Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

Well done! This is a delightful ten-minute play that surprises and is full of laughs and warms my heart!

Fabulous ensemble play that I roared through - it's hysterical - tears streaming down my face! Characters with relationships - it's deep, unexplained and yet completely knowable, fathomable, and true.

A touching ten-minute play that uses the metaphor of fireworks - those romantic displays of color and light - to help us understand failed romance, but the play also explores how fears and inadequacies get in the way. A sharp and clear exploration with an honest confrontation that also provides a great explanation of how fireworks actually work (something I never knew) even if the romance doesn't work (something that is heart-breakingly clear).

Joan is a heroine for our time! I saw this play produced in NYC, and it is a moving portrait of a moment in our history when straight people were clueless as to how to respond to what eventually became AIDS. This play is much more than a document, it is like a prayer - it is a path - it is a way of responding that raises us all up.

How I love a circus! And a good circus story is probably one of my favorite things in the entire universe! BUT THIS is much, much more than that. . . I will not ruin it for anyone, but it is a MUST-READ, and then you will be hooked forever on the Magic of Merilo and his Fabulous Feats! No wonder they will do it at NJ Rep - I hope it gets done many times after that!

Hilarity ensues! This is a seriously fabulous farce (and I saw Travesties on Bway this week, and this has more laughs per page than that). Love love love all the business - directors who love business, this has it in abundance! Details like the frazzled bangs - genius! Turns! Twists! And. . . I don't want to give away my favorite reason for loving this because it's a spoiler, so you'll have to read it yourself and guess. Wonderful work!

Bykowski has a great sense of storytelling. Here is a wonderful metaphor made flesh! Beautiful language and imagery. And so True!

This is a wonderful play that surprised me, kept me at the edge of my seat at times, had me rooting for the characters, and didn't ever let me get ahead of it. I was thrilled with the language, the beauty, the world of it, the weather, the moral questions posed, and its timely relevance. A pleasure!

Wonderfully dramatic! Filled with twists and turns! Love the way it builds! Well done!

Moving drama! Hooked from beginning to end. The metaphor of Queen Margaret's lost potential to rule is apt and put to great use here to drive how we see the predicament of all three characters. The loss of potentially world-changing feminist ideas, how all three characters face life-changing moments in terms of their biologies - the fury of Beverly toward her son - why is it we rarely get to see plays so well written about such important themes? This one - do this one!