Recommended by Paul Donnelly

  • Paul Donnelly: An Absence In Writing

    Crowdsourcing your play is the perfect answer to writer's block, right? Maybe not so much. It's still great fun to watch this playwright give it a try and to ultimately get to the source of his own writer's block.

    Crowdsourcing your play is the perfect answer to writer's block, right? Maybe not so much. It's still great fun to watch this playwright give it a try and to ultimately get to the source of his own writer's block.

  • Paul Donnelly: The Rise and Fall of Socky

    A riotous farce on the sausage making that is the pursuit of a hit in commercial theatre. With Sondheim jokes. Who could ask for more?

    A riotous farce on the sausage making that is the pursuit of a hit in commercial theatre. With Sondheim jokes. Who could ask for more?

  • Paul Donnelly: Wanna Make Out?

    So PDA-phobia is kinda like being pee-shy. Poor Guy can't get beyond the former, but he really wants to take up Girl's offer. His negotiation of his dilemma is the core of this funny short play.

    So PDA-phobia is kinda like being pee-shy. Poor Guy can't get beyond the former, but he really wants to take up Girl's offer. His negotiation of his dilemma is the core of this funny short play.

  • Paul Donnelly: Taro in the 4th Dimension

    Poor Taro. After a life of ascetism and self-denial he finally achieves enlightenment only to discover others who have achieved enlightenment in very different ways. Very different. His disillusionment leads him to seek an even higher plane, only to find ...
    This is a very funny and engaging play!

    Poor Taro. After a life of ascetism and self-denial he finally achieves enlightenment only to discover others who have achieved enlightenment in very different ways. Very different. His disillusionment leads him to seek an even higher plane, only to find ...
    This is a very funny and engaging play!

  • Paul Donnelly: Siblings

    A daringly comical exploration of the sexuality of the severely disabled and of care givers' responsibility to acknowledge that part of their humanity. I am in awe of how boldly and successfully David Hodges addresses this difficult topic. This a very funny and thought provoking play.

    A daringly comical exploration of the sexuality of the severely disabled and of care givers' responsibility to acknowledge that part of their humanity. I am in awe of how boldly and successfully David Hodges addresses this difficult topic. This a very funny and thought provoking play.

  • Paul Donnelly: Melto Man and Lady Mantis

    This is an insanely funny play about the genesis and actions of cosmic villains. Clever, with the fantastical juxtaposed with the mundane. A superlative example of a wild imagination meeting exquisite craft.

    This is an insanely funny play about the genesis and actions of cosmic villains. Clever, with the fantastical juxtaposed with the mundane. A superlative example of a wild imagination meeting exquisite craft.

  • Paul Donnelly: Fourteen Funerals

    Snappy dialogue mixed with bursts of real feeling propel this amazing piece. And those eulogies. Each one a comic gift that together build to a moving cumulative effect. Millie and Sienna are complex and engaging characters negotiating a multi-leveled relationship. All in all, this is a rich and satisfying play.

    Snappy dialogue mixed with bursts of real feeling propel this amazing piece. And those eulogies. Each one a comic gift that together build to a moving cumulative effect. Millie and Sienna are complex and engaging characters negotiating a multi-leveled relationship. All in all, this is a rich and satisfying play.

  • Paul Donnelly: Burgers

    One man's tortuous path to vegetarianism is brought to riotous life in this witty, witty monologue. That this path involves the audition from hell is the source of most of its rich humor. This character's voice is so engaging that I forgot I was reading a work of fiction.

    One man's tortuous path to vegetarianism is brought to riotous life in this witty, witty monologue. That this path involves the audition from hell is the source of most of its rich humor. This character's voice is so engaging that I forgot I was reading a work of fiction.

  • Paul Donnelly: Samaritans (TEN-MINUTE)

    A lovely exploration of a troubled young woman's spiritual journey. The language is exquisite, the rhythms seductive, and the humor invigorating.

    A lovely exploration of a troubled young woman's spiritual journey. The language is exquisite, the rhythms seductive, and the humor invigorating.

  • Paul Donnelly: 20 Questions: a found monologue

    The need behind many of these questions is almost haunting. The interpretative possibilities are endless. There is just so much resonance and potential humor packed into this short found piece.

    The need behind many of these questions is almost haunting. The interpretative possibilities are endless. There is just so much resonance and potential humor packed into this short found piece.