Recommended by Renee Calarco

  • Renee Calarco: Play Ball by Alan Sharpe
    “

    I saw a reading of this play at the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival a number of years ago and it has stuck with me. A beautiful and wrenching story, well-told.

    I saw a reading of this play at the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival a number of years ago and it has stuck with me. A beautiful and wrenching story, well-told.

    ”
  • Renee Calarco: Self Portrait With Dirty Hair by Jordan Ealey
    “

    Beautiful, haunting, and a gut punch. I'd love to see this in performance.

    Beautiful, haunting, and a gut punch. I'd love to see this in performance.

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  • Renee Calarco: Just Dessert by Nicole Cox
    “

    This is a beautiful and deceptively simple play. There’s so much to be mined here and I’d love to see it in performance.

    This is a beautiful and deceptively simple play. There’s so much to be mined here and I’d love to see it in performance.

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  • Renee Calarco: What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead by Natalie Valentine
    “

    Gorgeous, urgent, raw, and essential. This piece is a journey full of pain *and* hope—-and I look forward to seeing this in production. Beautiful.

    Gorgeous, urgent, raw, and essential. This piece is a journey full of pain *and* hope—-and I look forward to seeing this in production. Beautiful.

    ”
  • Renee Calarco: Maya on Zoom by D L Newton
    “

    A beautifully written monologue. I'm hungry for more and would love to see this as a longer piece.

    A beautifully written monologue. I'm hungry for more and would love to see this as a longer piece.

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  • Renee Calarco: Br'er Cotton by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm
    “

    Wow, is this a stunning and heartbreaking play. Poetic, ethereal, and riveting.

    Wow, is this a stunning and heartbreaking play. Poetic, ethereal, and riveting.

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  • Renee Calarco: Benched by Allyson Currin
    “

    A smart, heartbreaking, and beautiful comedy with sharply-drawn female characters. I've seen this play multiple times--both during its development and in production--and have been awed by the surprising moments that actors continually find in the script. I think it's a true gem for actors.

    A smart, heartbreaking, and beautiful comedy with sharply-drawn female characters. I've seen this play multiple times--both during its development and in production--and have been awed by the surprising moments that actors continually find in the script. I think it's a true gem for actors.

    ”
  • Renee Calarco: THE BUTCHER by Gwydion Suilebhan
    “

    THE BUTCHER is both sharply intellectual and wrenchingly emotional. It's a stunning exploration of faith. And it needs to be produced everywhere.

    THE BUTCHER is both sharply intellectual and wrenchingly emotional. It's a stunning exploration of faith. And it needs to be produced everywhere.

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  • Renee Calarco: happiness (and other reasons to die) by Bob Bartlett
    “

    Stunningly beautiful, hilarious, and arresting.

    Stunningly beautiful, hilarious, and arresting.

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  • Renee Calarco: Caesar and Dada by Allyson Currin
    “

    I adore this play. It's brilliant and funny and huge and heartbreaking. The characters are so smartly drawn.

    I adore this play. It's brilliant and funny and huge and heartbreaking. The characters are so smartly drawn.

    ”