Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: The Chronicles of Kalki by Aditi Kapil
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    A play that takes the magical POC trope and turns it on its head. A play about magic, growing up and an ancient set on such an intimate scale. Fantastic roles for women!!

    A play that takes the magical POC trope and turns it on its head. A play about magic, growing up and an ancient set on such an intimate scale. Fantastic roles for women!!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Shiv by Aditi Kapil
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    Shiv is a poetic work of theatre that plays with time in beautiful ways. A play about memory, dreams and letting go that will take awhile to shake.

    Shiv is a poetic work of theatre that plays with time in beautiful ways. A play about memory, dreams and letting go that will take awhile to shake.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Orange by Aditi Kapil
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    More plays like this need to be written. Plays about Southeast Asian people that's not all about them being Southeast Asian but being people. Plays about people on the autism spectrum that treats them with such nuance and care.

    More plays like this need to be written. Plays about Southeast Asian people that's not all about them being Southeast Asian but being people. Plays about people on the autism spectrum that treats them with such nuance and care.

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  • Shaun Leisher: THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE 1-87 IN WESTCHESTER by Gina Femia
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    I love reading early drafts of plays!!! Really excited to follow the development of this play. This is yet another example of Gina Femia subverting audience expectations with her characters choices and leaving things messy in awesome ways. JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE!!! Also a really charming workplace play.

    I love reading early drafts of plays!!! Really excited to follow the development of this play. This is yet another example of Gina Femia subverting audience expectations with her characters choices and leaving things messy in awesome ways. JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE!!! Also a really charming workplace play.

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  • Shaun Leisher: For The Love Of (or, the Roller Derby Play) by Gina Femia
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    I'm dying to see a production of this play. Between the brilliantly crafted characters, dialogues and dance sequences it's sure to be an exciting theatrical experience.

    I'm dying to see a production of this play. Between the brilliantly crafted characters, dialogues and dance sequences it's sure to be an exciting theatrical experience.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Saints Go Marching by Matt Barbot
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    Death, grief and the legacy we leave behind are certainly common themes in theatre but no play I've read covers them in such a uniquely magical way as this one. Wonderful characters and a story that goes to really interesting places.

    Death, grief and the legacy we leave behind are certainly common themes in theatre but no play I've read covers them in such a uniquely magical way as this one. Wonderful characters and a story that goes to really interesting places.

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Tourists by Michael Yates Crowley
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    It seems like American romanticization of Europe is as old as the nation's founding. Europe is that magical place where all are problems can disappear if we just run to it. Using the financial crisis in Greece as its backdrop, this play dives into what happens when a foreign vacation doesn't solve anything and how usually you just have to face our struggles head on. With amazingly complex roles (especially for women) and some magical realism this is a thoroughly enjoyable play that will stay with you.

    It seems like American romanticization of Europe is as old as the nation's founding. Europe is that magical place where all are problems can disappear if we just run to it. Using the financial crisis in Greece as its backdrop, this play dives into what happens when a foreign vacation doesn't solve anything and how usually you just have to face our struggles head on. With amazingly complex roles (especially for women) and some magical realism this is a thoroughly enjoyable play that will stay with you.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Bones Like Dust by Gina Femia
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    A unique and smart play about how faith and science are not the opposing forces we are led to believe.

    A unique and smart play about how faith and science are not the opposing forces we are led to believe.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Pussygrabber by Gina Femia
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    A powerful solo piece that really shows how so many of us could not just accept the results of the 2016 election and why we still resist. This play will be important as long as men who abuse women continue to be rewarded.

    A powerful solo piece that really shows how so many of us could not just accept the results of the 2016 election and why we still resist. This play will be important as long as men who abuse women continue to be rewarded.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Pieces of Penelope by Gina Femia
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    War plays that draw connections between ancient cultures and today is not new but this take on it is so fresh and hopefully just the start of more plays that look at this oftentimes forgotten community of soldier's wives. Femia creates complex women and allows them to wrestle with they sacrifices they've made. These women try to hold it together and be the model military wives but this play lets us in behind the facade and shos just how timeless these unfair expectations on women really are.

    War plays that draw connections between ancient cultures and today is not new but this take on it is so fresh and hopefully just the start of more plays that look at this oftentimes forgotten community of soldier's wives. Femia creates complex women and allows them to wrestle with they sacrifices they've made. These women try to hold it together and be the model military wives but this play lets us in behind the facade and shos just how timeless these unfair expectations on women really are.

    ”