Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Lady Ott's Snapshots

    I found this to be utterly delightful, filled with the hoi polloi of the Bloomsbury days, I adored the sex (and attempts at sex) from Lady Ott's honeymoon all the way through to the end, and I found the language thrilling - especially the Ott/Russell scenes! Imaginative and charming - I hope someone produces it soon!

    I found this to be utterly delightful, filled with the hoi polloi of the Bloomsbury days, I adored the sex (and attempts at sex) from Lady Ott's honeymoon all the way through to the end, and I found the language thrilling - especially the Ott/Russell scenes! Imaginative and charming - I hope someone produces it soon!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: BENCHMARKS (10-minutes)

    I saw this play produced by AND Theatre and New Circle Theatre, and loved every moment of it! Again, Alterman is a master of the form, and his work never lets us down. It is moving and necessary and beautiful. What ten-minute playwriting should be!

    I saw this play produced by AND Theatre and New Circle Theatre, and loved every moment of it! Again, Alterman is a master of the form, and his work never lets us down. It is moving and necessary and beautiful. What ten-minute playwriting should be!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: DITMAS (10-minutes)

    I saw this at Boxers and Briefs beautifully done. It is a moving play that already has a wonderful life, a piece worth studying for structure and revelations. Alterman is a master of the form!

    I saw this at Boxers and Briefs beautifully done. It is a moving play that already has a wonderful life, a piece worth studying for structure and revelations. Alterman is a master of the form!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Alond(R)a

    Beautiful, heartbreaking play. I love the world, the tags, the language, the characters, and the heat of it, the physicality will be so wonderful staged - a director's dream of a play.

    Beautiful, heartbreaking play. I love the world, the tags, the language, the characters, and the heat of it, the physicality will be so wonderful staged - a director's dream of a play.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Stone Face

    This is a highly theatrical romp, and I enjoyed it thoroughly! I love the card game in the other room and all the hijinks but more than all that is the way it becomes moving - this is a soulful piece that touched me with a depth I was not expecting. I wish I could see this one on the boards!

    This is a highly theatrical romp, and I enjoyed it thoroughly! I love the card game in the other room and all the hijinks but more than all that is the way it becomes moving - this is a soulful piece that touched me with a depth I was not expecting. I wish I could see this one on the boards!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: I and You

    Love this play! From the first time I encountered it on the page until I took my son to see it at 59 East 59 (he was 14 then) and it was so exciting to see his mind get blown by it! Such a beautiful story that works on multiple levels. A feast for the senses too!

    Love this play! From the first time I encountered it on the page until I took my son to see it at 59 East 59 (he was 14 then) and it was so exciting to see his mind get blown by it! Such a beautiful story that works on multiple levels. A feast for the senses too!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD

    I adored this play as a reading directed by Kip Fagan at Manhattan Theatre Club - what a wonderfully fun evening this would be! The characters were intensely real. The shifts fast and dissonant. It left with me the energy of a sumo wrestler to go out and tackle the world! How inspiring!

    I adored this play as a reading directed by Kip Fagan at Manhattan Theatre Club - what a wonderfully fun evening this would be! The characters were intensely real. The shifts fast and dissonant. It left with me the energy of a sumo wrestler to go out and tackle the world! How inspiring!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Happily After Ever

    Very funny with a really fresh take on gender and a great use of language.

    Very funny with a really fresh take on gender and a great use of language.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Almost Mary

    Knowing this story quite well, I really enjoyed seeing how beautifully Ms. Haas has developed the drama of it, and by turning Mary's tragic early loss of her father into a strength that feeds her passion for fossil-finding, Mary becomes a universal hero who audiences will always love. The play is a triumph!

    Knowing this story quite well, I really enjoyed seeing how beautifully Ms. Haas has developed the drama of it, and by turning Mary's tragic early loss of her father into a strength that feeds her passion for fossil-finding, Mary becomes a universal hero who audiences will always love. The play is a triumph!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Headshots

    This beautifully written, moving play will stir your heart in so many ways. Each character is so well drawn, and the play works itself inevitably to an ending that feels honest and true with great roles for everyone in the cast. The script (except for one typo on page 19) is as close to perfect as they come. Burroway is an artist who knows how to suggest enough to take us everywhere we need to go on this epic journey.

    This beautifully written, moving play will stir your heart in so many ways. Each character is so well drawn, and the play works itself inevitably to an ending that feels honest and true with great roles for everyone in the cast. The script (except for one typo on page 19) is as close to perfect as they come. Burroway is an artist who knows how to suggest enough to take us everywhere we need to go on this epic journey.