Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: Follow Me Through the Gates

    Got a chance to see a performance of this play at last year's Philly Fringe Fest with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was amazing!!! It's a play that gets on a child's level but doesn't speak down to them. It lets kids interact in unique ways and be themselves. Stephanie Walters has expertly crafted a play full of whimsy and fun but also delves into universal issues like identity and family.

    Got a chance to see a performance of this play at last year's Philly Fringe Fest with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was amazing!!! It's a play that gets on a child's level but doesn't speak down to them. It lets kids interact in unique ways and be themselves. Stephanie Walters has expertly crafted a play full of whimsy and fun but also delves into universal issues like identity and family.

  • Shaun Leisher: Miss Katelyn's Grade Threes Prepare for the Inevitable

    Reading this pitch black comedy was an absolute delight while also making me look hard at a huge question we face today. How do we keep children safe in a terrible world while also guarding their innocence? This play needs to be produced for the discussions that will ensue.

    Reading this pitch black comedy was an absolute delight while also making me look hard at a huge question we face today. How do we keep children safe in a terrible world while also guarding their innocence? This play needs to be produced for the discussions that will ensue.

  • Shaun Leisher: we, the invisibles

    I'm dying to see this play done. Such a beautiful work of documentary theatre that looks at a true life event that also gives voice to so many invisible members of our society who desperately need to be heard from.

    I'm dying to see this play done. Such a beautiful work of documentary theatre that looks at a true life event that also gives voice to so many invisible members of our society who desperately need to be heard from.

  • Shaun Leisher: Black Escalade

    This play's brilliance stems from its simple premise of 2 characters that want something from each other. From there, Caitlyn Saylor Stephens takes us on an exploration of power, gender, capitalism and fame/infamy in the digital age all through these under-represented voices. This play is asking the questions that we need to be asking on our stages and its bound to excite any actor, director or designer that reads it.

    This play's brilliance stems from its simple premise of 2 characters that want something from each other. From there, Caitlyn Saylor Stephens takes us on an exploration of power, gender, capitalism and fame/infamy in the digital age all through these under-represented voices. This play is asking the questions that we need to be asking on our stages and its bound to excite any actor, director or designer that reads it.

  • Shaun Leisher: I'm Revolting

    This play is a beautiful, heartbreaking (and at times hysterical) look at how we deal the things that can go wrong with our bodies. Taking place over the course of a day mostly in the waiting room of a hospital, a group of strangers talk about what it's like to not know what's going on with them and deal with loved ones that just don't get it. Reading this play forced me to sit with these fascinating characters enthralled by their plights and afterwards I was forced to deal with my own body and health. Produce this play!!!

    This play is a beautiful, heartbreaking (and at times hysterical) look at how we deal the things that can go wrong with our bodies. Taking place over the course of a day mostly in the waiting room of a hospital, a group of strangers talk about what it's like to not know what's going on with them and deal with loved ones that just don't get it. Reading this play forced me to sit with these fascinating characters enthralled by their plights and afterwards I was forced to deal with my own body and health. Produce this play!!!

  • Shaun Leisher: Click

    This is the best play I've read that captures the intersection of rape culture and 21st century technology. Its a timeless story that looks at where we are and where we are heading with this new technology that makes it easier and easier to protect predators and silence victims.

    This is the best play I've read that captures the intersection of rape culture and 21st century technology. Its a timeless story that looks at where we are and where we are heading with this new technology that makes it easier and easier to protect predators and silence victims.

  • Shaun Leisher: In The Blind

    The synopsis of the play perfectly let us know the situation of this play but its what happens during these hunting trips that make this such a haunting play about what some believe it means to be a man.

    The synopsis of the play perfectly let us know the situation of this play but its what happens during these hunting trips that make this such a haunting play about what some believe it means to be a man.

  • Shaun Leisher: Pussy Sludge

    This play fully displays a necessary voice in today's theatre. Hysterical and heartbreaking that would be a dream come true for creative actors, directors and designers.

    This play fully displays a necessary voice in today's theatre. Hysterical and heartbreaking that would be a dream come true for creative actors, directors and designers.

  • Shaun Leisher: FRIENDS WITH GUNS

    So often as a liberal I focus on producing work that I think will convince the "other side" of something to make them less intolerant but sometimes we need plays that help us examine our own intolerance. It's a play that feels so familiar yet completely fresh. A feast for actors and directors.

    So often as a liberal I focus on producing work that I think will convince the "other side" of something to make them less intolerant but sometimes we need plays that help us examine our own intolerance. It's a play that feels so familiar yet completely fresh. A feast for actors and directors.

  • Shaun Leisher: Brahman/i, a one-hijra stand-up comedy show

    Reading this play on the page does not do justice how innovative it is. I must see this produced ASAP.

    Reading this play on the page does not do justice how innovative it is. I must see this produced ASAP.