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Emma Goldman-Sherman

Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Dove by Brigid Amos
    28 Apr. 2023
    “ I love so many things about this play including having an adult in the kid role As An Adult - I have not seen this done anywhere else in this way, and it is very effective and allows for so much healing to happen, a very smart idea. The play has a lot to say, but the moving (I needed tissues!) reading at Drew U with ASOTO completely swept me up into the story of these incredibly well-rendered characters, such juicy roles for actors!!! Only later did its brilliant subversions seep in. What a wonderful play this is! Highly recommend! ”
  • TOUCH THE MOON - full-length play, 5 characters by Arianna Rose
    12 Apr. 2023
    “ Beautiful work! Great roles for women. Great transitions and timing. The way the piece moves is masterfully crafted. Love how theatrical it is, love the suspense, very intense! ”
  • Lunch Bunch by Adrian Einspanier
    12 Apr. 2023
    “ Hilarious play about a group of public defenders who are desperately fighting impossible battles against a cruel system while obsessing about lunch in the most wonderful ways! I highly recommend this for the theatrical use of language, brilliantly created characters and very distinct rhythms and scene dynamics that make this such a joyful show. ”
  • A Tragedy Of Owls by John Mabey
    12 Apr. 2023
    “ A spare but unsparing glimpse of heroic action, Mabey has given us a moment of history that should be better known and celebrated. To be able to stand up to such oppression is commendable, to be beaten and unbowed, to be honest in the face of erasure and lies is to inspire us all. ”
  • Jane, Queen's Foole by Barbara Blatner
    12 Apr. 2023
    “ A charming and fascinating period piece about women for and against each other. I felt personally invested in Jane's journey in particular because I felt I could identify with her emotionally as an autistic character who couldn't speak falsely and doesn't understand hierarchy. I also love the physicality and the language, the sensory delights and odors, the muscularity of the langugage, and the diversity of characters from different classes and abilities. There is much truth-telling in this play. I hope it will be produced soon and often. ”
  • Good Cake by Emily Hageman
    31 Mar. 2023
    “ Good Cake is a good play about a good funeral with good friends. I really like it. It's real and honest and authentic and there will be good laughs in it too when it's produced. Also it's for middle schoolers so it feels really necessary and something they'd be into doing. Great roles and ensemble work. ”
  • Righteous Among Us by Amy Tofte
    27 Mar. 2023
    “ Excellent work! Plumbing the depths of family mythologies, Tofte crafts a play that - though limited to a cast of 3 - has enormous scope and consequences. Thrilling to see what is possible on stage, so producible and yet so complex. Wonderful work! ”
  • NORA by Maia Gosselin
    24 Mar. 2023
    “ Such an interesting play! It would be really great onstage and fascinating to direct. I really enjoy the ambiguities and the potential motives and the thriller aspects of it that keep me totally enthralled. I'd love to see it produced! ”
  • Flight by DeLanna Studi
    15 Mar. 2023
    “ A beautifully written origin myth where the hero is asked to take on her true identity. With twists and turns, Studi brings us into the heart and soul of Quoya as she questions her purpose in the world. This would be so beautiful on its feet! Even on the page it has strong rhythms and images that create an entire world. ”
  • Space Laser, In Space! by Jillian Blevins
    7 Mar. 2023
    “ Very funny play that is also Talmudic. Blevins creates complex characters who have a legitimate conflict that is as deep as it is absurd but hits on real issues of identity and morality. Would be a great addition to any festival of shorts! Something to talk about afterwards, to infinity and beyond! ”

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