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  • click. dark. by Grant MacDermott
    23 Apr. 2020
    “ MacDermott has created a psychological thriller which literally set my heart racing. There were places reading this story when I could no longer breathe well. It is a tense shocker about secrets, the internet and social media, generational conflict, student-teacher relationships, taboos, truth and self-loathing. A gripping small-cast drama and truly disturbing. Highly recommended! ”
  • Millenials Suck! by Alisha Espinosa
    22 Apr. 2020
    “ This collection of vignettes on a common theme is alive with music and movement, packed with tales of aching and anger in the Big City. Espinosa chronicles the desire for and fear of commitment common to young adults, but complicated by the present moment. The playwright wrestles issues of race and class and gender and ideology, with humor and style, creating a cohort of charismatic characters, trip from one small NYC apartment to the next (and also a county fair) with a wise and open heart. I loved this. Highly recommended! ”
  • How Blood Go by Lisa Langford
    20 Apr. 2020
    “ Langford's work is poetic and comic and cutting and brilliantly outlandish. With "How Blood Go" she takes studies into how black patients are treated poorly as compared to white patients by the medical establishment, and weaves it into a broader historic context. It's a startling satire on important historic themes, leavened with humor, compassion and style. Langford is a playwright who should be produced everywhere. Highly recommended! ”
  • Paper Cranes by Kari Bentley-Quinn
    19 Apr. 2020
    “ This is such a warm and tender play, full of grief and longing. Bentley-Quinn has crafted a sextet of inter-twined relationships; loving, decent characters. A testament to the paths of grief and and the inevitability of change, and the hope that we can understand and survive the need to move forward into an uncertain future. This is a script which deserves continued production. Highly recommended! ”
  • Sour Mash by Benjamin Gonzales
    18 Apr. 2020
    “ Gonzales's play is a classic drawing room comedy of manners with additional contemporary relevance. I laughed out loud many times, the wordplay in this farce about class, race, and whiskey is truly delightful. Very funny! Highly recommended! ”
  • John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
    17 Apr. 2020
    “ Belflower's play is a high school drama which excellently describes the familiar manner in which woman is still pitted against woman in American society, a society still haunted by its Puritanic roots, for the continued domination by men. The cracks are beginning to show, though the light shining through them remains dim. This is a hopeful story, but also realistic. There's so much work left to be done.

    This script is tense, taut, humorous, dramatic, powerful, poetic, and devstating, and high schools everywhere should be producing this. Highly recommended! ”
  • Meet Me in the Bathroom by Cassie M. Seinuk
    16 Apr. 2020
    “ An intense tale for the #metoo era, flashing with on-point modern lingua (it helps that I have teenagers in my house) old wrongs fuel present actions and the conclusion is tragic for everyone involved. A cutting teenage drama that literally takes place entirely in one high school bathroom, this is a must-produce for American high schools. Highly recommended! ”
  • PETER CRATCHIT, ESQ. by Kerr Lockhart
    14 Apr. 2020
    “ A sequel to Dickens's classic, the son of Bob and Emily Cratchit is the director of the charitable organization left behind by Ebenezer Scrooge. Lockhart creates snappy, witty conversation, and peoples the story with characters original and familiar, a celebration of the world of non-profit and the pople in it. It's a new holiday classic! ”
  • Drowning Ophelia by Rachel Luann Strayer
    13 Apr. 2020
    “ Strayer's "Drowning Ophelia" is a survivor's tale, of a woman's journey to rise above the brokenness and betrayal one feels when abused by a beloved family member, one whose departure makes confrontation impossible. Ophelia never had the opportunity to confront her abuser, and so Hamlet gets to move forward feeling as though he got something wrong and feel bad about it. Strayer's protagonist also grapples to attain peace through action, fighting madness, and we're left to hope that she some day will. It is a strong narrative, poetically rendered, and I would be thrilled to one day experience a production. ”
  • Fuck Your Motivation, Fuck Your Productivity, But Most Of All, Fuck Your Quarantine Play by Rachel Bykowski
    12 Apr. 2020
    “ Came for the title, stayed for the bitterness. Big ups for Rachel! ”

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