Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: brunch

    This play expertly deconstructs the tropes of female friendships in media while also exploring the lengths people will go to not die alone. These characters are on the surface one-dimensional and they might even define themselves as such but there is so much to them and they all surprise and grow throughout the play. Themes like domestic violence and disability is looked at here in such a unique way.

    This play expertly deconstructs the tropes of female friendships in media while also exploring the lengths people will go to not die alone. These characters are on the surface one-dimensional and they might even define themselves as such but there is so much to them and they all surprise and grow throughout the play. Themes like domestic violence and disability is looked at here in such a unique way.

  • Shaun Leisher: LEAVE THE BALCONY OPEN

    I went to a big party school where the deaths of young people occurred much too frequently. I longed for a play that addressed the questions that are posed in this play. Who is left to remember the lives lost when the next party comes and so many forget? Why do we honor the dead with destructive habits? What happens when those that are supposed to protect us can’t? This play brilliantly shows what it’s like when the world of college allows students to keep being while forcing them to be adults too fast.

    I went to a big party school where the deaths of young people occurred much too frequently. I longed for a play that addressed the questions that are posed in this play. Who is left to remember the lives lost when the next party comes and so many forget? Why do we honor the dead with destructive habits? What happens when those that are supposed to protect us can’t? This play brilliantly shows what it’s like when the world of college allows students to keep being while forcing them to be adults too fast.

  • Shaun Leisher: Baby Cakes

    A really good play about the way women bond over grief. The writer does a really good job at keeping the play focused and making every member of the ensemble such a defined character. So refreshing to see a play for women of all shapes, ages and ethnicities.

    A really good play about the way women bond over grief. The writer does a really good job at keeping the play focused and making every member of the ensemble such a defined character. So refreshing to see a play for women of all shapes, ages and ethnicities.

  • Shaun Leisher: raw pasta

    A true example of it's funny because it's true. Macdonald is so good here at satirizing toxic men while also finding hearts within them. This is a play that will leave audiences uncomfortable and hopefully inspired to change.

    A true example of it's funny because it's true. Macdonald is so good here at satirizing toxic men while also finding hearts within them. This is a play that will leave audiences uncomfortable and hopefully inspired to change.

  • Shaun Leisher: mind your bee hive

    This play really took a turn I didn't expect. I dug the world building here and relationships created here so much.

    This play really took a turn I didn't expect. I dug the world building here and relationships created here so much.

  • Shaun Leisher: Three Anne Franks

    I am over the moon in love with this play. Proof of how brilliant and vital great satire is. So many conversations to be had from what is being presented here in such a deep and hilarious way.

    I am over the moon in love with this play. Proof of how brilliant and vital great satire is. So many conversations to be had from what is being presented here in such a deep and hilarious way.

  • Shaun Leisher: For Charlie (Even if You Wouldn't Have Taken it)

    A smart and moving two hander with two women trying their best to honor their abusive ex. When I wants to forget the manipulative man while the other longs to remember a mostly fictitious person. In such a short time they are able to realize so much about their relationship with Charlie but more importantly with each other. A short play that will create much needed conversation.

    A smart and moving two hander with two women trying their best to honor their abusive ex. When I wants to forget the manipulative man while the other longs to remember a mostly fictitious person. In such a short time they are able to realize so much about their relationship with Charlie but more importantly with each other. A short play that will create much needed conversation.

  • Shaun Leisher: Don't Walk Home in That Shit, Girl!

    Such a fun and goofy yet disturbing short play that effectively blends absurdity with the truths that women face when it comes to roles in theatre and horror.

    Such a fun and goofy yet disturbing short play that effectively blends absurdity with the truths that women face when it comes to roles in theatre and horror.

  • Shaun Leisher: GIANT SLALOM

    Stakes couldn't be higher in this play about 3 teenage girls who just happen to be competitive skiers. This play is awesome at keeping the intensity up in the clubhouse and also on the slopes. The scenes of actual skiing is written in such an inter.esting way and I can't wait to see how a director interprets them in a full production.

    Stakes couldn't be higher in this play about 3 teenage girls who just happen to be competitive skiers. This play is awesome at keeping the intensity up in the clubhouse and also on the slopes. The scenes of actual skiing is written in such an inter.esting way and I can't wait to see how a director interprets them in a full production.

  • Shaun Leisher: The Jersey Devil Doesn't Exist.

    Loved this coming of age horror story!!! Honovich is really good at writing these young women and exploring how they deal with trauma both internally and in public. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

    Loved this coming of age horror story!!! Honovich is really good at writing these young women and exploring how they deal with trauma both internally and in public. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!