Recommended by Jacob York

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    This play is a magic trick. It takes the specifics of an intimidating topic like IVF and turns it into a night of theatre that's joyful, hilarious, and fulfilling. Can I be real? ADs should be tripping over themselves to put this show in their seasons. Families will see themselves, it's an incredible opportunity for the strongest performer in your community, and it'll have people lining up in the lobby asking to shake hands with the person who programmed it. It's a can't miss.

    This play is a magic trick. It takes the specifics of an intimidating topic like IVF and turns it into a night of theatre that's joyful, hilarious, and fulfilling. Can I be real? ADs should be tripping over themselves to put this show in their seasons. Families will see themselves, it's an incredible opportunity for the strongest performer in your community, and it'll have people lining up in the lobby asking to shake hands with the person who programmed it. It's a can't miss.

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    I really loved this piece. It's simultaneously vast and intimate. It makes the majesty of space feel accessible. This is a play for anyone who cried thinking about the Mars Rover singing Happy Birthday to itself, parked on a planet far from any human touch.

    It makes me long for connection, no matter the distance.

    I really loved this piece. It's simultaneously vast and intimate. It makes the majesty of space feel accessible. This is a play for anyone who cried thinking about the Mars Rover singing Happy Birthday to itself, parked on a planet far from any human touch.

    It makes me long for connection, no matter the distance.

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    This play is truly SO beautiful. Lyric and intimate, it holds your hand and welcomes you into a deeply personal experience, that ends up feeling universal. I truly think any community would benefit from having had this play on one of its stages.

    This play is truly SO beautiful. Lyric and intimate, it holds your hand and welcomes you into a deeply personal experience, that ends up feeling universal. I truly think any community would benefit from having had this play on one of its stages.

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    An absolutely gripping ten minute play. I hesitate to talk about it too much, lest I give something away, but I was one of the actors who performed it during Horizon’s Young Playwrights Festival, and I was breathless at the end. Extremely worth reading.

    An absolutely gripping ten minute play. I hesitate to talk about it too much, lest I give something away, but I was one of the actors who performed it during Horizon’s Young Playwrights Festival, and I was breathless at the end. Extremely worth reading.

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    I'm on this website as a playwright, but playing Iago in the staged reading of this at The Atlanta Shakespere Company was a vicious little delight.

    It's a sumptuous play, full of language actors love to say, dealing with powerful and ever-present issues. Fantastic roles for a multitude of people. Recommended to anyone, but particularly to theatres that primarily stage classics. You owe it to yourself to read this play.

    I'm on this website as a playwright, but playing Iago in the staged reading of this at The Atlanta Shakespere Company was a vicious little delight.

    It's a sumptuous play, full of language actors love to say, dealing with powerful and ever-present issues. Fantastic roles for a multitude of people. Recommended to anyone, but particularly to theatres that primarily stage classics. You owe it to yourself to read this play.

  • Jacob York: The Pros & Cons of Killing Your Cult Leader by Bobbi Twiggs
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    What a delight this play is. Both a deeply unserious romp and a meaningful examination of the patriarchal systems we allow to ruin our lives. It's 3/4 silly and 1/4 sincere, which is a great ratio to get your audiences to really hear what is being said between the laughs. The showing I saw was packed. The same thing could happen for your theatre! Program this play.

    What a delight this play is. Both a deeply unserious romp and a meaningful examination of the patriarchal systems we allow to ruin our lives. It's 3/4 silly and 1/4 sincere, which is a great ratio to get your audiences to really hear what is being said between the laughs. The showing I saw was packed. The same thing could happen for your theatre! Program this play.

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  • Jacob York: The Bachelor Party by Davin Grindstaff
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    Fun, silly, and exciting with endearing characters, THE BACHELOR PARTY gives you everything a farce demands. If your theatre is in the market for a door-slamming dose of fun, read this play. Audiences will adore it.

    Fun, silly, and exciting with endearing characters, THE BACHELOR PARTY gives you everything a farce demands. If your theatre is in the market for a door-slamming dose of fun, read this play. Audiences will adore it.

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  • Jacob York: burnout. by River Timms
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    burnout. is a play for a generation stuck behind an inert mountain of debt, unable to afford basics like dental care and housing. River Timms is a visceral writer and the way they bring the blood behind the numbers to the forefront of this story is dazzling.

    burnout. is a play for a generation stuck behind an inert mountain of debt, unable to afford basics like dental care and housing. River Timms is a visceral writer and the way they bring the blood behind the numbers to the forefront of this story is dazzling.

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  • Jacob York: Monster Girls at Sunshine Doughnuts by Dani Herd
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    A kind, hilarious, and thoughtful examination of the price we all have to pay to be ourselves. The Monster Girls at the center of the play are wonderful roles for young actors. Silly and sincere in equal measure. You won't find a play with a bigger heart.

    A kind, hilarious, and thoughtful examination of the price we all have to pay to be ourselves. The Monster Girls at the center of the play are wonderful roles for young actors. Silly and sincere in equal measure. You won't find a play with a bigger heart.

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  • Jacob York: That Fat Bitch Loved to Run Her Mouth by Benji Carr
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    A monologue of fire and sadness, in turns hilarious and haunting. Well worth your read and worth asking yourself the questions posed here. How do we want to be remembered - with all our edges sanded to oblivion or faithfully?

    A monologue of fire and sadness, in turns hilarious and haunting. Well worth your read and worth asking yourself the questions posed here. How do we want to be remembered - with all our edges sanded to oblivion or faithfully?

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