Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Ocean Thought Nothing

    Beautifully-written play that is so well-inhabited by the characters of the place where they live and so well- imagined by the writer that we can actually believe the impossible. Wonderful work.

    Beautifully-written play that is so well-inhabited by the characters of the place where they live and so well- imagined by the writer that we can actually believe the impossible. Wonderful work.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Aisle Eight. On the Other Side.

    A very funny, touching play that builds and builds on itself until hilarity ensues! I love the ending and the playful nature of the entire piece. Great work!

    A very funny, touching play that builds and builds on itself until hilarity ensues! I love the ending and the playful nature of the entire piece. Great work!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Devil Dog Six

    I saw a workshop of this, and I will never forget the physicality of this piece! The racing of the horses was incredibly exciting. This is such a vibrant and dramatic piece with strong female roles! Giddyap and produce it!

    I saw a workshop of this, and I will never forget the physicality of this piece! The racing of the horses was incredibly exciting. This is such a vibrant and dramatic piece with strong female roles! Giddyap and produce it!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: MEN OVERBOARD

    Hilarious Heart-Breaking Play! Why am I capitalizing my words? I guess I feel as if my world just got bigger. This play warms the cockles of my heart! I'm kvelling. The world, the characters, the great lines, the silliness! I don't care that it's not a feminist, formally-inventive whatever -- it's a really super play!

    Hilarious Heart-Breaking Play! Why am I capitalizing my words? I guess I feel as if my world just got bigger. This play warms the cockles of my heart! I'm kvelling. The world, the characters, the great lines, the silliness! I don't care that it's not a feminist, formally-inventive whatever -- it's a really super play!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: ALLIGATOR

    I loved this play at New Georges! It still haunts me to this day - the language and the world, but mostly the characters and their desperate straits, the needs, thirst and longing in the play, but mostly how the women exist in spite of every possible reason not to, their will to go on was unforgettable.

    I loved this play at New Georges! It still haunts me to this day - the language and the world, but mostly the characters and their desperate straits, the needs, thirst and longing in the play, but mostly how the women exist in spite of every possible reason not to, their will to go on was unforgettable.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Bottle Fly

    Lyrical and intense with beauty and aching unspoken needs, this play manages to soar off the page - I can only imagine its power in performance will be multiplied many times over. We can all learn from Goldfinger's immersion in the sensory world of her characters: the sounds, smells, and the tactile pleasures of their objects are going to remain with all of us for a long time.

    Lyrical and intense with beauty and aching unspoken needs, this play manages to soar off the page - I can only imagine its power in performance will be multiplied many times over. We can all learn from Goldfinger's immersion in the sensory world of her characters: the sounds, smells, and the tactile pleasures of their objects are going to remain with all of us for a long time.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Kreutzer Sonata

    Happy to recommend this coming of age story about a Modern Orthodox young man who has to navigate a world his family never prepared him for reminiscent of the world of Chaim Potok with so much innocence and betrayal. What is most at stake seems to be David's ability to stay true to his own beliefs in a world where everyone's values are shifting. Could be 2016 or could be 40 years before that, either way the characters are charming!

    Happy to recommend this coming of age story about a Modern Orthodox young man who has to navigate a world his family never prepared him for reminiscent of the world of Chaim Potok with so much innocence and betrayal. What is most at stake seems to be David's ability to stay true to his own beliefs in a world where everyone's values are shifting. Could be 2016 or could be 40 years before that, either way the characters are charming!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue

    I really enjoyed the scope of this play and the characters and all their striving. The multi-generations moving from 1976 to this century in three different times touching on several timely issues felt historical and also mythic yet Bennett keeps the play grounded in American Naturalism. Well done.

    I really enjoyed the scope of this play and the characters and all their striving. The multi-generations moving from 1976 to this century in three different times touching on several timely issues felt historical and also mythic yet Bennett keeps the play grounded in American Naturalism. Well done.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: That Long Damn Dark

    Great characters - both living and dead - all with big stakes - populate this really exciting play that asks a lot of great and timely questions, like can we be safe in this world? And what does it mean to be a man in an unsafe world? And a designer's dream - what a production it could be!

    Great characters - both living and dead - all with big stakes - populate this really exciting play that asks a lot of great and timely questions, like can we be safe in this world? And what does it mean to be a man in an unsafe world? And a designer's dream - what a production it could be!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Koalas

    Sweet, comic, and heartbreaking! Made me happy to have read it! I really enjoyed the style - it feels quite original. Nice work!

    Sweet, comic, and heartbreaking! Made me happy to have read it! I really enjoyed the style - it feels quite original. Nice work!