Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: MOCK, or, LAST MINUTE MEETING OF THE OUR LADY OF THE SEVEN SORROWS ACADEMY TEXAS YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT MOCK TRIAL TEAM TODAY AT 2:45!! (EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKS GREAT ON RESUMES)

    The use of subtext and the information is revealed in this play proves how much of a playwright to watch Jess Honovich is. She writes her character with so much care and respect. A play that should be a part of the school theatre canon.

    The use of subtext and the information is revealed in this play proves how much of a playwright to watch Jess Honovich is. She writes her character with so much care and respect. A play that should be a part of the school theatre canon.

  • Shaun Leisher: A Sisyphus Play, or, Talking and Talking About Sexual Assault and Expecting A Different Result Is Starting To Make Me Feel Insane. Do You Feel The Same?

    A really compelling use of metaphor to tell the story of sexual assault and the power of sharing one's story. Great use of theatricality and absurdity to bring about needed conversation.

    A really compelling use of metaphor to tell the story of sexual assault and the power of sharing one's story. Great use of theatricality and absurdity to bring about needed conversation.

  • Shaun Leisher: Pan Genesis

    Finding it hard to remember a play looks at natural instinct as brilliantly as this one. The language, characters and world created here left me breathless as I read it. This play is both timeless and completely urgent and poses questions that we have always talked about. Can't wait for someone to produce this fearless piece of theatre.

    Finding it hard to remember a play looks at natural instinct as brilliantly as this one. The language, characters and world created here left me breathless as I read it. This play is both timeless and completely urgent and poses questions that we have always talked about. Can't wait for someone to produce this fearless piece of theatre.

  • Shaun Leisher: My Father's Keeper

    A tight and intense look at how families deal with the truth and tragedy. Families revealing secrets on stage isn't anything new rarely have I seen it done with this much heart and honesty.

    A tight and intense look at how families deal with the truth and tragedy. Families revealing secrets on stage isn't anything new rarely have I seen it done with this much heart and honesty.

  • Shaun Leisher: How To Destroy An American Girl Doll

    This play really goes there and we are so lucky that it does. It's a play that explores eating disorder in a brutal and messy way. No easy answers are given here and everything isn't tied up with a bow. The hope in this play is not found in overcoming illness but in identifying it and continuing on. Rosenberg has written brilliant characters in such an honest way. No one is a hero or victim or villain. Everyone is just trying to get through life the best they know how. Produce this play and start listening to those that struggle.

    This play really goes there and we are so lucky that it does. It's a play that explores eating disorder in a brutal and messy way. No easy answers are given here and everything isn't tied up with a bow. The hope in this play is not found in overcoming illness but in identifying it and continuing on. Rosenberg has written brilliant characters in such an honest way. No one is a hero or victim or villain. Everyone is just trying to get through life the best they know how. Produce this play and start listening to those that struggle.

  • Shaun Leisher: Gray Mare

    A brutal play that takes well worn kind of play and turns it on its head to dissect toxic masculinity. The women in this play are so complex and beautifully written. A story that needs to be told and treated as a warning to men that oppress the women in their lives.

    A brutal play that takes well worn kind of play and turns it on its head to dissect toxic masculinity. The women in this play are so complex and beautifully written. A story that needs to be told and treated as a warning to men that oppress the women in their lives.

  • Shaun Leisher: B1NAR1UM

    A really bad ass sci-fi play that looks at the risks one must take by letting others into their lives. The stage directions and picture of the world being painted here are brilliant. Would love to see this produced soon!!

    A really bad ass sci-fi play that looks at the risks one must take by letting others into their lives. The stage directions and picture of the world being painted here are brilliant. Would love to see this produced soon!!

  • Shaun Leisher: Adaptive Radiation

    If like me you are done with naturalistic plays about young people going through quarter life crises then this is the play for you. Benitez has filled this play with magic as it explores a generations relationship with an exploitative system. It's hysterical, exciting and will leave you re-thinking your existence.

    If like me you are done with naturalistic plays about young people going through quarter life crises then this is the play for you. Benitez has filled this play with magic as it explores a generations relationship with an exploitative system. It's hysterical, exciting and will leave you re-thinking your existence.

  • Shaun Leisher: PERAMBULATORY: preambleastory

    "You're a grown up and I've been told grown ups are smarter than kids so I guess I have to believe that."

    This line from the play is one that is going to stick with me for a long time and it I think it captures what the play is exploring. Parents have so much to learn from their kids and teachers have so much to learn from their students. I'm so glad that there's a play like this that looks at the innocence of childhood but also doesn't shy away from the struggles they have in a serious way.

    "You're a grown up and I've been told grown ups are smarter than kids so I guess I have to believe that."

    This line from the play is one that is going to stick with me for a long time and it I think it captures what the play is exploring. Parents have so much to learn from their kids and teachers have so much to learn from their students. I'm so glad that there's a play like this that looks at the innocence of childhood but also doesn't shy away from the struggles they have in a serious way.

  • Shaun Leisher: On Staying Indoors

    I am amazed at how much intensity and emotion is packed into such a short piece. The stage directions are very effective at creating a tone of nostalgia for the past and dread of the future. Well the characters don’t seem to be filled with dread but it is there all the same. We need art like this that reminds us of our humanity even as we move closer and closer to catastrophe.

    I am amazed at how much intensity and emotion is packed into such a short piece. The stage directions are very effective at creating a tone of nostalgia for the past and dread of the future. Well the characters don’t seem to be filled with dread but it is there all the same. We need art like this that reminds us of our humanity even as we move closer and closer to catastrophe.