Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: Sally and Thomas by Alle Mims
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    A biting satire!!

    A biting satire!!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Picked Up by Alexis Elisa Macedo
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    The past and present beautifully weave together in this memory play about a family with so much history and regret. I love how no one gets to be fully sympathetic in this play. They have all made mistakes and they are just trying to move past the expectations they were never able to live up to. At times, the overlapping dialogue makes this piece feel like a choreopoem. The dialogue is expertly placed.

    The past and present beautifully weave together in this memory play about a family with so much history and regret. I love how no one gets to be fully sympathetic in this play. They have all made mistakes and they are just trying to move past the expectations they were never able to live up to. At times, the overlapping dialogue makes this piece feel like a choreopoem. The dialogue is expertly placed.

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Hub by Allyson Dwyer
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    The theatricality of this play is everything for me!!! Dwyer has done a fantastic job of bringing online life to the stage and forcing us to confront some hard truths about our history of being connected on the web. Love the conversations happening here!!

    The theatricality of this play is everything for me!!! Dwyer has done a fantastic job of bringing online life to the stage and forcing us to confront some hard truths about our history of being connected on the web. Love the conversations happening here!!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Nothing Remained But Voice And Bones by Allyson Dwyer
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    A piece of theatre that gets to the heart of our society's obsession with thinness by looking at the life of one woman from her 20s to her 70s. The way time and stage magic is used is so effective at getting us in Mel's headspace.

    A piece of theatre that gets to the heart of our society's obsession with thinness by looking at the life of one woman from her 20s to her 70s. The way time and stage magic is used is so effective at getting us in Mel's headspace.

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  • Shaun Leisher: DAINTY by Agyeiwaa Asante
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    A series of vignettes about black womanhood that is one of best ensemble plays I've read in awhile. The blending of dialogue and dance, comedy and tragedy is expertly crafted by Asante.

    A series of vignettes about black womanhood that is one of best ensemble plays I've read in awhile. The blending of dialogue and dance, comedy and tragedy is expertly crafted by Asante.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Swirl by Agyeiwaa Asante
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    A classic comedy of manners that addresses modern day issues of dating and race in such an insightful way.

    A classic comedy of manners that addresses modern day issues of dating and race in such an insightful way.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Help Wanted by Agyeiwaa Asante
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    The use of flashbacks and interludes with the doctor is brilliant. Love how Asante just plops into this world and lets us have a brief visit with this couple and the woman they have hired to help their marriage. I don't need to know if everything ends up happily ever after. Not everything in life does but these are three people that are really trying.

    The use of flashbacks and interludes with the doctor is brilliant. Love how Asante just plops into this world and lets us have a brief visit with this couple and the woman they have hired to help their marriage. I don't need to know if everything ends up happily ever after. Not everything in life does but these are three people that are really trying.

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Mirror by Joshua Young
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    Did a lot of cheering and fist pumping by the end of this play!! Love the journey Meredith goes on in such a short number of pages.

    Did a lot of cheering and fist pumping by the end of this play!! Love the journey Meredith goes on in such a short number of pages.

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  • Shaun Leisher: After the Fall Before the Storm by John Lavelle
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    Love how this play creates a parallel between the physical storm that's approaching and the emotional storm inside these men as they reflect on their families and careers.

    Love how this play creates a parallel between the physical storm that's approaching and the emotional storm inside these men as they reflect on their families and careers.

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  • Shaun Leisher: A Seed by Dan Caffrey
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    A wonderfully crafted dystopic world. A play that is focused on human connection while also being filled with tension due to all the things they don't know about the dangers of the world.

    A wonderfully crafted dystopic world. A play that is focused on human connection while also being filled with tension due to all the things they don't know about the dangers of the world.

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