Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: water from the river is also in the sea

    This depiction of a not so distant future where people are disappeared for how they look or causes they support is not concerned with politics or laws of the world. It's not concerned with why people are disappeared but with the psyche of those who are left behind. This play is a fever dream about being alone. It's a character study that plays with time and space to create a piece that is wholly original and highly theatrical.

    This depiction of a not so distant future where people are disappeared for how they look or causes they support is not concerned with politics or laws of the world. It's not concerned with why people are disappeared but with the psyche of those who are left behind. This play is a fever dream about being alone. It's a character study that plays with time and space to create a piece that is wholly original and highly theatrical.

  • Shaun Leisher: Playthings

    I really love 10 minute plays that can genuinely surprise me!!!

    I really love 10 minute plays that can genuinely surprise me!!!

  • A funny yet disturbing futuristic play. Love how the writer doesn't go into the details of what exactly happens here and keeps things focused on character.

    A funny yet disturbing futuristic play. Love how the writer doesn't go into the details of what exactly happens here and keeps things focused on character.

  • Shaun Leisher: Swallow

    The raw, brutal honest and vulnerability in her writing makes Jan Rosenberg such a needed voice in today's theatre. This is a monologue that can be performed by anyone because eating disorders can inhabit anyone's mind and body. This monologue will do so much to help those in recovery feel seen and let them know that they are not the only ones being haunted.

    The raw, brutal honest and vulnerability in her writing makes Jan Rosenberg such a needed voice in today's theatre. This is a monologue that can be performed by anyone because eating disorders can inhabit anyone's mind and body. This monologue will do so much to help those in recovery feel seen and let them know that they are not the only ones being haunted.

  • Shaun Leisher: Sense and the City

    I loved reading this play!! The playwright does a great job something that plays on the tropes of romantic comedies and Austen novels while also being something wholly original. It's hysterical but doesn't shy away from pressing issues like the expectations put on women. The relationship between Katie and her mother is so beautifully written and I can't wait to see actors get their hands on these roles.

    I loved reading this play!! The playwright does a great job something that plays on the tropes of romantic comedies and Austen novels while also being something wholly original. It's hysterical but doesn't shy away from pressing issues like the expectations put on women. The relationship between Katie and her mother is so beautifully written and I can't wait to see actors get their hands on these roles.

  • Shaun Leisher: Crying on Television

    My heart definitely grew a few sizes after reading this play. Great play with fantastic roles for Black actors that's not about their suffering. These people are just living their lives striving for connection and people to see them. R. Eric Thomas has written a play about insecure, single Millennials filled with so much hope that needs to be on stages everywhere.

    My heart definitely grew a few sizes after reading this play. Great play with fantastic roles for Black actors that's not about their suffering. These people are just living their lives striving for connection and people to see them. R. Eric Thomas has written a play about insecure, single Millennials filled with so much hope that needs to be on stages everywhere.

  • Shaun Leisher: FUKT

    One of those pieces of theatre that feel more like a ritual than a play. Theatre that feels like a primal scream from any woman that has something they need to tell. This play needs to be produced and experienced and used to inspire voices to be used and stories to be shared.

    One of those pieces of theatre that feel more like a ritual than a play. Theatre that feels like a primal scream from any woman that has something they need to tell. This play needs to be produced and experienced and used to inspire voices to be used and stories to be shared.

  • Shaun Leisher: thing with feathers

    A whimsical and heartbreaking fantasy play about female friendships and survival. Collier has crafted truly complicated characters that I can't wait to see embodied by actors in a full production.

    A whimsical and heartbreaking fantasy play about female friendships and survival. Collier has crafted truly complicated characters that I can't wait to see embodied by actors in a full production.

  • Shaun Leisher: Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine

    Can't wait to see this play staged by wildly creative directors, designers and actors. It's an adventure fantasy play that I feel like you see on stage these days.

    Can't wait to see this play staged by wildly creative directors, designers and actors. It's an adventure fantasy play that I feel like you see on stage these days.

  • Shaun Leisher: Family Dinner

    I can't think of a family dinner play quite like this one. It's hilarious and upsetting usually in the same moment. The writer does a great job at not praising or demonizing any character. These conversations about the responsibilities to family for adult children and the prestige of education are important so I'm glad there's a play like this that makes audiences confront them in such a jarring and hysterical way.

    I can't think of a family dinner play quite like this one. It's hilarious and upsetting usually in the same moment. The writer does a great job at not praising or demonizing any character. These conversations about the responsibilities to family for adult children and the prestige of education are important so I'm glad there's a play like this that makes audiences confront them in such a jarring and hysterical way.