Recommended by Kyle Smith

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    A hilarious absurdist short that’s a meditation on the reactionary politics of corporate HR departments. I laughed, I nodded along, my eye twitched a few times. Check it out!

    A hilarious absurdist short that’s a meditation on the reactionary politics of corporate HR departments. I laughed, I nodded along, my eye twitched a few times. Check it out!

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    It’s not often when you read a play where the characters make questionable decisions, and you understand fully, viscerally, every one of them. I saw myself in the dual protagonists of seen/headrush, in a way that was both deeply uncomfortable and deeply illuminating. This play got me thinking of the impacts I’ve had on past partners, and the harm I’ve caused on both sides. I love these characters, this plot and the empathy and humanity that Dave brings to this deeply illuminating play.

    It’s not often when you read a play where the characters make questionable decisions, and you understand fully, viscerally, every one of them. I saw myself in the dual protagonists of seen/headrush, in a way that was both deeply uncomfortable and deeply illuminating. This play got me thinking of the impacts I’ve had on past partners, and the harm I’ve caused on both sides. I love these characters, this plot and the empathy and humanity that Dave brings to this deeply illuminating play.

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    With Bum Bum, Osmundsen deftly creates a compelling story with a great message and so much heart. Oh, and also it's funny. Osmundsen walks the line between heartfelt meaningful theatre of change, and getting people to laugh at the absurdity of ableism, a tight rope not easily navigated, that osmundsen pulls off with grace. Not often does laugh inspire change, but here, I think, it must.

    With Bum Bum, Osmundsen deftly creates a compelling story with a great message and so much heart. Oh, and also it's funny. Osmundsen walks the line between heartfelt meaningful theatre of change, and getting people to laugh at the absurdity of ableism, a tight rope not easily navigated, that osmundsen pulls off with grace. Not often does laugh inspire change, but here, I think, it must.

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    A beautiful mix of heightening stakes, escalating tension, building laughs, and the fun and games that can come with a genre piece like this. Mobsters and auditors, severed hands and receipts, what's not to love?

    A beautiful mix of heightening stakes, escalating tension, building laughs, and the fun and games that can come with a genre piece like this. Mobsters and auditors, severed hands and receipts, what's not to love?

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    This play is incredible in its intimacy, honesty, humor, and compassion. Two people find each other at a graveyard, mourning their loved ones and form a bond informed by humor and the needs unaddressed from those they lost. I laughed. I cried. I thought deeply about my own relationships with my child and father. And what more could you hope for from a play?

    This play is incredible in its intimacy, honesty, humor, and compassion. Two people find each other at a graveyard, mourning their loved ones and form a bond informed by humor and the needs unaddressed from those they lost. I laughed. I cried. I thought deeply about my own relationships with my child and father. And what more could you hope for from a play?

  • Kyle Smith: Always, Wilde by Grant MacDermott
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    I had the excellent good fortune to dramaturg this play, and let me tell you. This play has everything you could possibly want: Sexual tension, wit, elderberry wine, genuine emotion, fury, poetic inspiration. As an audience we get to be a fly on the wall during a meeting of two great minds, and my goodness, can Grant write those minds well.

    I had the excellent good fortune to dramaturg this play, and let me tell you. This play has everything you could possibly want: Sexual tension, wit, elderberry wine, genuine emotion, fury, poetic inspiration. As an audience we get to be a fly on the wall during a meeting of two great minds, and my goodness, can Grant write those minds well.

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  • Kyle Smith: The Dulling of Teeth by Roni Ragone
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    We've all experienced rejection, many of us have been sharks in a human world, and most of all, we all need to wiggle on occasion. Ragone's play is beautifully human - or shark - and intimate, while also fall on the floor funny. Read this play,

    We've all experienced rejection, many of us have been sharks in a human world, and most of all, we all need to wiggle on occasion. Ragone's play is beautifully human - or shark - and intimate, while also fall on the floor funny. Read this play,

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  • Kyle Smith: Shanda by Danielle Wirsansky
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    A fascinating play about power dynamics and the rampant abuse taking part in Nazi Germany OUTSIDE of the concentration camps. This part of history is frequently skipped over, but we must study and learn from it, especially with the rise of the far right in the West.

    A fascinating play about power dynamics and the rampant abuse taking part in Nazi Germany OUTSIDE of the concentration camps. This part of history is frequently skipped over, but we must study and learn from it, especially with the rise of the far right in the West.

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  • Kyle Smith: Night Night, Roger Roger by Roni Ragone
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    Ragone's beautiful ode to night time, dreamers, and youth has it all. Interconnected scenes, dinosaurs, sparkly vampires, grandmas on roller skates, and a surplus of peaches. While reading this play, I swear I smelled onions in the air. A beautiful play for any younger actors looking to cut their teeth on meaningful, restorative theatre.

    Ragone's beautiful ode to night time, dreamers, and youth has it all. Interconnected scenes, dinosaurs, sparkly vampires, grandmas on roller skates, and a surplus of peaches. While reading this play, I swear I smelled onions in the air. A beautiful play for any younger actors looking to cut their teeth on meaningful, restorative theatre.

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  • Kyle Smith: My Barricade by Roni Ragone
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    A gorgeous, beautifully intimate ten minute play, about connection, bloody noses, and the parts of us we wish didn't exist, and the people who appreciate those parts. Roni writes monologues and stage directions that sing like no other writer I've read. This play needs to be staged. Now.

    A gorgeous, beautifully intimate ten minute play, about connection, bloody noses, and the parts of us we wish didn't exist, and the people who appreciate those parts. Roni writes monologues and stage directions that sing like no other writer I've read. This play needs to be staged. Now.

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