Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: God, the Crackhouse and the Devil

    One of the most profound plays I've ever had the opportunity to spend time with. Beyond all of the beautiful and wildly theatrical moments lives both despair and hope, the kind of hope that is rare but not fleeting. Here is a play about darkness filled with so much light, it shines and leads us toward forgiveness. Bless this play, and bless the man who wrote this play. Amen.

    One of the most profound plays I've ever had the opportunity to spend time with. Beyond all of the beautiful and wildly theatrical moments lives both despair and hope, the kind of hope that is rare but not fleeting. Here is a play about darkness filled with so much light, it shines and leads us toward forgiveness. Bless this play, and bless the man who wrote this play. Amen.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: M-I-S-S

    Theatre is at its best when it shows us how transformation can transform us and this does exactly that in a beautiful love story with more twists than a 60s dance club! What a well-conceived theatrical short! I'd love to see it onstage!

    Theatre is at its best when it shows us how transformation can transform us and this does exactly that in a beautiful love story with more twists than a 60s dance club! What a well-conceived theatrical short! I'd love to see it onstage!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: BLACK HOLE!!! A One-Minute Play for Kids

    I don't want to ruin it for anyone so I won't say what happens in this Hilarious High Stakes Tragicomedy but I am happy to recommend this to EVERYONE - young and old alike! Both for and against cellphones; both for and against science, I could go on, but the recommendation shouldn't be longer than the play itself, right? But I have to say I actually laughed. Thank you Asher Wyndham!

    I don't want to ruin it for anyone so I won't say what happens in this Hilarious High Stakes Tragicomedy but I am happy to recommend this to EVERYONE - young and old alike! Both for and against cellphones; both for and against science, I could go on, but the recommendation shouldn't be longer than the play itself, right? But I have to say I actually laughed. Thank you Asher Wyndham!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: I Deflagrate, a Monologue

    OH this is so wonderful that Boyle has captured this moment, the moment when you screw up because it's better to screw up than to be right! The longing an 8th Grader has to belong! I never knew any Chemistry answers but I've certainly thrown myself under the bus enough in other subjects to completely relate! This is such a great monologue for students!

    OH this is so wonderful that Boyle has captured this moment, the moment when you screw up because it's better to screw up than to be right! The longing an 8th Grader has to belong! I never knew any Chemistry answers but I've certainly thrown myself under the bus enough in other subjects to completely relate! This is such a great monologue for students!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Zillion Kinds of Kisses

    Matthew Weaver is on top of his game with A Zillion Kinds of Kisses. It is emblematic of his strength as a dramatist and quintessential Weaver which means this is charming and full of the warmth and love that I expect from a Matthew Weaver play. And he runs with it here - this is not a one-minute play - this is a symphonic variation of kisses! Kudos for all these kisses because they are necessary and beautiful!

    Matthew Weaver is on top of his game with A Zillion Kinds of Kisses. It is emblematic of his strength as a dramatist and quintessential Weaver which means this is charming and full of the warmth and love that I expect from a Matthew Weaver play. And he runs with it here - this is not a one-minute play - this is a symphonic variation of kisses! Kudos for all these kisses because they are necessary and beautiful!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Suitcase

    What a beautiful short play that makes me think about all the ways we limit each other, all the ways we proscribe how we should be and disallow any variations. There are some beautiful moments as Deirdre learns a few lessons in life from her mother who clearly had a life before having Deirdre and will continue to have a life going forward whether or not Michael is real. Brava!

    What a beautiful short play that makes me think about all the ways we limit each other, all the ways we proscribe how we should be and disallow any variations. There are some beautiful moments as Deirdre learns a few lessons in life from her mother who clearly had a life before having Deirdre and will continue to have a life going forward whether or not Michael is real. Brava!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: something/someone/something/someone

    THIS! OMG it is the most wonderful defamiliar-ized representation of heterosexual cis female life ever! Concise and hilarious! Trenchant and articulate! Everyone should read this play! Produce again and again EVERYWHERE NOW.

    THIS! OMG it is the most wonderful defamiliar-ized representation of heterosexual cis female life ever! Concise and hilarious! Trenchant and articulate! Everyone should read this play! Produce again and again EVERYWHERE NOW.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: HOMERIDAE

    A magically theatrical and linguistically marvelous play! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment for its truth about academia and its relevance. Thrilling - I hope it will be produced soon and often!

    A magically theatrical and linguistically marvelous play! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment for its truth about academia and its relevance. Thrilling - I hope it will be produced soon and often!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: How To Destroy An American Girl Doll

    What we put into our bodies, what we allow and what we reject - this play is a coming of age American tale - a ten year odyssey. I love that it centers female experience. I love that it feels fresh and real. It should be produced often!

    What we put into our bodies, what we allow and what we reject - this play is a coming of age American tale - a ten year odyssey. I love that it centers female experience. I love that it feels fresh and real. It should be produced often!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Are You Comfortable?

    I love the last line of this intense and terrifying piece that MUST BE HEARD! That line - and the title - point to our complacency because we are way too comfortable already, many of us, because we are not in this position. Yet.

    I love the last line of this intense and terrifying piece that MUST BE HEARD! That line - and the title - point to our complacency because we are way too comfortable already, many of us, because we are not in this position. Yet.