Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: C Is For Cupid

    This is such a fabulous sequel to B is for Bullshit, I want Mabey to go through the whole alphabet! I want the sequels for each of the B is for Bullshit characters: seasons! But these are my favorite characters from B is for Bullshit (hey, I'm their age, it happens) so I am truly rooting for them. I know closets. This queer show is sure to be as important as it is entertaining, and it melts my hearts! One day we'll all watch it in person!

    This is such a fabulous sequel to B is for Bullshit, I want Mabey to go through the whole alphabet! I want the sequels for each of the B is for Bullshit characters: seasons! But these are my favorite characters from B is for Bullshit (hey, I'm their age, it happens) so I am truly rooting for them. I know closets. This queer show is sure to be as important as it is entertaining, and it melts my hearts! One day we'll all watch it in person!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The B Is For Bullsh!t

    A brave and honest look at who we are and how hard it is to be clear and real about it. I found this play to be so relatable! I adore the older characters who are well-written in all their complexity as much as the younger ones who are distinct and specific. Mabey writes lines to memorize, they're so good. A must-read!

    A brave and honest look at who we are and how hard it is to be clear and real about it. I found this play to be so relatable! I adore the older characters who are well-written in all their complexity as much as the younger ones who are distinct and specific. Mabey writes lines to memorize, they're so good. A must-read!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: in a word

    Brilliant use of language to express the ineffable. What more can anyone say?

    Brilliant use of language to express the ineffable. What more can anyone say?

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Sullen Girl

    Dark, honest, brave, bold, and searing, this drama tells it all. Gen is a hero. After all the ways she tries to cope with what has happened, there are scenes toward the end that are uplifting and empowering to give all of us hope. Thank you Ali MacLean for doing the hard work so we may all benefit. People should know and see this play.

    Dark, honest, brave, bold, and searing, this drama tells it all. Gen is a hero. After all the ways she tries to cope with what has happened, there are scenes toward the end that are uplifting and empowering to give all of us hope. Thank you Ali MacLean for doing the hard work so we may all benefit. People should know and see this play.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)

    No apologies necessary here. Rachel Lynett has written a play about the monolith that is Blackness that isn't a monolith that is so brilliant because she lets us question all we think we know and then some. Thank you Lynett for your willingness to write a truth that stands for everyone and no one at the same time for the contradictions that rub up against story and structure so that the way the play is built is the story of the play. I can't wait to see this theatrical, head-smackingly fabulous play.

    No apologies necessary here. Rachel Lynett has written a play about the monolith that is Blackness that isn't a monolith that is so brilliant because she lets us question all we think we know and then some. Thank you Lynett for your willingness to write a truth that stands for everyone and no one at the same time for the contradictions that rub up against story and structure so that the way the play is built is the story of the play. I can't wait to see this theatrical, head-smackingly fabulous play.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: How to Talk to Your Child About BDSM

    Hilariously cringey play that would be great for any late night festival with fabulous costumes and props!

    Hilariously cringey play that would be great for any late night festival with fabulous costumes and props!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Long Way to Fall

    I like this play a lot. It feels honest and deep. I think it would be a great play for any short play festival because you don't often get to see two men talk so frankly with each other about things that really matter. The pain is palpable. Well done.

    I like this play a lot. It feels honest and deep. I think it would be a great play for any short play festival because you don't often get to see two men talk so frankly with each other about things that really matter. The pain is palpable. Well done.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Atlas, the Lonely Gibbon

    What a wonderful way to address the loneliness of our world and its technology, how tech that should bring us together is tearing us apart, and how it plays out in this moving and very funny play! Thank you Deborah Yarchun for this deep exploration of how we connect and disconnect with each other. Truly captures the anxiety of our time.

    What a wonderful way to address the loneliness of our world and its technology, how tech that should bring us together is tearing us apart, and how it plays out in this moving and very funny play! Thank you Deborah Yarchun for this deep exploration of how we connect and disconnect with each other. Truly captures the anxiety of our time.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Active Oval

    The Active Oval does a beautifully moving job of providing us all with the humor of grief. I love the idea of the active oval itself as a kind of infinity track similar to an infinity pool where you swim against a current forever. Sometimes we go round in circles until someone or something interrupts. Lex interrupts that infinite loop. It's motivated and works well to create a relatable piece that helps us all. And the visual domino moment is fabulous!

    The Active Oval does a beautifully moving job of providing us all with the humor of grief. I love the idea of the active oval itself as a kind of infinity track similar to an infinity pool where you swim against a current forever. Sometimes we go round in circles until someone or something interrupts. Lex interrupts that infinite loop. It's motivated and works well to create a relatable piece that helps us all. And the visual domino moment is fabulous!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Noir Hamlet

    A thrilling thriller mystery comedy spoof on Hamlet! This play should go far. It has everything to like and could be done from high schools on up and should be! Not merely entertaining, NOIR HAMLET has heart. But mostly I enjoy its theatricality and its humor. Skillfully plotted, it's a page-turner that will keep us all glued to our seats, something to take the edge off this damn virus - produce it now!

    A thrilling thriller mystery comedy spoof on Hamlet! This play should go far. It has everything to like and could be done from high schools on up and should be! Not merely entertaining, NOIR HAMLET has heart. But mostly I enjoy its theatricality and its humor. Skillfully plotted, it's a page-turner that will keep us all glued to our seats, something to take the edge off this damn virus - produce it now!