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Richard Lyons Conlon

Recommended by Richard Lyons Conlon

  • The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends by John Bavoso
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ A wonderfully imaginative conceit, perfectly executed. A kind of “Black Mirror meets Avenue Q” mash-up that’s hilarious while making a social comment on the need for constructing our own realities as a means of self-protection. Take this play as a terrific entertainment or more, it’s a joy either way. ”
  • EGG IN SPOON by Rachael Carnes
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ So disturbing — because it needs to be disturbing. A “simple” multi-generational baby shower starts off in familiar, and absolutely hilarious, territory (Carnes’ dialogue and characters are magnificently funny). But each exchange adds another layer to reveal a dystopian truth that is in many ways already upon us and is horrifying. This play needs to be produced again and again, starting now. ”
  • Her Too by Debra A. Cole
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ Very funny, then uncomfortably intense. This is a family dinner play that brings all the issues about the Me Too movement and Patriarchal Privilege to the table and serves them up with revelations and questions. The characters are well-drawn (you know them), the dialogue is real, and the pay off is jarring. This family will never be the same. Hopefully, that will also be true of the audience. ”
  • A Semicolon is a Double by Larry Rinkel
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ A sweet and poignant look at the moment of friendship between two very different young people, both of whom are in search of themselves . . . and others who can understand them. Funny and touching, this is a play that could actually open up some hearts and minds that could use a little opening up ”
  • The Labeler by Dana Lynn Formby
    13 Jun. 2019
    “ One of the many satisfying aspects of this play is how the familiar can be strikingly original and fresh. Here we have two very different sisters: Angela, the successful professional who escaped their small-town; and Kathy, the stay behind, working multiple grunge jobs and caring for their mother. Their reunion turns into a road trip to scatter Mom's ashes and listen to her legacy: her unexpected podcast detailing an unknown and disturbing story of their history. Formby has painted the sisters from such a rich pallette that you feel instantly as if you know them, and want to know more. ”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW by Rob Dames
    8 Jun. 2019
    “ A brief, intimate glimpse into a most unusual relationship (or potential relationship) between a worn traveller and a youth beginning her life's journey. Many themes afoot here, including accountability for the past, new beginnings, what constitutes family, and taking chances vs, doing the "right thing". Dames has created two memorable characters, three if you count the unseen woman who is the fulcrum of their meeting. An instantly engaging study of secrets and regrets and hope. ”
  • Sadie Hurtz by Joshua Fardon
    3 Jun. 2019
    “ This play draws you in and draws you along as you become fully wrapped up in Mandy's life and quest for the truth, if perceiving truth is possible when imagination and memory share the exact same region of the brain (as the play teaches us early on). The writing here is imaginative and evocative. The imagery described will be intrinsic to any staging and it should enter the subconscious and haunt. ”
  • The Persuadables by Hallie Palladino
    20 May. 2019
    “ Brilliant synthesis and dramatization of our era's most dangerous technological "advance": sweeping information weaponization. In some ways, this play is The Mueller Report (Part I) come to life in easy to understand, hard to ignore clarity. An excellent, disturbing and funny play that is very much needed now. ”

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