Recommended by Nick Malakhow

  • Nick Malakhow: Winter People by Laura Neill
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    I saw this workshop at the BPT and there is such an astounding mosaic of complex people within this script! This deeply intersectional play uses doubling in an effective and affecting way. A perceptive and nuanced piece, it moves at an almost meditative pace, though still constantly building up to a satisfying climax and resolution.

    I saw this workshop at the BPT and there is such an astounding mosaic of complex people within this script! This deeply intersectional play uses doubling in an effective and affecting way. A perceptive and nuanced piece, it moves at an almost meditative pace, though still constantly building up to a satisfying climax and resolution.

    ”
  • Nick Malakhow: Let's Fix Andy by Rachel Bublitz
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    Bublitz writes these four characters with great generosity, empathy, and humor. Her wise use of direct address provides both hilarity and poignant insight. So many narratives that comment on masculinity and male self-image focus on simply rendering men's problematic behaviors; LET'S FIX ANDY interrogates those issues further than other plays by honoring the inner lives of its male protagonists. A super speedy and funny read that I can easily stage in my mind as I read it.

    Bublitz writes these four characters with great generosity, empathy, and humor. Her wise use of direct address provides both hilarity and poignant insight. So many narratives that comment on masculinity and male self-image focus on simply rendering men's problematic behaviors; LET'S FIX ANDY interrogates those issues further than other plays by honoring the inner lives of its male protagonists. A super speedy and funny read that I can easily stage in my mind as I read it.

    ”