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Mark Loewenstern

Recommended by Mark Loewenstern

  • Sugar by Jennifer O'Grady
    9 Mar. 2024
    “ Not a beat is wasted in this elegantly written thriller of a 10-minute play. I was fortunate to attend a performance and SUGAR held the audience spellbound while it drew us a map to a necessary and real escape route. Wonderful, useful work! Deserving of many productions. ”
  • CREAK by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
    2 Mar. 2024
    “ We adults have been poor stewards of this world, and are leaving our children with a messy future. Floyd-Priskorn nails this reality with a seemingly effortless page of dialogue that makes fairytale monsters appear as quaint and reassuring allies against the horrors that are to come. An elegant and moving one-minute play. ”
  • RESPECT THE NOSE -a monologue by Monica Cross
    29 Feb. 2024
    “ Respect "RESPECT THE NOSE." It's not just a fascinating exploration of clowning. It's also an inspiring anthem to self-expression, a useful meditation on finding your own voice that is distinct from the culture surrounding you. A great piece for young actors. ”
  • The Oktavist by Vince Gatton
    3 Feb. 2024
    “ Powerful and also subtle. Deeply moving and full of dangers and yet somehow also sweet and funny. In THE OKTAVIST, Gatton masterfully weaves many threads together to satisfying, compelling effect. Deserving of many productions. Bravo! ”
  • The Time You Were Away (a monologue) by Scott Sickles
    16 Nov. 2023
    “ Exquisitely dark. Unquestionably funny. You may laugh, as I did, with a tinge of fear and hysteria. This unsettling play plants its horror in a novel location -- an innocent brain -- where the effects are ever-present and yet always out of reach. A wickedly brilliant betrayal that pays dividends over two lifetimes. ”
  • Hairdresser on Fire by Scott Sickles
    12 Oct. 2023
    “ An excellent and useful play which maps for us how toxic people slip past our defenses, and burrow into our lives. It is leavened with Sickles's signature wit, not the ostentatious, superficial kind, but rather the wise wit that comes from knowing well one's friends and enemies, and oneself. It's the wit that spots and understands all the shades of pain and hope, and calls them out that we may share them. Hairdresser on Fire then sticks the landing, leaving us with the kind of tale that should be taught in high school health classes. ”
  • Eight Tales of Pedro by Mark-Eugene Garcia
    24 Sep. 2023
    “ Was fortunate to see a production of this play earlier this year. Like a Canterbury Tales or Decameron, this play gives a multi-faceted view of the world, where each tale builds on the ones that came before, widening and deepening our understanding. Garcia then goes a step further, as the tales influence the people who hear them, impacting the journey they are on. Great stuff. Should be produced again. ”
  • Smile, Baby by Claudia Haas
    19 Mar. 2023
    “ Not just a wonderful, powerful one-minute play, but a useful blueprint for a sorely needed bit of empathy the world needs more of. ”
  • The Age of Understanding or, The Character of Dad by Franky D. Gonzalez
    19 Mar. 2023
    “ Elegantly moving and universal. What could be more relatable than the relationships Gonzalez explores here? The pains and fears of the child, parent, husband, wife are delved to a surprising depth, and then the playwright confidently lands us with a viscerally satisfying ending. Highly recommend. ”
  • KING NOW by Monica Cross
    8 Feb. 2023
    “ And just like that, the princes in the Tower unpack Richard III for us and it hits us hard, all in the space of two pages. This is a mighty little play, and many's the Shakespeare fan that would be well rewarded by taking two minutes to read or watch it. ”

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