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John Minigan

Recommended by John Minigan

  • Right Field of Dreams by Stephen Kaplan
    10 Mar. 2024
    “ I was lucky enough to see this brilliantly crafted, hilarious and heartfelt play in Boston Theater Company's Queer Voices fest. It was the perfect way to end the evening--with joy, love, hope, and more than a little magic. Kaplan gives us a young player unsure of his position in the field and in his family who, because of the generosity of an unexpected figure from baseball history, is able to let his mom/coach know which team he's playing for. It's a short play that hits for the cycle. ”
  • Little Black Dress by John Mabey
    10 Mar. 2024
    “ I was lucky enough to see this lovely play as part of Boston Theater Company's Queer Voices festival. John Mabey has carefully crafted a heartfelt and positive piece about the challenge of revealing identity and the way that true love means true acceptance. It's a subtle piece that speaks big and hopeful truths. ”
  • Un Hombre by Stephen Kaplan
    28 Feb. 2024
    “ Un Hombre manages to be powerful and intimate, searing and funny, steeped in the tradition of Golem stories and also as new as yet-to-be-shaped clay. Kaplan gives us nuanced and fully-felt responses to grief, from anger and denial to the ways we can learn to reconnect to the world and one another. Just as Rebecca sculpts new life from clay, the play creates a renewed mother-child relationship from the pain and shared love they feel. Beautifully wrought. ”
  • Heist! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    28 Jan. 2024
    “ Heist! is an absolute delight! It's funny and resonant for all of us who have felt ourselves a little (or a lot) overmatched for the situation we've elected to be in, and the brilliant pivots the characters make are hilarious--what a treat for the actors. If I'm ever robbed, I hope it's by Billy and Gene. This piece will be a hit in any short play festival. ”
  • 153 by Steven G. Martin
    17 Dec. 2023
    “ What a gift of a play this is. Simple, heartfelt, filled with humanity, acceptance, forgiveness. May we all see ourselves the way this one (these three?) do, and when we are summed up, may we feel just as complete as they, and as this lovely play. ”
  • Expectations by Jennifer O'Grady
    2 Dec. 2023
    “ This play is devastating in its power, its simplicity, and its strength. As her first line says, Kate is not known to us, but she should be. Kudos to O'Grady for giving her a clear and heartbreaking voice, and for showing a side of a "great man" too few know. ”
  • When in Rome by Morey Norkin
    20 Sep. 2023
    “ In a script worthy of Punnus Maximus, Norkin deftly creates a hilarious rendering of life, death, sex, and maybe the real cause of the fall of the Roman Empire in a mere ten minutes.
    Produce this play! You'll be gladiator you did!
    Sorry.
    Appia you did!
    Sorry. But the wordplay in this short is that infectious! ”
  • A Little Something About My Powers by Lenny Hort
    26 Aug. 2023
    “ As a retired high school teacher, I felt this one in both my funny bone and my gut! Our classrooms are, in fact, filled with superheroes, and I'm glad Adriana gets the recognition and status she deserves! Fun and inspiring. ”
  • Soulmate by Deirdre Girard
    8 May. 2023
    “ A brilliantly crafted and creepy play that does what the best plays do--it takes you to a place you never expected but that, once you get there, feels like it was inevitable. Kudos! ”
  • Captain Flash & Major Bang (working title) by Miranda Jonté
    2 May. 2023
    “ Cat will mew, but dog (or dogs) (or superdogs in this case) most definitely have their days in this funny, clever and dare I say fetching short play. What a treat for two actors with physical comedy skills. And the ending caps their adventures with peak hilarity. The sense of fun in these two critters and their insights into the humans in their park make this a delight! ”

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