Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Red Truck, a monologue

    I know this red truck. I know what it is to dismiss what is happening, what could happen, what did happen, and this monologue gets it right! Thank you Rachel Bublitz for writing this! It may seem deceptively simple and yet coming to the consciousness of having been raped is not simple. What an honest clear piece for actors to work on! May it live in the world for all to see!

    I know this red truck. I know what it is to dismiss what is happening, what could happen, what did happen, and this monologue gets it right! Thank you Rachel Bublitz for writing this! It may seem deceptively simple and yet coming to the consciousness of having been raped is not simple. What an honest clear piece for actors to work on! May it live in the world for all to see!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Bird Brains

    I love birds, and these birds are wonderful and easy to love! I love how I learn new things constantly as the play unfolds, and my favorite part is the dysfunctional vulture couple - I have a play about a child and his vulture parents - and Walt and Nefertiti could be related! I'd love to see this staged!

    I love birds, and these birds are wonderful and easy to love! I love how I learn new things constantly as the play unfolds, and my favorite part is the dysfunctional vulture couple - I have a play about a child and his vulture parents - and Walt and Nefertiti could be related! I'd love to see this staged!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: CORN FRITTERS

    Marvelous and funny and dark and theatrical, this play shows us how traumas can haunt us forever! All the senses are brought to life in this dramatic one-act! Highly recommend!

    Marvelous and funny and dark and theatrical, this play shows us how traumas can haunt us forever! All the senses are brought to life in this dramatic one-act! Highly recommend!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER

    Here is a beautifully poetic drama with wonderful roles for women - a female protagonist - a young woman who - now that her father has died - has her future spreading out before her and makes a radical decision, and the drama unfolds with precision and care! A stunning scene referencing Death of a Salesman (top of act 2) will thrill theatre lovers, but there's much more to recommend it than that! The outside world is evoked throughout the interior scenes and provides additional pressure on the characters to great effect!

    Here is a beautifully poetic drama with wonderful roles for women - a female protagonist - a young woman who - now that her father has died - has her future spreading out before her and makes a radical decision, and the drama unfolds with precision and care! A stunning scene referencing Death of a Salesman (top of act 2) will thrill theatre lovers, but there's much more to recommend it than that! The outside world is evoked throughout the interior scenes and provides additional pressure on the characters to great effect!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Black Super Hero Magic Mama

    Brilliant, moving, funny, tragic and true - a healing ritual and a beautiful play that gives us what is so important in the midst of these awful times - a way to begin to process and talk about the awful truths people go through and empathize! Craig-Galván creates windows into inner experience through the theatrical personification of comic book super heroes and villains. LOVE THIS!

    Brilliant, moving, funny, tragic and true - a healing ritual and a beautiful play that gives us what is so important in the midst of these awful times - a way to begin to process and talk about the awful truths people go through and empathize! Craig-Galván creates windows into inner experience through the theatrical personification of comic book super heroes and villains. LOVE THIS!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: River.Swamp.Cave.Mountain.

    A beautiful and necessary play for all ages but especially the young ones who need to understand and see other young people having big huge emotions that accompany grief and then they get to see people living through them! EXCELLENT!

    A beautiful and necessary play for all ages but especially the young ones who need to understand and see other young people having big huge emotions that accompany grief and then they get to see people living through them! EXCELLENT!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Verdun

    Female experience is dramatic to me no matter what time it's set in, so this anachronistic play entices me into its dream-like realm where all female experience seems to exist together out of time. There is truth in the mud, holes and cigarettes, the traps for women to fall into. I love the poetry of the world and the ideas the play brings up for me in terms of how we value ourselves in a world where we are worthless. And the carousel breaks my heart!

    Female experience is dramatic to me no matter what time it's set in, so this anachronistic play entices me into its dream-like realm where all female experience seems to exist together out of time. There is truth in the mud, holes and cigarettes, the traps for women to fall into. I love the poetry of the world and the ideas the play brings up for me in terms of how we value ourselves in a world where we are worthless. And the carousel breaks my heart!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Mermaids' Parade

    Love this beautifully moving play about trauma that really connects the similar experiences of veterans and survivors of rape in palpable, healing ways. It shows us reality in such a magical way so that those of us lucky enough to experience Femia's work can better articulate these hard realities. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!!

    Love this beautifully moving play about trauma that really connects the similar experiences of veterans and survivors of rape in palpable, healing ways. It shows us reality in such a magical way so that those of us lucky enough to experience Femia's work can better articulate these hard realities. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: ReactaCap

    Such a fun, honest piece! 29th Street did a reading of this play, and the actors had a blast with it! Especially the man who got to play all the roles! This is the kind of play that changes the energy in the room! Produce it! Enjoy it! It's exhilarating!

    Such a fun, honest piece! 29th Street did a reading of this play, and the actors had a blast with it! Especially the man who got to play all the roles! This is the kind of play that changes the energy in the room! Produce it! Enjoy it! It's exhilarating!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Pre-War

    We did a reading of this play at 29th Street, and it really moved everyone in the room! The characters are clearly struggling and the way out is unclear as they are able to serve each other in unforseen ways. It is a wonderful piece that shows the value of sharing our experiences. Hopeful and uplifting!

    We did a reading of this play at 29th Street, and it really moved everyone in the room! The characters are clearly struggling and the way out is unclear as they are able to serve each other in unforseen ways. It is a wonderful piece that shows the value of sharing our experiences. Hopeful and uplifting!