Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Evolve

    Evolve is a brilliantly theatrical story about the frustration and anger women feel at the treatment we receive daily by men everywhere. I hope every man reads it. I hope every theatre produces it. Because we have all waited too long for this evolution that needs to happen. And as [not giving it away] evolves to be able to bring men to justice, men must also evolve. Beautiful work!

    Evolve is a brilliantly theatrical story about the frustration and anger women feel at the treatment we receive daily by men everywhere. I hope every man reads it. I hope every theatre produces it. Because we have all waited too long for this evolution that needs to happen. And as [not giving it away] evolves to be able to bring men to justice, men must also evolve. Beautiful work!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Mouse: A Callback

    A thrilling play that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. This is such a great role for a woman, and it's a very easily produced play. Real time, single set, 3 actors, all dealing with very real stuff while playing with Hamlet in such a great way - I love the paraphrasing and the acting, the very idea of a call back and the power dynamics! Such high stakes! And such real fuckery! Wonderfully done!

    A thrilling play that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. This is such a great role for a woman, and it's a very easily produced play. Real time, single set, 3 actors, all dealing with very real stuff while playing with Hamlet in such a great way - I love the paraphrasing and the acting, the very idea of a call back and the power dynamics! Such high stakes! And such real fuckery! Wonderfully done!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Stupid, Fat, Ugly

    There is so much sadness in this play, I found it upsetting in a good way. Osmundsen puts his characters in terribly precarious situations, and the characters are so flawed, they can be hard to like, but they are suffering so much, I found myself really invested in their outcomes. It's like an accident you drive by -- hard to look away. People are so vulnerable in this play.

    There is so much sadness in this play, I found it upsetting in a good way. Osmundsen puts his characters in terribly precarious situations, and the characters are so flawed, they can be hard to like, but they are suffering so much, I found myself really invested in their outcomes. It's like an accident you drive by -- hard to look away. People are so vulnerable in this play.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Miracle and Her Minion

    A wonderful play for younger actors that is theatrical and feels very real in terms of those early developments that are such roller coasters to have to live through! Filled with events that keep us guessing and a most elusive longing!

    A wonderful play for younger actors that is theatrical and feels very real in terms of those early developments that are such roller coasters to have to live through! Filled with events that keep us guessing and a most elusive longing!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A BUMP IN THE NIGHT ( a 10 minute mystery)

    Here's a twisted Halloween play that thrills in more ways than one. The layers O'Neill-Butler puts into this make it so theatrical and so unexpected. I am completely impressed!

    Here's a twisted Halloween play that thrills in more ways than one. The layers O'Neill-Butler puts into this make it so theatrical and so unexpected. I am completely impressed!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Plano

    I thoroughly love this play beginning to end! I especially love how Arbery handles time. Nothing shy of brilliant.

    I thoroughly love this play beginning to end! I especially love how Arbery handles time. Nothing shy of brilliant.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Heroes of the Fourth Turning

    I had a really hard time with this play and struggled immensely in the theatre because the dialogue is so well written and the characters were so difficult to like, and this is ultimately a good thing with which to contend - such mimesis! Kudos to Arbery who is able to write such arias with such an open heart.

    I had a really hard time with this play and struggled immensely in the theatre because the dialogue is so well written and the characters were so difficult to like, and this is ultimately a good thing with which to contend - such mimesis! Kudos to Arbery who is able to write such arias with such an open heart.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: My Pretty Pink Rifle

    A chilling play for a very cold world. A lot of people these days seem to believe that the world is full of danger, and this play takes that belief to its logical end. Extremely disturbing, but then so is our world.

    A chilling play for a very cold world. A lot of people these days seem to believe that the world is full of danger, and this play takes that belief to its logical end. Extremely disturbing, but then so is our world.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Superhero (a ten minute play)

    Wonderful play that goes much further than I expected it to go and to a completely different place! Superhero is quite an eventful play! Read it and produce it!

    Wonderful play that goes much further than I expected it to go and to a completely different place! Superhero is quite an eventful play! Read it and produce it!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: keepingabreast

    First I love the opening! Then Rosenfeld does such a smart thing by having only 3 actors, and then she sets up a problem for her protagonist, so it's not just a story she's relating but a question with an answer she must decide on. This gives it structure and pulls us through the play. Then I love all the awful ways that women are treated by the medical establishment on display in this play. And all the awful things we think of our breasts and what they are worth in our culture. Wonderful work! It's funny too!

    First I love the opening! Then Rosenfeld does such a smart thing by having only 3 actors, and then she sets up a problem for her protagonist, so it's not just a story she's relating but a question with an answer she must decide on. This gives it structure and pulls us through the play. Then I love all the awful ways that women are treated by the medical establishment on display in this play. And all the awful things we think of our breasts and what they are worth in our culture. Wonderful work! It's funny too!