroken over his unrequited love for Benno.

    I love Scott Sickles' LGBTQIA+ characters because they are living what lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexed people live: all the joy, fear, self-doubt, gaslighting, hate, and love that LGBTQIA people face. Non-LGBTQiA audiences may understand the characters and feel empathy toward them. But they are not universal, they are specific and of themselves.

    I greatly enjoyed Almost Adults Productions...

    Another beautiful fingerprint of a play to identify LGBTQIA lives. For being set on Armageddon, it's remarkably funny, even as Lars is heartbroken over his unrequited love for Benno.

    I love Scott Sickles' LGBTQIA+ characters because they are living what lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexed people live: all the joy, fear, self-doubt, gaslighting, hate, and love that LGBTQIA people face. Non-LGBTQiA audiences may understand the characters and feel empathy toward them. But they are not universal, they are specific and of themselves.

    I greatly enjoyed Almost Adults Productions (Santa Fe, NM) virtual reading of Sickles' play.

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  • Cheryl Bear: The Last Great Act of Mankind by Scott Sickles
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    A very sweet play about using the time we have for the most important thing, love and connection. Well done.

    A very sweet play about using the time we have for the most important thing, love and connection. Well done.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Last Great Act of Mankind by Scott Sickles
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    Relevant play for all its absurdity but also beautifully written and sweet! I really enjoy the high stakes of the situation and the real questioning of what could we do with our last moments on earth. Definitely a great piece for any festival!

    Relevant play for all its absurdity but also beautifully written and sweet! I really enjoy the high stakes of the situation and the real questioning of what could we do with our last moments on earth. Definitely a great piece for any festival!

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  • Matthew Weaver: The Last Great Act of Mankind by Scott Sickles
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    Melancholy and hilarity intermingle with the truth in another great Sickles outing. I think readers/viewers will find much to relate to in both Lars and Benno -- and the sticky, icky reality of hugging someone when it's too hot. Especially when that's because of an impending apocalypse. This, along with Sickles' other SF plays about the end of the world, would go great in a festival using this theme BECAUSE WHO ISN'T THINKING THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS?! If - when? - the end comes, Sickles remembers humankind for both its hopeless flaws and dignity.

    Melancholy and hilarity intermingle with the truth in another great Sickles outing. I think readers/viewers will find much to relate to in both Lars and Benno -- and the sticky, icky reality of hugging someone when it's too hot. Especially when that's because of an impending apocalypse. This, along with Sickles' other SF plays about the end of the world, would go great in a festival using this theme BECAUSE WHO ISN'T THINKING THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS?! If - when? - the end comes, Sickles remembers humankind for both its hopeless flaws and dignity.

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