Recommended by Lainie Vansant

  • Lainie Vansant: Gary From Point Pleasant

    Who doesn't love cryptids, right? This is a fun, romantic romp between a couple of delightful weirdos, with the added bonus of a very cool costume design opportunity. Read it today!

    Who doesn't love cryptids, right? This is a fun, romantic romp between a couple of delightful weirdos, with the added bonus of a very cool costume design opportunity. Read it today!

  • Lainie Vansant: Blaxploitation

    Who knew something could be this thoughtful and also this fun! "Blaxploitation" has zombies and metatheatricality and over-active goofiness, but its message is deep and thought-provoking. Check it out!

    Who knew something could be this thoughtful and also this fun! "Blaxploitation" has zombies and metatheatricality and over-active goofiness, but its message is deep and thought-provoking. Check it out!

  • Lainie Vansant: Breaking Up is Hard to Do Right (Monologue)

    What a fun, flexible monologue! The interlocutor is clearly defined, making this a great piece to help an actor practice working with an invisible partner. Have some fun with this!

    What a fun, flexible monologue! The interlocutor is clearly defined, making this a great piece to help an actor practice working with an invisible partner. Have some fun with this!

  • Lainie Vansant: Support

    Don't mind me -- just sitting here trying not to bawl in the middle of a coffee shop. This is beautiful and vulnerable and lovely work for two AFAB actors, perfect for a ten minute play festival.

    Don't mind me -- just sitting here trying not to bawl in the middle of a coffee shop. This is beautiful and vulnerable and lovely work for two AFAB actors, perfect for a ten minute play festival.

  • Lainie Vansant: What Baggage

    Man, I love an uninhibited older lady, and this play delivers on that front! The dialogue here is smart and snappy with characters talking past one another and not quite hearing what the other is saying, which makes Evelyn and Virgil feel like real people on the page.

    Man, I love an uninhibited older lady, and this play delivers on that front! The dialogue here is smart and snappy with characters talking past one another and not quite hearing what the other is saying, which makes Evelyn and Virgil feel like real people on the page.

  • Lainie Vansant: Before We Were Bake Sale Pies (3 Min Play)

    This play isn't a haiku, but it feels like one -- like each word has been carefully chosen for this one specific moment. Lovely.

    This play isn't a haiku, but it feels like one -- like each word has been carefully chosen for this one specific moment. Lovely.

  • Lainie Vansant: Captain Murica and the Right Wing Squad

    I was drawn in by the title, and it did not disappoint! Sometimes the best way to face a big issue is with laughter, and that's the gift Hernandez-Roulet has given us with this hilarious little play. Actors and designers would have a blast bringing this to life -- check it out!

    I was drawn in by the title, and it did not disappoint! Sometimes the best way to face a big issue is with laughter, and that's the gift Hernandez-Roulet has given us with this hilarious little play. Actors and designers would have a blast bringing this to life -- check it out!

  • Lainie Vansant: Civics

    Maximillian Gill isn't pulling punches in this somewhat absurdist look at the US social system. And the immigration system. And how we make art. It's all absurd, really, and many of us are part of the problem.

    Maximillian Gill isn't pulling punches in this somewhat absurdist look at the US social system. And the immigration system. And how we make art. It's all absurd, really, and many of us are part of the problem.

  • Lainie Vansant: Fireworks

    There's a quiet, focused sincerity here that feels so smart and grounded. Kendall slowly feeds the audience information and uses the titular fireworks to keep the show feeling grounded. This is a great exercise in characters moving at different tempos and would give new playwrights a nice lesson in the craft.

    There's a quiet, focused sincerity here that feels so smart and grounded. Kendall slowly feeds the audience information and uses the titular fireworks to keep the show feeling grounded. This is a great exercise in characters moving at different tempos and would give new playwrights a nice lesson in the craft.

  • Lainie Vansant: The Presidency of William Henry Harrison in Real Time: A 10 Minute Play

    This play is so fun -- interesting facts about the presidency, a question about the origin of 'tubby' that I'm not entirely willing to dismiss yet (even if it's not THE reason, it could be A reason, amiright?), and two diametrically opposed but mostly friendly folks. It feels like a light moment of theatre, but it also starts with a very old guy giving an inauguration speech about being very old and works in "The backbone of our nation is the peaceful transition of power," and those things -- shall we say -- hit a little different at the moment.

    This play is so fun -- interesting facts about the presidency, a question about the origin of 'tubby' that I'm not entirely willing to dismiss yet (even if it's not THE reason, it could be A reason, amiright?), and two diametrically opposed but mostly friendly folks. It feels like a light moment of theatre, but it also starts with a very old guy giving an inauguration speech about being very old and works in "The backbone of our nation is the peaceful transition of power," and those things -- shall we say -- hit a little different at the moment.