Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: BEFORE, I TALKED TO SHOES by Alina Rios
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    What a stunning play about going mental or maybe Rose is merely dealing with overwhelming grief - I could relate to her enormously (but when I talk to objects, they don't respond). But the bright lights and the people and the discomfort and sensory issues over touch are very relatable! The play is filled with sensory experience. And the missing child is heart-wrenching. Great writing that cuts to the quick. I wanted more.

    What a stunning play about going mental or maybe Rose is merely dealing with overwhelming grief - I could relate to her enormously (but when I talk to objects, they don't respond). But the bright lights and the people and the discomfort and sensory issues over touch are very relatable! The play is filled with sensory experience. And the missing child is heart-wrenching. Great writing that cuts to the quick. I wanted more.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Bronte's Mom by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    Wow, lots of deep subtext going on in Bronte's Mom! This is an adorable play about a puppy that ate a shoe, and it's also a play about a couple's first wedding anniversary and how they are coping with change and loss and depression, and it does all this in ten comic minutes! That's a lot of wonderful writing! I hope it is produced well and often!

    Wow, lots of deep subtext going on in Bronte's Mom! This is an adorable play about a puppy that ate a shoe, and it's also a play about a couple's first wedding anniversary and how they are coping with change and loss and depression, and it does all this in ten comic minutes! That's a lot of wonderful writing! I hope it is produced well and often!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Holy and Unruly by David Beardsley
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    A gorgeous and revelatory play about Queen Elizabeth that we all need to see onstage! So theatrical and lush in terms of its language and its scope while still being so producible. Great roles for women! Do this now!

    A gorgeous and revelatory play about Queen Elizabeth that we all need to see onstage! So theatrical and lush in terms of its language and its scope while still being so producible. Great roles for women! Do this now!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE by Nora Louise Syran
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    I love the concept of using a song, lyric by lyric, to create a sequence of short pieces that form a whole. This has the feel of France and the comic tone meshes with the nostalgia for a holiday time that we all think we miss. This lets us revel in our own memories because the writer gives us the space and time to do that. Lovely work.

    I love the concept of using a song, lyric by lyric, to create a sequence of short pieces that form a whole. This has the feel of France and the comic tone meshes with the nostalgia for a holiday time that we all think we miss. This lets us revel in our own memories because the writer gives us the space and time to do that. Lovely work.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Five Golden Rings (a 2 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    A random act of kindness for the holidays!

    A random act of kindness for the holidays!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Four Calling Birds (a 2 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Yes - hilarious! And the ending is perfect!

    Yes - hilarious! And the ending is perfect!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three French Hens (a 3 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Lovely! Amusant! Et tous les choses, as the young people say, and here we are again with light, bright, holiday cheer!

    Lovely! Amusant! Et tous les choses, as the young people say, and here we are again with light, bright, holiday cheer!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Two Turtle Doves (a 5 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    I continue to be intrigued! Two Turtle Doves drive a woman bonkers because she's alone and they aren't, and then her loneliness manifests a partner... fascinating!

    I continue to be intrigued! Two Turtle Doves drive a woman bonkers because she's alone and they aren't, and then her loneliness manifests a partner... fascinating!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Perdrix in a Pear Tree (3 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    I am intrigued. I like this couple and look forward to the rest in the series! We get history, mythology, and France! Boar-hunting, partridges and roles for mature actors. Huzzah!

    I am intrigued. I like this couple and look forward to the rest in the series! We get history, mythology, and France! Boar-hunting, partridges and roles for mature actors. Huzzah!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three Year Summer by Amy Berryman
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    I LOVE this play! So relatable and sweet! Wonderful characters, wonderful problems, wonderful 13 year old Tommy caught between her parents at that awful age of 13! And HP - huge fan here! This play gives me all the feels!

    I LOVE this play! So relatable and sweet! Wonderful characters, wonderful problems, wonderful 13 year old Tommy caught between her parents at that awful age of 13! And HP - huge fan here! This play gives me all the feels!

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