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Recommended by Paul Donnelly

  • Something is Rotting on the Stage of Glenmark by Ken Preuss
    26 Mar. 2024
    “ Hilarious from the opening line to the ultimate resolution. The classic confrontation between the talentless would-be actor and the weary director is presented on steroids. And oh the twist! There's so much to delight in this riotous short. ”
  • Coronation by Peter Fenton
    26 Mar. 2024
    “ Devious Dan plays on all the competitors' strengths and weaknesses to manipulate the selection of Homecoming Queen. So many tropes of high school life are explored and exploded. And each of the characters are well drawn and easy to hiss or applaud as appropriate. This is a charming play without a facile moral. ”
  • The Envelope by Neil Radtke
    26 Mar. 2024
    “ The stakes are high and the suspense crescendos in this riveting narrative. So much pain and history are explored before the even more suspenseful conclusion. This is a splendid use of the ten-minute form. ”
  • STAYIN' ALIVE: A Female Monologue by Donna Latham
    24 Mar. 2024
    “ Harrowing and real, this monologue reflects the constrained and fearful reality in which women have to live for their own safety. It also asks the heartbreaking question, "When is somebody gonna teach creeps not to rape?" STAYIN' ALIVE makes clear that until that halcyon day women are trapped in a state of eternal vigilance. ”
  • A Hundred Years by William Meurer
    24 Mar. 2024
    “ This is a witty and moving reimagining of the tale of Sleeping Beauty. Both Aurora and Phillip are complex and sympathetic characters and their ultimate bonding represents a triumph of simple human decency. ”
  • Blunk by Evan Baughfman
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ A funny and touching look at the unrequited love felt by a bro in a sports bar. So much emotion is packed into this tight one minute dramady. Longing and repression and cluelessness are all given their due in the dynamic of the friendship so well depicted. ”
  • The Murder is the Thing by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ Jane Pierot and her cynical assistant Sandra are marvelous comic creations. They bring real verve to this delicious spoof of the small town sleuth genre. (Take that Miss Marple! Take that Jessica Fletcher!) The plot is full of appropriate and unexpected twists and the kicker ending is a real hoot. All in all, this is a most enjoyable romp. ”
  • The Fool by Vivika Widow
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ Adrien Stoker, reformed scoundrel, makes a compelling anti-hero who wants to hold his audience at all costs. We get hints of what he witnessed that brought about his change of heart, but we are left with a tantalizingly incomplete conclusion. I was certainly left wanting more of Adrien. ”
  • THE RITUAL (ten minute play) by Jonny Bolduc
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ There is much humor mined from two blasé middle school teachers watching students engaged in a dark and horrific ritual. The teachers' world weary, deadpan responses are funnier and funnier the more the ritual progresses. Their encounter with a student participant wittily explores the student's typical middle schooler behavior in the face of the horror. The button on the play is one more element of its engaging humor. ”
  • Dear Mavis (one-act play) by Enid Cokinos
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ The Mavis of Dear Mavis is propelled into the world of heedless bloggers and mindless technology by her paper's new editor, a shallow, inexperienced, caffeine addled bully. The joy of this play is in watching Mavis cope and ultimately triumph. She is even pushed into following her own advice about the potential for a new love. Wonderfully drawn characters and a briskly moving narrative make Dear Mavis a true delight. ”

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