“ TEACHER KEY offers middle school acting students a chance to play a realistic conflict that they can relate to and gives young teen audience members a valuable lesson in honesty and self-respect. The dialogue is natural and never comes off as pedantic, which is often hard to find in TYA dramas. ”

“ Hope Villanueva has captured the claustrophobic nature of the pandemic through the virtual online format that balances theatricality and intimacy very well. It made me consider how risk-taking and bravery is generally necessary for a happy life. The play also speaks to the reliance we tend to have on familial bonds, especially in uncertain times. THRESHOLD leaves us with much to reflect upon after a few brief minutes. ”

“ Dan Taube has written a short play that would great for young actors, with multiple beats and subtext in a heated exchange between two college roommates who apparently have been holding back their true thoughts about each other for some time. The pot seems to loosen their tongues and they reach an understanding. I can see this working well onstage and in an acting class.

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“ Nature is captivating, beautiful and isolating, and snow has the ability to both enthrall us and trap us. Szymkowicz’s play reminds me of one of those Twilight Zone episodes in which we realize the nature of the entrapment at the end. In this case, I imagined these four characters, not in a bar, but rather stuck inside a snow globe. They are safe and clean but are depriving themselves of the messy complications of genuine human connection. Fascinating and insightful work. ”