New Play Exchange

Debbie Lamedman

Shoelaces (10 minute play) by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

4 Feb. 2021

“ I love the ambiguity of this play and my mind reels at all the things that could be going on with these characters.This is the type of play that gets audiences humming after seeing it; exchanging theories about who these people really are, and what their backstory might be. I was always on alert throughout my reading of it, fearing something evil was about to happen. You're left with that feeling, long after the play is over. Eerie, thought-provoking, and evocative! ”
Remembered by John Mabey

1 Feb. 2021

“ This beautiful two-hander captured my attention immediately. John Mabey has captured the sense of the ephemeral here, which is not an easy thing to do in writing. The feelings this play evokes are both bittersweet and familiar. Yearning and longing. We are witnesses to a moment between these two characters that is gone in an instant. As this year's editor for Smith & Kraus' Best 10-Minute Plays 2021 Anthology, I knew this short piece needed to be included. ”