Recommended by Monica Cross

  • Monica Cross: Marcie and Patty Are Getting Married by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons
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    MARCIE AND PATTY ARE GETTING MARRIED is an adorable RomCom full of laughter and love. Hilary Bluestein-Lyons creates a perfect storm of catastophies which threaten to ruin Marcie and Patty's perfect day, but wine and friends and, most importantly, love prevail!

    An absolutely delightful play! A wonderful gift to designers with spilled wine and two ruined wedding dresses.

    Do yourself the favor of reading this play!

    Highly Recommended!

    MARCIE AND PATTY ARE GETTING MARRIED is an adorable RomCom full of laughter and love. Hilary Bluestein-Lyons creates a perfect storm of catastophies which threaten to ruin Marcie and Patty's perfect day, but wine and friends and, most importantly, love prevail!

    An absolutely delightful play! A wonderful gift to designers with spilled wine and two ruined wedding dresses.

    Do yourself the favor of reading this play!

    Highly Recommended!

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  • Monica Cross: Save Hamlet! (a full length play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    As someone with a very extensive background in Shakespeare, I have a very high bar for Shakespearean adaptations. And to me, SAVE HAMLET! is a perfect Shakespearean adaptation!

    This play is ideal for High School students, and both irreverently pokes fun at Shakespeare's play and takes great care to teach actors and audience the history of this play. This play is great for a largely female cast, as we quickly discover that almost all of the men in Elsinore are actually women in disguise!

    SAVE HAMLET! works as a great companion piece to it's source material! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

    As someone with a very extensive background in Shakespeare, I have a very high bar for Shakespearean adaptations. And to me, SAVE HAMLET! is a perfect Shakespearean adaptation!

    This play is ideal for High School students, and both irreverently pokes fun at Shakespeare's play and takes great care to teach actors and audience the history of this play. This play is great for a largely female cast, as we quickly discover that almost all of the men in Elsinore are actually women in disguise!

    SAVE HAMLET! works as a great companion piece to it's source material! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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  • Monica Cross: Another Park, Another Sunday by Philip Middleton Williams
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    ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY is a very sweet look at the meaning of life through the eyes of two friends who are dead. Philip Middleton Williams does a beautiful job of celebrating life and presenting the bittersweet melancholy of the life after.

    ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY is a very sweet look at the meaning of life through the eyes of two friends who are dead. Philip Middleton Williams does a beautiful job of celebrating life and presenting the bittersweet melancholy of the life after.

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  • Monica Cross: Field Trip by Daniel Prillaman
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    I fell in love with Terrence and Ling-Ling in Daniel Prillaman's BLACK, WHITE, & RED ALL OVER. So I was ecstatic to find that they are back at it again in FIELD TRIP. And they have friends! Inspired by stories of actual animals going on adventures amid this pandemic, these plays are absolutely adorable and is guaranteed to brighten any mood!

    I fell in love with Terrence and Ling-Ling in Daniel Prillaman's BLACK, WHITE, & RED ALL OVER. So I was ecstatic to find that they are back at it again in FIELD TRIP. And they have friends! Inspired by stories of actual animals going on adventures amid this pandemic, these plays are absolutely adorable and is guaranteed to brighten any mood!

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  • Monica Cross: Cabfare For The Common Man (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    I did not expect this play to get to me like it did! It's fun. It's innovative. It's a stunning metaphor for life! Mark Harvey Levine does a stellar job capturing the twists and turns of growing up.

    I have had several people recommend this play to me and I'm glad it final made it up my list. Because this play is an absolute treat.

    CABFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN is a fast-pace journey through life that invites us to slow down and enjoy the journey.

    Read it! Recommend it! Produce it!

    I did not expect this play to get to me like it did! It's fun. It's innovative. It's a stunning metaphor for life! Mark Harvey Levine does a stellar job capturing the twists and turns of growing up.

    I have had several people recommend this play to me and I'm glad it final made it up my list. Because this play is an absolute treat.

    CABFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN is a fast-pace journey through life that invites us to slow down and enjoy the journey.

    Read it! Recommend it! Produce it!

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  • Monica Cross: Matthew Weaver and Tristen Canfield Are in a Terrible Play by Tristen Canfield
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    This gorgeous play tackles the anxieties of playwriting, the friendships of playwrights, and tenderness of affirmation. Sometimes a friend just needs to put on a fake mustache and offer to fight you in order to make things okay, and after reading this, I believe Matthew Weaver would do just that. MATTHEW WEAVER AND TRISTAN CANFIELD ARE IN A TERRIBLE PLAY stands proudly among the many Matthew Weaver plays. This was such a delightful and affirming way to start my day! Thank you, Matthew, for being a friend! And Thank you, Tristan, for writing this heartwarming play!

    This gorgeous play tackles the anxieties of playwriting, the friendships of playwrights, and tenderness of affirmation. Sometimes a friend just needs to put on a fake mustache and offer to fight you in order to make things okay, and after reading this, I believe Matthew Weaver would do just that. MATTHEW WEAVER AND TRISTAN CANFIELD ARE IN A TERRIBLE PLAY stands proudly among the many Matthew Weaver plays. This was such a delightful and affirming way to start my day! Thank you, Matthew, for being a friend! And Thank you, Tristan, for writing this heartwarming play!

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  • Monica Cross: Chewie, Get Us Out of Here by Philip Middleton Williams
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    If you are a Doctor Who, or Star Trek, or Star Wars, or even Battlestar Gallactica fan, you will be delighted by CHEWIE, GET US OUT OF HERE! This 10-minute play is boiling over with pop culture references! This play is going at Warp Speed!

    If you are a Doctor Who, or Star Trek, or Star Wars, or even Battlestar Gallactica fan, you will be delighted by CHEWIE, GET US OUT OF HERE! This 10-minute play is boiling over with pop culture references! This play is going at Warp Speed!

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  • Monica Cross: A Report On Ancient Egypt (a one minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    A REPORT ON ANCIENT EGYPT is ADORABLE! Mark Harvey Levine combines the Pandemic, Zoom, and Ancient Egypt in this middle school presentation, in a way that is absolutely charming. As I read through this short play, I could feel all that was unsaid, and all the hopes for the future that emanate from this script... or maybe it was Aliens.

    Well done Mark!

    Highly Recommended!

    A REPORT ON ANCIENT EGYPT is ADORABLE! Mark Harvey Levine combines the Pandemic, Zoom, and Ancient Egypt in this middle school presentation, in a way that is absolutely charming. As I read through this short play, I could feel all that was unsaid, and all the hopes for the future that emanate from this script... or maybe it was Aliens.

    Well done Mark!

    Highly Recommended!

    ”
  • Monica Cross: THE BADDEST KID ON EMERSON by Steven G. Martin
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    This is the Biggest, Baddest, Bestest - the nightmare-maker - 10-minute play written by the Meanest, Maddest, Most awesomest playwright Steven G. Martin!

    THE BADDEST KID ON EMERSON is terrifying and holds up alongside the most horrific moments of stage violence. This is a departure from the majority of Steve's work, and that makes it all the more unsettling. Kids can be cruel, and this play leans into that.

    Reading this play is like watching a car crash in slowmotion and being unable to look away! It has great moments of violence, a treat for any choreographer! Bravo! Highly...

    This is the Biggest, Baddest, Bestest - the nightmare-maker - 10-minute play written by the Meanest, Maddest, Most awesomest playwright Steven G. Martin!

    THE BADDEST KID ON EMERSON is terrifying and holds up alongside the most horrific moments of stage violence. This is a departure from the majority of Steve's work, and that makes it all the more unsettling. Kids can be cruel, and this play leans into that.

    Reading this play is like watching a car crash in slowmotion and being unable to look away! It has great moments of violence, a treat for any choreographer! Bravo! Highly Recommended.

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  • Monica Cross: A Lot A Lot (one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
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    This is something very sweet about watching a people enjoy one another and this is exactly what this play is: a moment of watching two people really enjoy each other (a lot, a lot). A fun 1-minute play and great for exploring a moment of intimacy!

    This is something very sweet about watching a people enjoy one another and this is exactly what this play is: a moment of watching two people really enjoy each other (a lot, a lot). A fun 1-minute play and great for exploring a moment of intimacy!

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