Recommended by Kyle Smith

  • Kyle Smith: So Panic by Cassidy Byron
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    Cassidy Byron bravely takes on ableism, loss, and mental Illness in this devastating play. Between all the grief and negative empathy are some strong life lessons for anyone to walk away with

    Cassidy Byron bravely takes on ableism, loss, and mental Illness in this devastating play. Between all the grief and negative empathy are some strong life lessons for anyone to walk away with

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  • Kyle Smith: Heal the Hydrangeas by Cassidy Byron
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    Wholesome and hilarious, Heal the Hydrangeas hits hard right in the feels. Sometimes the first step in healing is to break into a church, clutching a potted plant.

    Wholesome and hilarious, Heal the Hydrangeas hits hard right in the feels. Sometimes the first step in healing is to break into a church, clutching a potted plant.

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  • Kyle Smith: Ghost Light by Cassidy Byron
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    Ghost Light is tender, powerful, and oh so moving. Many of us know what it means to be lonely like this, and know just how much it means when someone else cares. Well done.

    Ghost Light is tender, powerful, and oh so moving. Many of us know what it means to be lonely like this, and know just how much it means when someone else cares. Well done.

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  • Kyle Smith: Oui (yes, we) by Cassidy Byron
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    Oui! Plus de ça, s'il vous plait! This wholesome play gives a happy ending to it's queer characters that feels oh so right. This play is needed for queer audiences, especially young ones, for so many reasons. Do yourself a favor and read this play!

    Oui! Plus de ça, s'il vous plait! This wholesome play gives a happy ending to it's queer characters that feels oh so right. This play is needed for queer audiences, especially young ones, for so many reasons. Do yourself a favor and read this play!

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  • Kyle Smith: A Night by Cassidy Byron
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    Short, sweet, and funny. A first kiss seeped in embarrassment soon turns into something more wholesome. Touching, sweet, and the kind of queer experience we all dreamed of as a young adult.

    Short, sweet, and funny. A first kiss seeped in embarrassment soon turns into something more wholesome. Touching, sweet, and the kind of queer experience we all dreamed of as a young adult.

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  • Kyle Smith: Crack by Cassidy Byron
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    Crack is dark, funny, and intense. Two married people show up to bury a body in the woods, things go south. Meanwhile the audience is left wondering how far they'd go for the ones they love.

    Crack is dark, funny, and intense. Two married people show up to bury a body in the woods, things go south. Meanwhile the audience is left wondering how far they'd go for the ones they love.

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  • Kyle Smith: Suburban Zombie Princess by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    A cute pre zombie, contemplates turning in this short monologue. Fiery and funny!

    A cute pre zombie, contemplates turning in this short monologue. Fiery and funny!

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  • Kyle Smith: Babel by Jacqueline Goldfinger
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    I saw this play at CATF in West Virginia, and am so happy I did. This play addressed questions that have persistently been in the mind of the disabled community with humor, tenderness and hope. Well done.

    I saw this play at CATF in West Virginia, and am so happy I did. This play addressed questions that have persistently been in the mind of the disabled community with humor, tenderness and hope. Well done.

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  • Kyle Smith: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    I saw this play at CATF, and was struck by the roughness, hope, and simple poeticism of the world these characters inhabit. This play envelopes you in it's wings and flies you on a journey that will move you, even if it burns you a bit along the way.

    I saw this play at CATF, and was struck by the roughness, hope, and simple poeticism of the world these characters inhabit. This play envelopes you in it's wings and flies you on a journey that will move you, even if it burns you a bit along the way.

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  • Kyle Smith: Oubliette by Scott Sickles
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    This play is powerful. Oubliette gives physical form to RSD and Emotional Dysregulation, and as a neurodivergent writer with a neurodivergent spouse, they have never been more terrifyingly familiar. On top of that, Oubliette is steeped in metaphor and theatricality, breathtakingly so, even just on the page. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.

    This play is powerful. Oubliette gives physical form to RSD and Emotional Dysregulation, and as a neurodivergent writer with a neurodivergent spouse, they have never been more terrifyingly familiar. On top of that, Oubliette is steeped in metaphor and theatricality, breathtakingly so, even just on the page. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.

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