Recommended by Evelyn Jean Pine

  • Evelyn Jean Pine: Funny, Like An Abortion by Rachel Bublitz
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    Every day that goes by this remarkable, hilarious, and horrifying two-hander reverberates more and more powerfully. This is a play for this year, next year, and whenever fundamental human rights are under attack. That said, it's profoundly human with two engaging, endearing, and relatable characters.

    Every day that goes by this remarkable, hilarious, and horrifying two-hander reverberates more and more powerfully. This is a play for this year, next year, and whenever fundamental human rights are under attack. That said, it's profoundly human with two engaging, endearing, and relatable characters.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: UNBUTTONING VIRGINIA by Nora Douglass
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    The image of two children hiding together from the grownups is the most wonderful of reversals in _Unbuttoning Virginia_, a funny and wise look at an old woman staring death in the face. Nora Douglass manages to open the claustrophobia of a hospital room into a remarkable world where old friends see each other for the first time, families reconcile, and the audience participates in a remarkable act of healing.

    The image of two children hiding together from the grownups is the most wonderful of reversals in _Unbuttoning Virginia_, a funny and wise look at an old woman staring death in the face. Nora Douglass manages to open the claustrophobia of a hospital room into a remarkable world where old friends see each other for the first time, families reconcile, and the audience participates in a remarkable act of healing.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: The Greater Good by Diane Sampson
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    THE GREATER GOOD wrestles with the treasures and costs of ambition: professional, political, romantic and artistic. These characters are all passionate, caring, brainy, and deeply flawed. We are mesmerized by how --as they each work for the greater good, --they hurt the people they care for the most.

    THE GREATER GOOD wrestles with the treasures and costs of ambition: professional, political, romantic and artistic. These characters are all passionate, caring, brainy, and deeply flawed. We are mesmerized by how --as they each work for the greater good, --they hurt the people they care for the most.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: The Frozen Sea by Maury Zeff
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    THE FROZEN SEA illuminates the conflicts and connections between art and science, tech and intuition, but what really compels me about this marvelous play is the wonderful young characters, discovering themselves through their obsessions, their insecurities, and their powerful risk-taking.

    THE FROZEN SEA illuminates the conflicts and connections between art and science, tech and intuition, but what really compels me about this marvelous play is the wonderful young characters, discovering themselves through their obsessions, their insecurities, and their powerful risk-taking.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: A Marriage by Tom Swift
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    A witty, emotional look at how two men grow and change throughout their marriage. Deceptively simple, the play takes on the shifting views and experiences of LGBTQ relationships -- including a wonderful nephew who embodies the clash of generations. Very funny and deeply moving, the play lets the audience revel in the gift of time with those we love.

    A witty, emotional look at how two men grow and change throughout their marriage. Deceptively simple, the play takes on the shifting views and experiences of LGBTQ relationships -- including a wonderful nephew who embodies the clash of generations. Very funny and deeply moving, the play lets the audience revel in the gift of time with those we love.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: Even What Little She Has by Elizabeth Gjelten
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    EVEN WHAT LITTLE SHE HAS celebrates women's solidarity in surprising and dramatic ways. Whether it's accused murderer Louise connecting with her cell-mate, or Louise's daughter Phoebe's growing admiration and understanding of her new pal, Diana, the women find in each other reservoirs of strength and resilience to push against a stifling community and social mores that tell them they are so much less than what they are becoming. A tough and startling play.

    EVEN WHAT LITTLE SHE HAS celebrates women's solidarity in surprising and dramatic ways. Whether it's accused murderer Louise connecting with her cell-mate, or Louise's daughter Phoebe's growing admiration and understanding of her new pal, Diana, the women find in each other reservoirs of strength and resilience to push against a stifling community and social mores that tell them they are so much less than what they are becoming. A tough and startling play.

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  • Evelyn Jean Pine: Perfect by Jonathan Luskin
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    PERFECT, a deep dive into the near-future of gene editing, vibrates with desire. The stories of three families unfold with humor and feeling as we watch parental dreams transform into children's nightmares. And kids' aspirations break -- and, sometimes, heal -- their parents' hearts. In this PERFECT world, even the artificial intelligence wants more.

    PERFECT, a deep dive into the near-future of gene editing, vibrates with desire. The stories of three families unfold with humor and feeling as we watch parental dreams transform into children's nightmares. And kids' aspirations break -- and, sometimes, heal -- their parents' hearts. In this PERFECT world, even the artificial intelligence wants more.

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