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Emma Goldman-Sherman

Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • The Even More Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia by Laura Zlatos
    7 Aug. 2019
    “ This is a hilarious adaptation of Titus Andronicus made even more wonderful by the way Zlatos constantly brings us into this minute and all of our ridiculous materialist self-obsessed fantasies! Centering Lavinia is pure genius! ”
  • THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE 1-87 IN WESTCHESTER by Gina Femia
    7 Aug. 2019
    “ Beautiful work yet again by the incomparable Gina Femia revealing the intimate truths of life one lonely heart at a time. Here is a play about connection that accrues slowly in small details until I realized I was completely invested. BRAVA! ”
  • Jump by Charly Evon Simpson
    6 Aug. 2019
    “ An incredibly theatrical play that does what only plays can do! This is a play about sisters and loss and family and grief and how we manage what we have to manage. There is a driving poetics at work here that thrills me on every page. ”
  • Round the Mountain by Cameron Houg
    26 Jul. 2019
    “ This strangely wild bit of mischief-making is so much fun! Whether it reminds me of War of the Worlds or a new Beckett farce, any way you slice them up, these characters are fascinating and worth watching. I never knew which way the piece was headed, and usually I can tell, so kudos to Houg for switching it all up all over the place. There is a beautiful monologue about the existential nature of our existence. I look forward to more words from Houg.
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  • MITZI'S ABORTION: A Saint's Guide to Late-Term Politics and Medicine in America by Elizabeth Heffron
    26 Jul. 2019
    “ I know two women who were forced to go through very similar situations, and I am so glad this play exists so that the women who have had to endure this can see themselves in it because they so deserve this beautiful and big-hearted play! Thank you Elizabeth Heffron for writing this play with its wonderful characters today and from history. I love them all. Also the monologue is stunning, just stunning...
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  • To Fall in Love by Jennifer Lane
    26 Jul. 2019
    “ There are very few plays that make me tear up, and this one did. Not just once, but several times! I remember when the 36 Questions came out, and I thought someone should write a play using these, but this goes beyond what I imagined for it. Such a brilliant play. Goes deeper than I expected. May it live a long well produced and published life!
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  • Object by Brenda McFarlane
    26 Jul. 2019
    “ Wonderfully conceived and well executed metaphor that works really well as a play and makes me think first of how we can be too quick to offer ourselves to people and then about how fickle we can be and then how things change as we age... OBJECT would be a great part of any short play festival! ”
  • Two Lights by Brett Busang
    24 Jul. 2019
    “ I had the opportunity to work as a dramaturg on this play at Great Plains Theatre Conference, and it was a pleasure to get to know Brett and his work! Two Lights is a wonderful play with four well-rendered characters each so very different and fascinating, great for actors to sink their claws into! Two Lights raises some juicy questions about the nature of life and art and the role of women in particular as wives, caregivers, muses and artists. I highly recommend this play! ”
  • NATIVE SON by Nambi E. Kelley
    23 Jul. 2019
    “ Nambi E. Kelley's Native Son is an intensely moving, daring, theatrical adaptation! I am stunned by the dramaturgy, the spareness of the language and how it evokes a wholly relatable experience of trauma through oppression. She gives us an experience of Bigger as he twists and turns trying to find a way out of the maze that is the systemic whiteness of our world. Speaks as much to today as it ever did. This is necessary theatre, and I'm grateful for it! MUST BE READ AND PRODUCED! ”
  • THE LAST REVOLUTIONARY by Levy Lee Simon
    20 Jul. 2019
    “ Here is a solid 2-hander with meaty roles for 2 men with so much to say about the times. The long-standing relationship between the 2 characters is well developed. Simon is able to show us how they each respond so differently to the world. He puts so much at stake for them from beginning to end. I have great respect for the work here. ”

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