Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Firestorm by Meridith Friedman
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    Well-written piece that kept me guessing the whole time. Meridith really understands how to create tension in the audience. Such a light touch on some very tough material, and yet all the confrontations we want are there.

    Well-written piece that kept me guessing the whole time. Meridith really understands how to create tension in the audience. Such a light touch on some very tough material, and yet all the confrontations we want are there.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: After the Prologue by Carol Lashof
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    A completely charming tale told in verse (iambic pentameter no less) with a lesson on it (iambic pentameter) and a lesson for us all (feminist) without being preachy, this adaptation of Chaucer and one of King Arthur's tales is most enjoyably written and would be a wonderfully theatrical piece!

    A completely charming tale told in verse (iambic pentameter no less) with a lesson on it (iambic pentameter) and a lesson for us all (feminist) without being preachy, this adaptation of Chaucer and one of King Arthur's tales is most enjoyably written and would be a wonderfully theatrical piece!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Free Range by Carol Lashof
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    LOVE this! So true, so real, so succinct! Carol clearly has a great understanding of the form of the 1MP and the politics of this issue - parenting today - this is this-minute, eye-opening, and funny!

    LOVE this! So true, so real, so succinct! Carol clearly has a great understanding of the form of the 1MP and the politics of this issue - parenting today - this is this-minute, eye-opening, and funny!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Orange by Aditi Kapil
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    Lovely sweet parable that helps us all understand so much about life, the enormity of being human with other humans -- it is a play that enlarges our lives.

    Lovely sweet parable that helps us all understand so much about life, the enormity of being human with other humans -- it is a play that enlarges our lives.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: All Together Now by Philip Middleton Williams
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    Well-written, funny, sweet play that celebrates the advances we've made in defining families -- the single mom, the lesbian mom, the two gay dads, and the straight parents - versions of loving ones (onstage) and versions of homophobic ones (left obscene, where they should be -- offstage) -- and it's not all tidy, so it feels quite real.

    Well-written, funny, sweet play that celebrates the advances we've made in defining families -- the single mom, the lesbian mom, the two gay dads, and the straight parents - versions of loving ones (onstage) and versions of homophobic ones (left obscene, where they should be -- offstage) -- and it's not all tidy, so it feels quite real.

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  • North Greenville University: LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
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    I love how this play gives us a view into Emma Goldman's heart. Very enjoyable in that Bell really gets the sex in Goldman's life right! As a woman full of contradictions, I love how this play shows a different side of Emma Goldman, a side we rarely see in plays about her along with all the history.

    I love how this play gives us a view into Emma Goldman's heart. Very enjoyable in that Bell really gets the sex in Goldman's life right! As a woman full of contradictions, I love how this play shows a different side of Emma Goldman, a side we rarely see in plays about her along with all the history.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Icebox Placenta (a monologue for women) by Melissa Bell
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    Very funny piece about a subject we don't hear enough about -- the placenta! Great for an evening of monologues about women and our issues. . . and so great for so many actors. . .

    Very funny piece about a subject we don't hear enough about -- the placenta! Great for an evening of monologues about women and our issues. . . and so great for so many actors. . .

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Mad & a Goat by Diana Lynn Small
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    Fabulous and funny -- this play has everything you need for a fun night out on the town with much to consider and chew on afterwards at any local watering hole. An easy-to-mount hilarious tale told with such charm, love and great theatricality, marvelous props, deep metaphors, and suspense! LOVE it!

    Fabulous and funny -- this play has everything you need for a fun night out on the town with much to consider and chew on afterwards at any local watering hole. An easy-to-mount hilarious tale told with such charm, love and great theatricality, marvelous props, deep metaphors, and suspense! LOVE it!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Sam and Dede or My Dinner with Andre the Giant by Gino DiIorio
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    Really enjoyed this play! Sweet and funny exploration of the human desire to be known/to be left alone, why we do what we do, understanding ourselves/life v. questioning -- a philosophical play about aesthetics (Beckett v. popular entertainment) and life -- could not ask for more!

    Really enjoyed this play! Sweet and funny exploration of the human desire to be known/to be left alone, why we do what we do, understanding ourselves/life v. questioning -- a philosophical play about aesthetics (Beckett v. popular entertainment) and life -- could not ask for more!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Always Plenty of Light at the Starlight All Night Diner by Darcy Parker Bruce
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    The most fun you can have in a play -- dinosaurs, time travel, and queer romance -- this diner play lifts off (literally) into the stratosphere and lands beautifully -- enjoy!

    The most fun you can have in a play -- dinosaurs, time travel, and queer romance -- this diner play lifts off (literally) into the stratosphere and lands beautifully -- enjoy!

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