Recommended by Paul Donnelly

  • Paul Donnelly: Cäterwäul

    An aspiring death metal band has to deal with a blizzard of disappointments and surprises as well as an actual blizzard. Can the dream survive? Read, better yet produce, this play to get the amusing answer.

    An aspiring death metal band has to deal with a blizzard of disappointments and surprises as well as an actual blizzard. Can the dream survive? Read, better yet produce, this play to get the amusing answer.

  • Paul Donnelly: I'm Gonna Need You to Log off for Me

    What a riot! This play is a witty and engaging satire of AI capacities and art world commerce. The funny line per page ratio is astronomical. As always with Prillaman, this work has a thoroughly original premise and thoroughly original execution.

    What a riot! This play is a witty and engaging satire of AI capacities and art world commerce. The funny line per page ratio is astronomical. As always with Prillaman, this work has a thoroughly original premise and thoroughly original execution.

  • Paul Donnelly: Bagged

    This brisk comic gem adroitly skewers the neighborhood scold type and would resonate with any dog owner or lover.

    This brisk comic gem adroitly skewers the neighborhood scold type and would resonate with any dog owner or lover.

  • Paul Donnelly: the broad of your back

    Wow. What a passionate, sensual and direct rendition of highly charged sexual attraction. Of course no bloodless description can capture the true riveting and unsettling effect of reading (and I imagine seeing) this powerful poetic monologue.

    Wow. What a passionate, sensual and direct rendition of highly charged sexual attraction. Of course no bloodless description can capture the true riveting and unsettling effect of reading (and I imagine seeing) this powerful poetic monologue.

  • Paul Donnelly: The Shark Play

    This play offers so much to an audience: two distinctly drawn and compelling characters (three, if we count poor Vince), a conflict heavy on subtext, and a vivid setting. The ambiguous ending leaves us with tantalizing possibilities and grist for post-show discussions. (I say go to Baltimore!)

    This play offers so much to an audience: two distinctly drawn and compelling characters (three, if we count poor Vince), a conflict heavy on subtext, and a vivid setting. The ambiguous ending leaves us with tantalizing possibilities and grist for post-show discussions. (I say go to Baltimore!)

  • Paul Donnelly: JACOB AND EBENEZER: A LOVE STORY

    What a touching and imaginative exploration of a re-imagined back-story for the principal character in A Christmas Carol. We see an authentic human connection under the stern and miserly visage and we see how the loss of that connection calcifies that visage. The irony of the early scenes is superseded by the very moving final events. All-in-all, an impressive and engaging work!

    What a touching and imaginative exploration of a re-imagined back-story for the principal character in A Christmas Carol. We see an authentic human connection under the stern and miserly visage and we see how the loss of that connection calcifies that visage. The irony of the early scenes is superseded by the very moving final events. All-in-all, an impressive and engaging work!

  • Paul Donnelly: Cracked Slipper

    What a charming and amusing twist on the Cinderella narrative. This prince is down-to-earth and true-to-life. By crushing the glass shoe he has set himself up for quite the search, but he is so engaging that I can only wish him well.

    What a charming and amusing twist on the Cinderella narrative. This prince is down-to-earth and true-to-life. By crushing the glass shoe he has set himself up for quite the search, but he is so engaging that I can only wish him well.

  • Paul Donnelly: The Next Time Portnoy Sneezed

    Just like the characters they describe, narrators have needs and flaws. In this deliriously meta comedy, a beleaguered narrator must cajole an ordinary man into performing an ordinary act as the conventions of narrative storytelling are turned on their head.

    Just like the characters they describe, narrators have needs and flaws. In this deliriously meta comedy, a beleaguered narrator must cajole an ordinary man into performing an ordinary act as the conventions of narrative storytelling are turned on their head.

  • Paul Donnelly: Brightly: A Monologue

    A moving example of paternal love and acceptance. Would that all parents would respond to their child's coming out as Alex's Dad does for him.

    A moving example of paternal love and acceptance. Would that all parents would respond to their child's coming out as Alex's Dad does for him.

  • Paul Donnelly: The Biters

    A deliciously twisted take on the search for connection in even the most seemingly casual hook-up. Kurt and Rory both reveal surprising dimensions as their most unusual evening unfolds.

    A deliciously twisted take on the search for connection in even the most seemingly casual hook-up. Kurt and Rory both reveal surprising dimensions as their most unusual evening unfolds.