Recommended by Lainie Vansant

  • 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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  • Lainie Vansant: PRACTICE by Gina Femia
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    The women in this piece are strong, grounded, and eager to figure out the world. It serves as a great reminder of what it was like to be a kid and asks important questions about what we should do with that history now. This is a thoughtful, touching piece - check it out!

    The women in this piece are strong, grounded, and eager to figure out the world. It serves as a great reminder of what it was like to be a kid and asks important questions about what we should do with that history now. This is a thoughtful, touching piece - check it out!

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  • Lainie Vansant: Where the Fireworks Come From by Michael Pisaturo
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    This is a raw, emotional scene perfect for two young men who really want to dig into good partner work. Pisaturo captures the aches of small town life and growing up so elegantly.

    This is a raw, emotional scene perfect for two young men who really want to dig into good partner work. Pisaturo captures the aches of small town life and growing up so elegantly.

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  • Lainie Vansant: Rank by Emma Carter
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    Carter's creativity shines again in this creepy dystopian story. Rank raises big questions about our purpose in life and what society could be. Check it out!

    Carter's creativity shines again in this creepy dystopian story. Rank raises big questions about our purpose in life and what society could be. Check it out!

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  • Lainie Vansant: LEENA: A PRISON INMATE MONOLOGUE by Asher Wyndham
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    Leena's voice is clear as a bell as she calls out the US prison system for the slave labor it feeds off of. This is a hard, important piece, read and produce it if you can!

    Leena's voice is clear as a bell as she calls out the US prison system for the slave labor it feeds off of. This is a hard, important piece, read and produce it if you can!

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  • Lainie Vansant: The Very Last Wishes of Grandpa Joe or Mia & Hector Go Sightseeing by Cristina Florencia Castro
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    The theatricality and creativity of this piece are utterly delightful. It tackles heavy and heartbreaking experiences that are beautifully specific and still feel universal. This play is a great example of radical hospitality and accessibility which makes the theatergoing experience better for everyone. It also happens to make a great radio play. I listened to it on the Parsnip Ship and you should too!

    The theatricality and creativity of this piece are utterly delightful. It tackles heavy and heartbreaking experiences that are beautifully specific and still feel universal. This play is a great example of radical hospitality and accessibility which makes the theatergoing experience better for everyone. It also happens to make a great radio play. I listened to it on the Parsnip Ship and you should too!

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  • Lainie Vansant: HOW BRENDA LANG INVENTED TIME TRAVEL WITH A MOLDY PIECE OF CHEESE by Scott Mullen
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    This is a fun, quirky comedic moment for three women. Read it if you need a little pick-me-up, it won't disappoint!

    This is a fun, quirky comedic moment for three women. Read it if you need a little pick-me-up, it won't disappoint!

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