Recommended by Lainie Vansant

  • Lainie Vansant: Quinn Is Real

    There is a lot to play with in this ten minute slice of alternate reality. Posey has created characters with strong opposite desires and given them the chance to struggle against their very reality.

    There is a lot to play with in this ten minute slice of alternate reality. Posey has created characters with strong opposite desires and given them the chance to struggle against their very reality.

  • Lainie Vansant: Two Socks Discuss Loss

    A sweet, thoughtful meditation on life and loss -- just lovely.

    A sweet, thoughtful meditation on life and loss -- just lovely.

  • Lainie Vansant: What Love Must Be

    This piece plays audience expectations like a fiddle. As soon as I thought I knew where we were going, things would shift and then shift again. It made me feel much like these characters must have felt in their struggling relationships.

    This piece plays audience expectations like a fiddle. As soon as I thought I knew where we were going, things would shift and then shift again. It made me feel much like these characters must have felt in their struggling relationships.

  • Lainie Vansant: Paradise

    This is a lovely play that presents two people with very different viewpoints and treats each of them very seriously. My brain has been chewing on Censabella's words and ideas for a couple of days now and I think this very well may have permanently changed the way I think about young people and their decision-making. It's definitely worth a read or a listen!

    This is a lovely play that presents two people with very different viewpoints and treats each of them very seriously. My brain has been chewing on Censabella's words and ideas for a couple of days now and I think this very well may have permanently changed the way I think about young people and their decision-making. It's definitely worth a read or a listen!

  • Lainie Vansant: Romeo & Juliet & Velociraptors

    What a romp! This play is a ton of fun for young actors and their audiences. It'll give you a good smile, so check it out!

    What a romp! This play is a ton of fun for young actors and their audiences. It'll give you a good smile, so check it out!

  • Lainie Vansant: PARKS

    Rivers uses a variety of theatrical tools to great effect in this fascinating play. He layers together music, imagery, and overall theatre magic to tell a true story that has often been overlooked.

    Rivers uses a variety of theatrical tools to great effect in this fascinating play. He layers together music, imagery, and overall theatre magic to tell a true story that has often been overlooked.

  • Lainie Vansant: TRANSMISSION

    Reading this in 2022 is ... uncanny. This piece is prophetic. It's also innovative in its approach to gathering people together to think about themselves and their history in a space together. Very nicely done and worth your time.

    Reading this in 2022 is ... uncanny. This piece is prophetic. It's also innovative in its approach to gathering people together to think about themselves and their history in a space together. Very nicely done and worth your time.

  • Lainie Vansant: Rx Machina

    This is an excellent, nuanced play about an issue that is often erroneously portrayed as black-and-white. These characters are complicated and conflicted -- an actor's dream -- and the story twists and turns in ways that lean into those conflicts. I would love to see it staged!

    This is an excellent, nuanced play about an issue that is often erroneously portrayed as black-and-white. These characters are complicated and conflicted -- an actor's dream -- and the story twists and turns in ways that lean into those conflicts. I would love to see it staged!

  • Lainie Vansant: Clown Lung

    Even just reading this play, I can vividly imagine what it would look like -- the imagery is striking and strong, a gift to designers and actors alike. This is sure to make your audiences think, so if you're looking to challenge your audience and delight your creative team, definitely give this play a read!

    Even just reading this play, I can vividly imagine what it would look like -- the imagery is striking and strong, a gift to designers and actors alike. This is sure to make your audiences think, so if you're looking to challenge your audience and delight your creative team, definitely give this play a read!

  • Lainie Vansant: Paletas de Coco or, The Letter Unspoken or, The Christmas Eve Play

    This is a deeply personal, incredibly moving show -- thank you, Franky for sharing it with the world. It's a peek behind the curtain, a life story, a confession. Gonzalez has given the world a gift here.

    This is a deeply personal, incredibly moving show -- thank you, Franky for sharing it with the world. It's a peek behind the curtain, a life story, a confession. Gonzalez has given the world a gift here.