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Jonathan O'Neill

Recommended by Jonathan O'Neill

  • Interventions by Greg Lam
    26 Jan. 2019
    “ A smart, funny time travel comedy. Lam gives his premise a kindhearted touch that brings Lil, Ariel, and Jensen’s Rock to immediate life. This play’s a treat for three talented actors — especially the young woman playing Ariel’s daughter, who’s funnier with each new identity! ”
  • Every Seven Minutes by Ken Preuss
    26 Jan. 2019
    “ A total crowd-pleaser. EVERY SEVEN MINUTES tackles both bad luck and soul-sucking desk jobs with heart and wit. The concept encourages us to think well after the curtain falls; my friends and I saw this staged, and afterwards had a lot of fun debating what we would do in this situation. ”
  • Swallowed by Rachel Bublitz
    26 Jan. 2019
    “ Builds from a gripping first image toward a memorable and terrifying end. SWALLOWED is an opportunity: a quick, intense play with a necessary call-to-action that gives a director and three actors the chance to shine. ”
  • French Pig by David Jacobi
    21 Nov. 2018
    “ FRENCH PIG is a delight. What begins with a historical curiosity -- did people seriously put *animals* on trial?! -- ultimately reaches a place of sincere and familiar pain as Jacobi questions why we persist, emotionally, in affairs we know to be pointless. Along the way, we get a wonderful series of kangaroo court scenes (the prosecutor, a mercury-mad alchemist, wants to chop off the defense's head. His dad is the judge), a gently funny subplot about a borrowed cart, and one memorable talking pig. ”
  • WHEN WE WENT ELECTRONIC by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    18 Nov. 2018
    “ WHEN WE WENT ELECTRONIC is haunting and heartbreaking. Using powerful imagery to repeatedly deconstruct and reconstruct her characters, Stephens implores us to listen to, recognize, and talk about the real pain behind what's synthetic. ”
  • Golden Boys by Gracie Gardner
    22 Jul. 2018
    “ The increasing absurdity of the speeches is really exciting in this very cool short about the kind of celebrity you're probably tired of seeing. ”
  • A List of Some Shit I've Killed by Matt Barbot
    22 Jul. 2018
    “ Matt Barbot's casual, irreverent voice transforms these larger-than-life characters and gives them a modern dimension that makes for some really compelling storytelling. How often are we encouraged to think of Heracles & co. as the reprehensible jerks they were? A LIST OF SOME SHIT I'VE KILLED says: 'clearly, not often enough.' ”

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