Recommended by Lainie Vansant

  • Lainie Vansant: A Christmas Pickle

    A great example of a clean two-hander with a little mystery and a lot of Christmas magic.

    A great example of a clean two-hander with a little mystery and a lot of Christmas magic.

  • Lainie Vansant: The Child Groom

    A fascinating take on oppression and gender, Suárez-Peña asks important questions in this short piece.

    A fascinating take on oppression and gender, Suárez-Peña asks important questions in this short piece.

  • Lainie Vansant: young women of valor

    This sweet, short play for two young actors is full of specificity and rich subtext. Don't miss it!

    This sweet, short play for two young actors is full of specificity and rich subtext. Don't miss it!

  • Lainie Vansant: Witnesses To The Execution

    There's something about a playwright sharing their lived experience that just hits differently. This moving piece shines a light on the important issue of the death penalty while maintaining a deeply personal point of view.

    There's something about a playwright sharing their lived experience that just hits differently. This moving piece shines a light on the important issue of the death penalty while maintaining a deeply personal point of view.

  • Lainie Vansant: The first whale

    I love a play that is "impossible to stage," and this certainly qualifies. Let yourself get swept up in the magic, stretch your creative muscles, and produce this piece!

    I love a play that is "impossible to stage," and this certainly qualifies. Let yourself get swept up in the magic, stretch your creative muscles, and produce this piece!

  • Lainie Vansant: The Arithmetic of Memory

    A haunting reflection on the various roles memory can play in our lives, and some things our society needs to not forget.

    A haunting reflection on the various roles memory can play in our lives, and some things our society needs to not forget.

  • 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!