Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

A very sad monologue about the state of our nation and the realities for children and families every day. I have a high school age son. I homeschooled him until high school. I know a lot about homeschooling and this is probably one of the worst reasons to homeschool, and I feel bad for his kids. But of course I understand and hear the anger and frustration their father struggles with, and I appreciate the metaphor of the weedwacker and its futility.

Sadness! Fuck, my heart... this is a really funny dark piece about our inabilities to connect - very human dilemmas provided by the pen of Szymkowicz in his well-honed tone of characters edging their way over tightropes step by step toward the beauty of snow which in this case provides the foreground to connect the stories in its very relentless natural existence, well chosen, and well done!

Poignant tale about the diminishment of women, the way we are considered vain when we have had so little chance to be anything but! A portrait of a world that only values us for and monetizes our beauty! How ironic Picasso painted as he did! This short play exposes the hypocrisy of male entitlement by exposing the machinations of Marie-Therese's mother as if she could have done otherwise. Wonderfully thought-provoking!

This is a tremendously well written monologue that takes us through the lives of this man and his entire world which is our world and our lives. Not a false moment in it! Great work for an older male actor! Great piece for a festival.

WOW! Happy to recommend this tightly written fast moving #metoo play about the music business and one woman's journey to get back on top. A very dramatic and easily produceable play that will spark a lot of conversation afterwards.

This is a beautifully written play that is also easily producible with great roles for 2 actors. Everything about it feels right. Well done!

Beautiful play about truths and fears, more than but including the fear of one's own truth getting rejected or the fear of never having the courage to even speak it - this short provides all the inspiration we need to admit our truths, and I hope it gets produced a lot!

I really appreciate the metaphor of the whale fall - something I never knew about - and grief is so deep that this makes perfect sense, and helps any of us dealing with grief's massive and whale-like dimensions! I highly recommend this short and satisfying play.

I love a play that begins and ends in song. I won't give away the ending, but there's a great title! And the language is marvelous! Highly theatrical on a bare stage, just the way I like it!

This is exactly how I feel most days and most nights of my life in this world. It's a good thing I don't have what Eleanor has in her purse. Thank you Ian August for what one calls an absurdist look at art (and I just call my life). I highly recommend this play and would produce it myself if I were to morph into a producer.