Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Published! A Shonen-Inspired Musical

    What a wonderful piece of work! Heyman has a great ear for the adolescents in this musical, not only what they say but how they mature into their dreams. I loved the journey we go on from the focus on winning to the focus on fairness that brings about a real change in the writers so that they learn how to value themselves and own their crafts in ways beyond what any competition could provide. Kudos!

    What a wonderful piece of work! Heyman has a great ear for the adolescents in this musical, not only what they say but how they mature into their dreams. I loved the journey we go on from the focus on winning to the focus on fairness that brings about a real change in the writers so that they learn how to value themselves and own their crafts in ways beyond what any competition could provide. Kudos!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three Little Words, a Monologue

    This beautifully scripted monologue works so well and is so effective because Boyle never chooses to share the ugly part from channel 2. Instead Boyle focuses on what really matters, and this makes a huge difference in how we can process and interpret the monologue. Nothing gets in the way. Wonderful work!

    This beautifully scripted monologue works so well and is so effective because Boyle never chooses to share the ugly part from channel 2. Instead Boyle focuses on what really matters, and this makes a huge difference in how we can process and interpret the monologue. Nothing gets in the way. Wonderful work!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Lou And Bud Kill Their Dad

    This play has everything you could want - great acting moments, blood, gore and high stakes, truth and secrets, fear and loathing, the past/present and future, conflict galore, hilarity and wonderful dialogue, sweat, comedy, drama, tragedy, clowning, you name it, and it matters.

    This play has everything you could want - great acting moments, blood, gore and high stakes, truth and secrets, fear and loathing, the past/present and future, conflict galore, hilarity and wonderful dialogue, sweat, comedy, drama, tragedy, clowning, you name it, and it matters.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist

    While I know that Andy Boyd doesn't even know me, I felt as if he wrote this play just for me. Of course it will touch and move anyone interested in 20th Century politics, Jewish intellectuals, and those of us who dream of the end of capitalism. The podcast version is very well done, but I look forward to a production with all the visuals restored in all their messiness. Arise, arise, read or listen to this play! "We have nothing to lose but our chains...

    While I know that Andy Boyd doesn't even know me, I felt as if he wrote this play just for me. Of course it will touch and move anyone interested in 20th Century politics, Jewish intellectuals, and those of us who dream of the end of capitalism. The podcast version is very well done, but I look forward to a production with all the visuals restored in all their messiness. Arise, arise, read or listen to this play! "We have nothing to lose but our chains...

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Away From You

    Tracey Knight Narang gives us characters who are so three-dimensional, I would recognize them if I ran into them. This is a family drama with so much to relate to and humor and dialogue that works on several dimensions. But mostly there is a lot of love in this play. I was drawn by the relationships, and while I am interested in plays that deal with trauma, they don't always hold my attention. The way this story develops is surprising and moving. Highly recommend!

    Tracey Knight Narang gives us characters who are so three-dimensional, I would recognize them if I ran into them. This is a family drama with so much to relate to and humor and dialogue that works on several dimensions. But mostly there is a lot of love in this play. I was drawn by the relationships, and while I am interested in plays that deal with trauma, they don't always hold my attention. The way this story develops is surprising and moving. Highly recommend!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Last Ship to Proxima Centauri

    This play is a brilliant, entertaining response to the outrageous privilege and entitlement exhibited by many white Americans since the arrival of the Mayflower. This play also reminds us of our long, bloody, racist, colonizing history in an easy-to-digest way. Lam gets in so much without creating any kind of polemic. It's all so well motivated! I also loved Henry and his convictions. I hope it gets done everywhere!

    This play is a brilliant, entertaining response to the outrageous privilege and entitlement exhibited by many white Americans since the arrival of the Mayflower. This play also reminds us of our long, bloody, racist, colonizing history in an easy-to-digest way. Lam gets in so much without creating any kind of polemic. It's all so well motivated! I also loved Henry and his convictions. I hope it gets done everywhere!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: GOD AWFUL: A PLAY ABOUT JOB

    With a great title and a lot of humor, this retelling of the Book of Job includes a new twist for an ending that I adored! Well done!

    With a great title and a lot of humor, this retelling of the Book of Job includes a new twist for an ending that I adored! Well done!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: THE LATEST CRAZE: FIVE ONE-MINUTE PLAYS ABOUT WORDLE

    As a Wordle fan, this is wonderful. But even if you didn't love Wordle or know what Wordle is, these 5 short plays are fascinating looks at competition, obsession, passion and zeal! Ovary! (my favorite wordle word) I mean, claps!

    As a Wordle fan, this is wonderful. But even if you didn't love Wordle or know what Wordle is, these 5 short plays are fascinating looks at competition, obsession, passion and zeal! Ovary! (my favorite wordle word) I mean, claps!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: People Should Talk About What's Real

    Hilarious and simultaneously dark and then in the last few moments, the whole world, a global frame opens up! I really love how the play is structured with the 2 couples and the grandma in the middle as a part of history, a reaction and a force. So much here to wrestle with! Great work!

    Hilarious and simultaneously dark and then in the last few moments, the whole world, a global frame opens up! I really love how the play is structured with the 2 couples and the grandma in the middle as a part of history, a reaction and a force. So much here to wrestle with! Great work!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Preface to the Alien Garden

    I will never forget this play and its impact on me as a student years back. It is as fresh and relevant as ever. Robert Alexander is one of the most searingly honest playwrights I know. His work can sting, and his words can sing, and I hope we all get to see more of it!

    I will never forget this play and its impact on me as a student years back. It is as fresh and relevant as ever. Robert Alexander is one of the most searingly honest playwrights I know. His work can sting, and his words can sing, and I hope we all get to see more of it!