Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: (un)conditional

    Wow what a punch in the gut this play is. Keller is asking questions that we need to be having here. I really hope there are theatres out there brave enought to produce a piece like this.

    Wow what a punch in the gut this play is. Keller is asking questions that we need to be having here. I really hope there are theatres out there brave enought to produce a piece like this.

  • Shaun Leisher: Tight (Haha Nice)

    I absoulutely adored this play!! Not only is the subject matter unlike anything I've seen depicted onstage but I don't think I've ever seen a character like Brooke onstage before. A character that is so in control of her body. We need more characters like this. Great theatre has a duty to shine a light on stories that are too often pushed into the shadows. Its should be a place where people can see themselves reflected and know they are not alone. This play is really great theatre.

    I absoulutely adored this play!! Not only is the subject matter unlike anything I've seen depicted onstage but I don't think I've ever seen a character like Brooke onstage before. A character that is so in control of her body. We need more characters like this. Great theatre has a duty to shine a light on stories that are too often pushed into the shadows. Its should be a place where people can see themselves reflected and know they are not alone. This play is really great theatre.

  • Shaun Leisher: GEN

    This is one I definitely can't wait to see onstage. Shealy’s world-building here is great and the use of horror tropes is so creative. This is what horror theatre should be. This is what horror on film can do so well that theatre often can't achieve. It's not campy or cheesy. It's a genuinely scary play that says so much about trama that passes through generations. SOMEONE PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

    This is one I definitely can't wait to see onstage. Shealy’s world-building here is great and the use of horror tropes is so creative. This is what horror theatre should be. This is what horror on film can do so well that theatre often can't achieve. It's not campy or cheesy. It's a genuinely scary play that says so much about trama that passes through generations. SOMEONE PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

  • Shaun Leisher: where the water takes us

    This play was a blast to read and I'm excited to see how it develops. Shealy has a real gift for writing both action-packed sci-fi and poetry filled intimate scenes. Climate change is an existential threat for our species and this play beautifully addresses that while also showing the human drama we will always be facing.

    This play was a blast to read and I'm excited to see how it develops. Shealy has a real gift for writing both action-packed sci-fi and poetry filled intimate scenes. Climate change is an existential threat for our species and this play beautifully addresses that while also showing the human drama we will always be facing.

  • Shaun Leisher: Yankees

    This play left me breathless. I am amazed by how expertly Berman walks the line between horror, comedy and drama here. A true testament to how all those genres overlap when they are most effective. These characters are so compelling and I found myself rooting for them and hating them each at so many different moments. I really hope theatre can happen again soon because I really need to see this play fully realized.

    This play left me breathless. I am amazed by how expertly Berman walks the line between horror, comedy and drama here. A true testament to how all those genres overlap when they are most effective. These characters are so compelling and I found myself rooting for them and hating them each at so many different moments. I really hope theatre can happen again soon because I really need to see this play fully realized.

  • Shaun Leisher: The Experiment

    So much to think about and discuss after this play. Such a heavy but relevant topic. I am in awe of how Berman plays with form here. At the start it feels like this could play about as a piece of naturalism but as the character's grasp on reality is shaken so is the audiences as scenes blend together and direct address is utilized. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!

    So much to think about and discuss after this play. Such a heavy but relevant topic. I am in awe of how Berman plays with form here. At the start it feels like this could play about as a piece of naturalism but as the character's grasp on reality is shaken so is the audiences as scenes blend together and direct address is utilized. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!

  • Shaun Leisher: let's make a fort

    This play beautifully captures the innocence of childhood and how our natural sense of play never really leaves us. These are characters I really enjoyed spending time with and imagining the adults they are going to become.

    This play beautifully captures the innocence of childhood and how our natural sense of play never really leaves us. These are characters I really enjoyed spending time with and imagining the adults they are going to become.

  • Shaun Leisher: A Peach Grows in Philadelphia

    Rarely are conversations about the relationship between artist and medium this funny. This is such a fascinating look into the dynamic of these three friends that feels so natural. Also, the choice to make the character who is not as obsessed with art as the others probably male is so subversive and exciting.

    Rarely are conversations about the relationship between artist and medium this funny. This is such a fascinating look into the dynamic of these three friends that feels so natural. Also, the choice to make the character who is not as obsessed with art as the others probably male is so subversive and exciting.

  • Shaun Leisher: Zoom Intevention

    An utterly heartbreaking and super relatable 10 minute play by one of my absolute favorite writers that fully utilizes this new reality of theatre.

    An utterly heartbreaking and super relatable 10 minute play by one of my absolute favorite writers that fully utilizes this new reality of theatre.

  • Shaun Leisher: I Don't Want To End Up As A Douchebag Character In One Of Your Plays: A Play

    So brilliant!!!

    So brilliant!!!