Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: Daughter of the Confederacy

    A ghost story about how we are constantly haunted from where and who we come from. This seems to be such a quick visit home for Bets to tie up some loose ends but she has to deal with generations of grief and pain. This is a play about South belongs in the same conversation as Tennessee Williams. I'm just glad that Meaker's characters are able to be more fully themselves no matter how messy that might be.

    A ghost story about how we are constantly haunted from where and who we come from. This seems to be such a quick visit home for Bets to tie up some loose ends but she has to deal with generations of grief and pain. This is a play about South belongs in the same conversation as Tennessee Williams. I'm just glad that Meaker's characters are able to be more fully themselves no matter how messy that might be.

  • Shaun Leisher: Power Play

    I needed to take a deep breath after reading this play. Greene pours her soul into this play that and has written something that will start much needed conversation and hopefully make change. Great theatre should speak truth to power and this play is telling so many truths that powerful people in the theatre industry and in the educational sector must hear and reflect on. People are being failed and actively harmed by this industry and the educators that are trying to "tell it like it is." This play needs to be produced everywhere.

    I needed to take a deep breath after reading this play. Greene pours her soul into this play that and has written something that will start much needed conversation and hopefully make change. Great theatre should speak truth to power and this play is telling so many truths that powerful people in the theatre industry and in the educational sector must hear and reflect on. People are being failed and actively harmed by this industry and the educators that are trying to "tell it like it is." This play needs to be produced everywhere.

  • Shaun Leisher: Margaret My Name

    This play actually makes me like the Henry VI/Richard III plays and all it took was skip all the boring parts with dudes and just focus on the bad ass ladies. A fantastic adaptation that will do wonders for getting people excited about the Bard.

    This play actually makes me like the Henry VI/Richard III plays and all it took was skip all the boring parts with dudes and just focus on the bad ass ladies. A fantastic adaptation that will do wonders for getting people excited about the Bard.

  • Shaun Leisher: Everyone But Us

    This play is an absolute mind bender and I loved every second of the ride it took me on. A brilliant premise that is explained just enough for me to follow while still leaving so much mystery. I didn't need to know how this world worked. This play is about the dynamics between these people and their varying relationships to what is real.

    This play is an absolute mind bender and I loved every second of the ride it took me on. A brilliant premise that is explained just enough for me to follow while still leaving so much mystery. I didn't need to know how this world worked. This play is about the dynamics between these people and their varying relationships to what is real.

  • Shaun Leisher: Collective Empathy Formation from 1968 and 2018

    A play that feels so real in its exploration of ideas but at some point shifts into magical realism. A shift that really hits home how this play is about standing in someone else's place.

    A play that feels so real in its exploration of ideas but at some point shifts into magical realism. A shift that really hits home how this play is about standing in someone else's place.

  • Shaun Leisher: Trick or Treat?

    A dark comedy about the constant state of fear Black men have to live in in America. Anderson does a great job at keeping the tension high and revealing few answers.

    A dark comedy about the constant state of fear Black men have to live in in America. Anderson does a great job at keeping the tension high and revealing few answers.

  • Shaun Leisher: Carousel

    A play set in a the mundane location of an airport terminal baggage claim that starts as a philosophical discussion but turns into a meet cute. Had a big smile on my face by the end of this play.

    A play set in a the mundane location of an airport terminal baggage claim that starts as a philosophical discussion but turns into a meet cute. Had a big smile on my face by the end of this play.

  • Shaun Leisher: Platinum Record

    Few are better than Twigg when it comes to dramatizing burning, complicated questions we are currently faces. This is a fantastic play that takes two points of view and puts them under a microscope while also blowing them up through the lens of the internet. Some really great dialogue is gonna be produced from this play.

    Few are better than Twigg when it comes to dramatizing burning, complicated questions we are currently faces. This is a fantastic play that takes two points of view and puts them under a microscope while also blowing them up through the lens of the internet. Some really great dialogue is gonna be produced from this play.

  • Shaun Leisher: HERstory Love Forever: Hip Hop

    A play about life, legacy and hip hop told through women of various ages and with various connections to this artist. The interludes were inspiring and the intimate scenes of dialogue bring up so much about what it means to be someone's family or fan. A play with rich parts for Black women.

    A play about life, legacy and hip hop told through women of various ages and with various connections to this artist. The interludes were inspiring and the intimate scenes of dialogue bring up so much about what it means to be someone's family or fan. A play with rich parts for Black women.

  • Shaun Leisher: the breath in between love

    Really eager to see this play fully produced. It's a dance piece about the struggles a Black family faces as they consider their place in their community and their family. This play is about protest and an act of protest in itself. An act of protest against a society that devalues Black lives and a theatre that ignores Black love, joy and stories.

    Really eager to see this play fully produced. It's a dance piece about the struggles a Black family faces as they consider their place in their community and their family. This play is about protest and an act of protest in itself. An act of protest against a society that devalues Black lives and a theatre that ignores Black love, joy and stories.