Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: Prior Experience by Harper Caroline Lee
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    I'm a big fan of plays about workplace friendships and this shorty is a good one.

    I'm a big fan of plays about workplace friendships and this shorty is a good one.

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Vampire's Venti by Harper Caroline Lee
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    A really unique take on the vampire genre. Love the use of magical realism here and how this kind of experience is an everyday kind of thing for Frannie. This play comes across as both reverent to the genre while also very interested in subverting it.

    A really unique take on the vampire genre. Love the use of magical realism here and how this kind of experience is an everyday kind of thing for Frannie. This play comes across as both reverent to the genre while also very interested in subverting it.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Spilled Tea by Harper Caroline Lee
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    I am just in awe of how, in such a short play, we get to really know these characters. It's fly on the wall kind of play, where we get to sit with these characters during a hard moment and become invested in their conflict. Love how Lee just throws right into the complicated dynamic between this family.

    I am just in awe of how, in such a short play, we get to really know these characters. It's fly on the wall kind of play, where we get to sit with these characters during a hard moment and become invested in their conflict. Love how Lee just throws right into the complicated dynamic between this family.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Blink by Harper Caroline Lee
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    Love how quickly a relationship is established in this microplay so that by the end we are dying to know what happens next.

    Love how quickly a relationship is established in this microplay so that by the end we are dying to know what happens next.

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Pigs in Trench Coats by Anuhea Brown
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    A beautiful play about those friends that come into our lives at just the right moment. Those friends that stay with us even when they are gone. Junie is such a wonderfully complex character that you want to shake some sense into but also hug. The way Brown straddles the two time periods is excellent. This play leaves so much to chew on.

    A beautiful play about those friends that come into our lives at just the right moment. Those friends that stay with us even when they are gone. Junie is such a wonderfully complex character that you want to shake some sense into but also hug. The way Brown straddles the two time periods is excellent. This play leaves so much to chew on.

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  • Shaun Leisher: confirm me by Heesun Hwang
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    This is one of those plays that allows an audience into a world that it feels like so few are allowed into. It really feels like Hwang has poured her soul into these women and it shows in how complex and nuanced they are written. I am so excited to follow the development of this play. This is a gift to young actresses.

    This is one of those plays that allows an audience into a world that it feels like so few are allowed into. It really feels like Hwang has poured her soul into these women and it shows in how complex and nuanced they are written. I am so excited to follow the development of this play. This is a gift to young actresses.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Ghost Light by Parade Stone
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    I fucking miss theatre so much. This short play will wring all the emotions out of you. I can't wait until we are back together and I can see this live.

    I fucking miss theatre so much. This short play will wring all the emotions out of you. I can't wait until we are back together and I can see this live.

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  • Shaun Leisher: pro golfer by Heesun Hwang
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    A beautiful ghost story about grief and loss. Big fan of the way Hwang includes magic in this play in such a grounded and authentic way. A real gut punch but still left me feeling hopeful.

    A beautiful ghost story about grief and loss. Big fan of the way Hwang includes magic in this play in such a grounded and authentic way. A real gut punch but still left me feeling hopeful.

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  • Shaun Leisher: INSIGNIFICANCE IS SICKENING AND LOVE MEANS NOTHING AT ALL; ALL IT IS IS THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING ON NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
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    One of the best Chekhov adaptations I have ever read. Jamerson trades in much of the plot and characters of the original text to really dive into the psyche's of these characters. It's a choreopoem about mental health that feels both fresh and so timeless.

    One of the best Chekhov adaptations I have ever read. Jamerson trades in much of the plot and characters of the original text to really dive into the psyche's of these characters. It's a choreopoem about mental health that feels both fresh and so timeless.

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  • Shaun Leisher: FROZEN FLUID
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    Part exploration of identity. Part commentary on global warming. Part retelling (and retelling) of the book of Genesis. This is one of those plays that I can't wait to see staged because I can not even fathom how incredible the stage craft of it all would be. This play is also a gift to TGNC performers.

    Part exploration of identity. Part commentary on global warming. Part retelling (and retelling) of the book of Genesis. This is one of those plays that I can't wait to see staged because I can not even fathom how incredible the stage craft of it all would be. This play is also a gift to TGNC performers.

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