Recommended by Paul Donnelly

  • Paul Donnelly: The Red Ear

    This is a gentle, lyrical, wise and unconventional romance. The connection between Cleo and Daxon is as radiant as it is unique. We see the depth of their shared past and a hope for their ability to forge the future that will work for them. This play illuminates the joy and importance of true acceptance.

    This is a gentle, lyrical, wise and unconventional romance. The connection between Cleo and Daxon is as radiant as it is unique. We see the depth of their shared past and a hope for their ability to forge the future that will work for them. This play illuminates the joy and importance of true acceptance.

  • Paul Donnelly: Love After Love

    A moving paean to grief over a lost love and to the possibility of allowing life to expand in a time of mourning. It is not about moving on, so much as it is about adding on. Making space for a new love while never forgetting the old. Emma and Sam take us on a moving journey, with echoes of the past and hope for the future from the ghost of Sam's late wife. These are three carefully wrought and thoroughly absorbing characters.

    A moving paean to grief over a lost love and to the possibility of allowing life to expand in a time of mourning. It is not about moving on, so much as it is about adding on. Making space for a new love while never forgetting the old. Emma and Sam take us on a moving journey, with echoes of the past and hope for the future from the ghost of Sam's late wife. These are three carefully wrought and thoroughly absorbing characters.

  • Paul Donnelly: Copycat

    Twist follows twist in this delightful comedy of plagiarism uncovered and other backstage shenanigans. As well it should be, the final twist is the most satisfying. The characters are wittily drawn and the premise plays to one of every aspiring writer's greatest fears. A thoroughly satisfying piece of theater.

    Twist follows twist in this delightful comedy of plagiarism uncovered and other backstage shenanigans. As well it should be, the final twist is the most satisfying. The characters are wittily drawn and the premise plays to one of every aspiring writer's greatest fears. A thoroughly satisfying piece of theater.

  • Paul Donnelly: Opening Doors

    Jim's efforts to help Molly overcome some of her many phobias ends up triggering one of his own in this endearing and original rom-com. Their mutual caring and ultimate ability to actually break a rule gives hope for their future, both in dealing with their phobias and as a potential couple. This is one rich and rewarding subway ride!

    Jim's efforts to help Molly overcome some of her many phobias ends up triggering one of his own in this endearing and original rom-com. Their mutual caring and ultimate ability to actually break a rule gives hope for their future, both in dealing with their phobias and as a potential couple. This is one rich and rewarding subway ride!

  • Paul Donnelly: Sunday Sauce

    Nonna's sweet and savory story of love in the past warms hearts and leads to a touching acceptance of love in the present. The characters are vividly drawn, and their relationships are both real and engaging.

    Nonna's sweet and savory story of love in the past warms hearts and leads to a touching acceptance of love in the present. The characters are vividly drawn, and their relationships are both real and engaging.

  • Paul Donnelly: Don't Can the Peaches (a Monologue)

    When one is not adept in the kitchen, beware the siren song of the "easy" recipe. As our narrator's comic misadventure canning peaches makes clear. This is a wittily structured and wildly funny narration of one woman's one and only attempt at canning.

    When one is not adept in the kitchen, beware the siren song of the "easy" recipe. As our narrator's comic misadventure canning peaches makes clear. This is a wittily structured and wildly funny narration of one woman's one and only attempt at canning.

  • Paul Donnelly: -1

    Baby it's cold outside ,,, but that doesn't keep the amazingly well-defined characters from vivid, and in some cases heated, interactions. A range of reactions to the promise of a new year and reflection on the old give this play its witty charm. Whether reader or viewer, you are certainly at the right party!

    Baby it's cold outside ,,, but that doesn't keep the amazingly well-defined characters from vivid, and in some cases heated, interactions. A range of reactions to the promise of a new year and reflection on the old give this play its witty charm. Whether reader or viewer, you are certainly at the right party!

  • Paul Donnelly: Goats of Olympus Mons

    It is hard to reconcile a celebration of the holidays with an exploration of profound grief, but Evan Baughfman does it brilliantly. Two well-drawn characters, with a realistically textured relationship, take us on a moving journey of reconciliation. Walter's change of heart is touchingly and effectively rendered. This is a simply lovely piece in every way.

    It is hard to reconcile a celebration of the holidays with an exploration of profound grief, but Evan Baughfman does it brilliantly. Two well-drawn characters, with a realistically textured relationship, take us on a moving journey of reconciliation. Walter's change of heart is touchingly and effectively rendered. This is a simply lovely piece in every way.

  • Paul Donnelly: Tales From the Deep Woods (three short plays)

    It's not easy being a Supernatural Killer, especially in these three uproarious vignettes. The conventions of the slasher genre are wittily dismembered and the laughs come fast and furious. These clever spoofs would be simple to stage and deserve to be staged widely.

    It's not easy being a Supernatural Killer, especially in these three uproarious vignettes. The conventions of the slasher genre are wittily dismembered and the laughs come fast and furious. These clever spoofs would be simple to stage and deserve to be staged widely.

  • Paul Donnelly: HO HO WHATEVER

    Santa is overwhelmed by the modern age and ready to quit until Mrs. Claus manipulates his one weakness in this witty ode to the holidays. Mrs. Claus is a marvelous creation and more than up to the task at hand. And what a delight to discover the Claus's first names.

    Santa is overwhelmed by the modern age and ready to quit until Mrs. Claus manipulates his one weakness in this witty ode to the holidays. Mrs. Claus is a marvelous creation and more than up to the task at hand. And what a delight to discover the Claus's first names.