Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Give The People What They Want (seven plays for five actors)

    Another night of hilarity by Greg Kotis! I remember this well. So well, I laugh just remembering it! Want some Covid distraction, read the sample! Enjoyable and totally Kotis-esque which is as it should be.

    Another night of hilarity by Greg Kotis! I remember this well. So well, I laugh just remembering it! Want some Covid distraction, read the sample! Enjoyable and totally Kotis-esque which is as it should be.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Mother Ever After - Monologue

    Stunning, moving beast of a monologue/short play! Read it and produce it again and again! This brought tears to my eyes and made me feel more connected to my impossible traumatizing (and long dead) mother than I ever thought possible - thank you! What a gift this piece of writing is!

    Stunning, moving beast of a monologue/short play! Read it and produce it again and again! This brought tears to my eyes and made me feel more connected to my impossible traumatizing (and long dead) mother than I ever thought possible - thank you! What a gift this piece of writing is!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)

    This is a fantastic play that begins in the primordial ooze and takes us through the history of evolution of yeasts/single-celled organisms that allows for an incredible amount of creativity in casting costuming and set design for a lot of people of any ages, and it is so much fun, and so bizarre, I can only say, if you ever get the opportunity to produce this or see this, DO IT! GO!

    This is a fantastic play that begins in the primordial ooze and takes us through the history of evolution of yeasts/single-celled organisms that allows for an incredible amount of creativity in casting costuming and set design for a lot of people of any ages, and it is so much fun, and so bizarre, I can only say, if you ever get the opportunity to produce this or see this, DO IT! GO!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Cheryl Bear is Reading All of My Plays on the New Play Exchange ( a monologue)

    She read all of mine too, ages ago, and I didn't consider writing a play about it, but this is hilarious and wonderful. If I wrote a play about it, it would be a dialogue, since I know Cheryl. I believe that she is really a playwright, and one day she will start posting her plays, and then we will all read her!

    She read all of mine too, ages ago, and I didn't consider writing a play about it, but this is hilarious and wonderful. If I wrote a play about it, it would be a dialogue, since I know Cheryl. I believe that she is really a playwright, and one day she will start posting her plays, and then we will all read her!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A SAFE PLACE

    Beautifully done and extremely powerful. The simplicity of what Carnes does here gives it power, the power of its inherent truth and horror, without need to embellish. We can all learn from this!

    Beautifully done and extremely powerful. The simplicity of what Carnes does here gives it power, the power of its inherent truth and horror, without need to embellish. We can all learn from this!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Firewater

    Fascinating family drama that is filled with theatrical moments and interesting language. Marchant builds a mythological world where the stakes are high, and the images work together to create mystery and meaning. Well done!

    Fascinating family drama that is filled with theatrical moments and interesting language. Marchant builds a mythological world where the stakes are high, and the images work together to create mystery and meaning. Well done!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: always nothing else

    This is a beautifully written play for this moment! I really enjoyed the progression of the relationship in a world that is really well-drawn for our socially distant moment. Kudos!

    This is a beautifully written play for this moment! I really enjoyed the progression of the relationship in a world that is really well-drawn for our socially distant moment. Kudos!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: GUSHER!

    As the 1st female to recommend this play, it's refreshingly fabulous! GUSHER! delves so graphically into menstruation (love the casual handing of a bloody tampon to another person)! Stakes plus the ongoing discussion of cramps in a deluge while the universe is bleeding. IF ONLY! Love the premise, love the characters, love the (mimetic) language, the screaming and the caustic way Rosenberg has of laying it all out there in all its beauty: the female condition! Makes me want to chant in my kitchen: we're here, we're queer, we're bleeding, get used to it! (I will never miss my period.)

    As the 1st female to recommend this play, it's refreshingly fabulous! GUSHER! delves so graphically into menstruation (love the casual handing of a bloody tampon to another person)! Stakes plus the ongoing discussion of cramps in a deluge while the universe is bleeding. IF ONLY! Love the premise, love the characters, love the (mimetic) language, the screaming and the caustic way Rosenberg has of laying it all out there in all its beauty: the female condition! Makes me want to chant in my kitchen: we're here, we're queer, we're bleeding, get used to it! (I will never miss my period.)

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: ALICE IN THERAPY (from the TAPAS COLLECTION)

    Isn't this the way it goes? The doctor misunderstands the patient, in this case the darling Alice of Wonderland! Lermond subjects our darling Alice to the sexual innuendos of Dr. Freud! This will make any festival audience laugh as our favorite tale looks very different from a Freudian point of view!

    Isn't this the way it goes? The doctor misunderstands the patient, in this case the darling Alice of Wonderland! Lermond subjects our darling Alice to the sexual innuendos of Dr. Freud! This will make any festival audience laugh as our favorite tale looks very different from a Freudian point of view!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: I Love You

    Heartbreaking! And so real. And really wonderfully written. With brevity and just enough elaboration that we understand the enormity of the brick that gets dropped on the son, and his resistance. A triumph!

    Heartbreaking! And so real. And really wonderfully written. With brevity and just enough elaboration that we understand the enormity of the brick that gets dropped on the son, and his resistance. A triumph!