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Conor McShane

Recommended by Conor McShane

  • Madre de Dios by Marvin González De León
    15 Apr. 2024
    “ A thrilling fusion of ghost story, speculative fiction, and spirituality that work together beautifully, anchored as they are to the story of a grieving family whose pain feels raw and real and lived-in. I know I'm going to be thinking about that final image for a long time! ”
  • The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play) by Enid Cokinos
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ A funny and charming adult fairy tale with a theme that just gets more relatable as the years go by. I'm at a point in my life where I'm beginning to realize that when the time's gone, you never get it back, so better enjoy what you have while you can! ”
  • ASS2MOUTH by Haygen-Brice Walker
    12 Mar. 2024
    “ The sort of gutsy, wild, risky work that every theatre should aspire to produce, but so few would dare attempt. It implicates the audience as complicit in its conflation of violence and sexual desire, making it somehow deeply perverse and also the most normal thing in the world. Its 185 pages fly by breathlessly til the very end. ”
  • The Housing Situation on Neptune by NJ Draine
    13 Feb. 2024
    “ A stunning speculative epic that touches on nearly every anxiety we face in the world today: climate grief, income inequality, the corporate undermining of our government, the rise of artificial intelligence, and so much more, but doesn't forget to center everything around what's most important: the characters. It practically leaps off the page, and I would love to see it fully staged in the way it deserves to be. ”
  • So You Want To Create A Universe? by Sam Heyman
    30 Jan. 2024
    “ I love the cosmology we're presented with in this play, the notion that a singular, eternal, all-knowing God is a manmade invention, and the truth is a whole lot messier. I could read a whole series of plays about this succession of Creators and their universe-making foibles! ”
  • Bad Necromance by Tom Moran
    16 Jan. 2024
    “ I love any time something odd or supernatural is a fully accepted part of life in a story, and this play handles that so well with its take on freelance necromancers. It's the perfect mix of blackly funny and surprisingly sweet. And hey, preventing food waste seems like a worthwhile cause to me! ”
  • All The Pretty Colored Bottles Under The Sink by Hannah Lee DeFrates
    16 Jan. 2024
    “ I love the sense of unease that builds throughout the play, starting from something that feels off from the jump and allowing us to discover what's happening as Audrey does. I can see some cool opportunities to amplify the unease through performance and design, which is always a nice bonus. ”
  • Fifty Boxes of Earth by Ankita Raturi
    14 Dec. 2023
    “ I've often seen the original Dracula story interpreted as an allegory for Victorian Britain's fear of immigrants, and this play takes that seed of an idea and grows a wholly different, delicate, and beautiful new life from it. It's a tough story full of pain, misunderstanding, and fear, but also deep resilience and hope. The use of movement and magic cries out to be staged in its full glory, and I hope someone does it soon, preferably where I can see it! ”
  • El Cóndor by Noelle Viñas
    7 Dec. 2023
    “ I love any story that weaves together personal stories with the larger history, and this play does that beautifully. It's an important reminder that history is a tapestry of lives lived by people having their own experiences, not just abstract figures that fit into certain movements. ”
  • The Good Boy Game by Patrick Vermillion
    16 Nov. 2023
    “ A raw, unflinching look at a uniquely American phenomenon, with a few moments that made me clutch my head to keep my brain from leaking out of my ears (and I mean that as the highest compliment). This play asks some very trenchant questions--who is responsible for the violence and anger that infects so many young men and boys? Are people born bad? Can people ever really change?--in a way that is extremely provocative, but purposeful. It's everything I hope for in a new play, and one I'm going to be thinking about for a very long time. ”

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