Recommended by Lainie Vansant

  • Lainie Vansant: Mornings with June by Karen Saari
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    This play is sweet and joyful while still acknowledging many of life's pains. It has a nice, specific sense of place and a lot of heart -- a piece of feel-good theatre that audiences are sure to enjoy

    This play is sweet and joyful while still acknowledging many of life's pains. It has a nice, specific sense of place and a lot of heart -- a piece of feel-good theatre that audiences are sure to enjoy

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  • Lainie Vansant: LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY (full length) by Robin Rice
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    This piece is gorgeous and surreal and I'm sure there are layers and layers to it that I have yet to discover. Plus, I'm a sucker for John Donne.

    This piece is gorgeous and surreal and I'm sure there are layers and layers to it that I have yet to discover. Plus, I'm a sucker for John Donne.

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  • Lainie Vansant: The Eclipse by Sofia Molimbi
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    This is a sweet play with a little magic that speaks deeply to questions surrounding family, charity, dementia, and more. It's a lovely moment in time with some barbs included as well, definitely worth a read.

    This is a sweet play with a little magic that speaks deeply to questions surrounding family, charity, dementia, and more. It's a lovely moment in time with some barbs included as well, definitely worth a read.

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  • Lainie Vansant: the calm before by Deborah Yarchun
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    This play deftly investigates a strained family relationship which represents, in many ways, the strained family relationship within the 'family' of US citizens today. Both characters are delightfully stubborn, flawed, and engaging. Check it out!

    This play deftly investigates a strained family relationship which represents, in many ways, the strained family relationship within the 'family' of US citizens today. Both characters are delightfully stubborn, flawed, and engaging. Check it out!

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  • Lainie Vansant: AS HAPPY AS GOD IN FRANCE by JULIA PASCAL
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    An interesting glimpse at a little-known moment in history. Pascal captures a wealth of sadness and despair but maintains some hope for the audience at the same time. If you need a piece for lots of women, definitely check this one out!

    An interesting glimpse at a little-known moment in history. Pascal captures a wealth of sadness and despair but maintains some hope for the audience at the same time. If you need a piece for lots of women, definitely check this one out!

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  • Lainie Vansant: Tea Patches by Helen Everbach
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    This play has a sweet, slow melancholy to it that draws the reader (and the audience, I'm sure) into its characters' pain. It also offers kind insight into intimate and life-threatening problems for its protagonist and her friends.

    This play has a sweet, slow melancholy to it that draws the reader (and the audience, I'm sure) into its characters' pain. It also offers kind insight into intimate and life-threatening problems for its protagonist and her friends.

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  • Lainie Vansant: Sunset Dreams by Anita Gonzalez
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    Sunset Dreams offers a lot of varied, interesting roles for Black women and tackles a lot of issues -- family relationships, divorce, disease, tourism, slavery, and more -- with heart. Gonzalez asks the audience important questions without giving them easy answers.

    Sunset Dreams offers a lot of varied, interesting roles for Black women and tackles a lot of issues -- family relationships, divorce, disease, tourism, slavery, and more -- with heart. Gonzalez asks the audience important questions without giving them easy answers.

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  • Lainie Vansant: The Docent by Donna Kaz
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    Kaz brings together characters from a number of different backgrounds to tackle big issues in this play. AIDS, Nature, Religion, Gender, Sexuality, and more -- the combination is daring and draws the reader (and, I'm sure, the audience) from one beat to the next.

    Kaz brings together characters from a number of different backgrounds to tackle big issues in this play. AIDS, Nature, Religion, Gender, Sexuality, and more -- the combination is daring and draws the reader (and, I'm sure, the audience) from one beat to the next.

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  • Lainie Vansant: Berrigan, or an Island tale by Christopher Lysik
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    The characters in this piece feel incredibly real and the elevated setting feels real on an even deeper level. Lysik combines realism and surrealism beautifully here to make important points.

    The characters in this piece feel incredibly real and the elevated setting feels real on an even deeper level. Lysik combines realism and surrealism beautifully here to make important points.

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  • Lainie Vansant: Webster's Bitch (One-Act) by Jacqueline Bircher
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    Fun characters in a thought-provoking situation - a play about language and how we use it. This clever piece is worth the read!

    Fun characters in a thought-provoking situation - a play about language and how we use it. This clever piece is worth the read!

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