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Monica Cross

Recommended by Monica Cross

  • The Tragedie of King John Falstaff by Michael C. O'Day
    17 Apr. 2024
    “ The Tragedie of King John Falstaff is an alternate history to Shakespeare Henry V. Michael C. O'Day creates a delightful scenario (Glendower's Revenge Magic), high spectacle (a talking head mounted on a sacrificial alter), and gorgeous language ("I would dam the river Lethe, and divert its natural course, that I might pour it raging down my throat, and become oblivion itself.") Every Shakespeare lover should add this to their reading list!

    I want to see this play produced! ”
  • Heartburn by Daniel Prillaman
    17 Apr. 2024
    “ Heartburn is a Daniel Prillaman classic! Going to the doctor can be scary and having an unknown pain can be alarming, but this play takes both of those to a whole new level! This goes from unsettling to mind blowing in a matter of heartbeats. What a fantastic scene for actors! This play would also make a great radio drama. ”
  • Fresh Hell by Brian Cern
    20 Feb. 2024
    “ FRESH HELL is one of the most stressful and tense plays I've read in a long time. I could feel my insides twisting to knots as this mother and father stare at their computer. This play would be a riot on stage! ”
  • In A World... by John Busser
    17 Feb. 2024
    “ This is such a fun 10-minute play! As I read IN A WORLD..., I could hear Voiceover Guy's voice! John Busser has written (in announcer voiceover voice) "A play that keeps you laughing at ever turn."

    This would be the highlight of any 10-minute play festival. I imagine actors would have a delightful time working on this show. ”
  • Flood (short play) by David Hansen
    16 Feb. 2024
    “ Without going into details, David Hansen clues us in to exactly what has happened! And that laugh out loud ending also serves as a cautionary reminder for us all. A delightful short play! Bravo! ”
  • Let Me Know If I Hurt You by Dave Osmundsen
    15 Feb. 2024
    “ What a powerhouse of a solo show! From the opening set up I was on the edge of my seat all the way until the final shoe drops. LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU is a funny coming of age story, but it also packs an emotional punch. Dave Osmundsen masterfully navigates us through all the ins and out of the character's gay autistic experience of his first intimate relationship.

    I was struck by Bob's words: "I wanted to get the hell out of childhood. I wish I let myself wait a bit longer." ”
  • TOADS!!! (an amphibious nativity play) by Jillian Blevins
    8 Feb. 2024
    “ WHAT A WILD RIDE! I love a good body horror, and Jillian Blevins delivers! (see what I did there?) I heard an informal zoom reading of TOADS!!! (the exclamation points are vital) and absolutely laughed the whole way through it. It is delightful, surprising, and horrifying in equal measures! PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY! ”
  • Romeo & Juliet & Velociraptors by Matthew Weaver
    8 Feb. 2024
    “ Every play would be made better with Velociraptors and R&J is a perfect candidate for the transformation! This play of death and gore has the classic Matthew Weaver charm! As fun as this was to read, I think it would be AWESOME to see staged! ”
  • HENRY X by Liz Coley
    29 Nov. 2023
    “ This Neo-Elizabethan History play, draws on the style of a Shakespearean play to theorize about the future to comment on our present moment. This play is expansive and intimate at the same time. We get to explore modern thoughts on Monarchy and duty, while also focusing on a married couple grappling with very different points of view. Liz Coley has written the play in Iambic Pentameter but keeps the language modern. This play would be fun to stage. ”
  • The Vast of Darkness by Bethany Dickens Assaf
    16 Nov. 2023
    “ This science fiction thriller thrusts together two people who could not be more different. Alone in space they don't know what's real and what isn't and hell they don't even know what the other person looks like. Bethany Dickens Assaf has created eerie and effective staging that ups tension and conjures so much in the audience's imagination.

    I would love to produce this play! And so will you! ”

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