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A beautiful, funny, heartbreaking moment. We ask ourselves, as writers, "Why this moment? Why now?" and within this prism Leventman shines light on the tender past shared between Ted and Danny, and casts an array of possibilities into the future. He does all this with humor, and the emotional rivulets of what makes a longterm relationship both specific and universal. The richness of this work, humor layered over deep loss, gets its way into my heart. I'm grateful to have seen a gorgeous production of this play at last year's Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival. This play's a gem.

Well, this is delightful. Any anglophile's gonna love the Wodehouse vibes coupled with dank British history. It's funny and dark and would be a delicious addition to a short play festival. I love how visual it is, revealing these ridiculous moments at just the right junctures. Fun stuff!

Warm and inviting, with literary and linguistic complexities that engage the imagination, while this story - A connection that buds and grows between Dorothy and Zan - helps them both make new discoveries. Lewis's penchant for relatable, resonant dialogue and beautifully-rich character development sets us on a journey right along with them.

Wow - A delicate, and visceral piece, exploring time, memory, stitched together and ripped apart. Speckman's command of poetry has emotion simmering right underneath, giving actors tools to create clarified, distilled moments from what's said and unsaid. Tremendous depth coupled with economy. So well done.

A beautiful elegy, a lone voice rising out of the global sea. Malone commands a breathtaking poetry in one beat, that flows effortlessly into the most relatable vernacular in the next. This piece has that rare combination of specificity and universal, emotion and cognitive capacity. This would be a thrill for any actor to take on, and devastating onstage.

Wow — So dynamic! Young takes a breathtaking journey from funny, relatable comedy to a deep, subtextual place, the dark pockets in any relationship, where hurts and traumas lie. This piece is stunning on the page, a quiver of arrows for actors to sling at each other, but with a heartbreaking intimacy, too. I would love to see this piece in production.

Yes! So much territory in just ten minutes in this marvelous play for three middle-aged actors. I love their wry humor, Rose's attention to place-making and their rich characterization. Within this finely-crafted moment is... no spoilers. Suffice to say that what Rose pulls off in a short play is one to read and read again - And put onstage, yesterday.

A beautiful, heartbreaking conversation between two brothers. Lawing writes this piece for video conference, and the sterility of that forced distance and separation will only heighten the organic connection, and the visuals, in this compelling piece. I'll be thinking about it as I wade through my umpteenth 'Zoom' for work... What's missing, and what do we still bring? Lawing challenges us, even now - more than ever now - to wear our 'wings'. SNIFF. Lee! Darn you. Gorgeous.

Be still my heart! A clever family story that dances in and around Shakespearean themes and poetry. Only Sickles could this off - Both intellectually bracing *and* relatable? You're a mad genius, friend. This play offers an arsenal of acting and directing dynamics to mine. And it's the perfect play to read on Father's Day! Brilliant work.

Beautifully-crafted, with bright dialogue that pops and subtext that says everything. Lynett's world-building establishes us in a specificity that would give the actors an arsenal to work with, in this warm, witty, dynamic play. Just lovely work!