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Kyle Smith

Recommended by Kyle Smith

  • Confirmation Bias by Nick Malakhow
    20 Jun. 2022
    “ An important moment in queer history is brilliantly rendered by Malakhow. This play blends the personal, the political and the historical, and gives the audience, especially the queer ones of us, a glimpse into the human moments that make up our collective history. Well done. ”
  • Another Part of the Field by Francis RTM Boyle
    20 Jun. 2022
    “ This timeless play is remarkably funny and terribly heartbreakingly sad. When we sit with these two, we understand the personal cost of war in a present, painful, and persistent 15 minutes. Death and war are timeless. ”
  • The Jackson, a 10-minute political play by Susan Middaugh
    20 Jun. 2022
    “ Funny and deadly serious. Trump’s tirades gets put under the microscope when Bernice enters, and the audience gets to laugh at an unhinged man losing it over a piece of paper. The political is on full display here and sings with truth and comedy. ”
  • More of a Heart by Dave Osmundsen
    2 Jun. 2022
    “ As an Autistic playwright, this play was tough to watch. For anybody who has Autistic loved ones, it is necessary viewing. This deeply compassionate play examines family trauma, ableism, internalized ableism, and many of the other horrors that Autistic people are all too familiar with. Dave takes you to uncomfortable places, knowing full well, it is necessary to go there for healing to occur. And healing does occur. Zachary ends this play well and fully changed, as does Mary-Ellen. And the rest of us leave changed and healed, too. ”
  • God Learns of the Death of Harambe, 2016 (colorized) by Alexander Perez
    29 May. 2022
    “ A rapturously funny take on God and what we did to anger him so much that we got all of *gestures* this. This play has a laugh a minute, deftly drawn deities and angels, and God’s peak creation ticking away all the time. At least in Alex’s play there’s an expiration date on this nightmare we’re all living, if there weren’t, then, well, may God help us all… ”
  • The Wrinkle Ranch (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
    6 May. 2022
    “ A funny, fabulous, and raunchy play. Sex abounds in this nursing home, and safe sex at a certain age apparently means a whole lot more than wearing a condom. Debra Cole creates brilliantly realized hysterically funny older women that any older actors with comic chops would be lucky to perform. ”
  • Prelude to a Hostile Takeover by Alexander Perez
    6 May. 2022
    “ We all know, that politicians can get dirty sometimes. They accept bribes, and slander opponents, and in Olivia’s Ladybug troop, they put centipedes in little girl’s ears. This hilarious play goes into Olivia's political campaign as she tries to become troop leader, in the most horrific of ways. Our kids are learning from our politics, and what works for adults must work for kids… right? ”
  • The Gift of BS by Dave Osmundsen
    22 Apr. 2022
    “ I saw Dave's play at kean university last night and haven't stopped thinking about it. This play taught me more about myself than any other work I've experienced about autism. So many aha moments for me personally, in a play that was at times hilarious, at times deeply sad, and always deeply felt. ”
  • Three Little Words, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
    21 Apr. 2022
    “ Absolutely necessary for those struggling with mental Illness to hear. A lot of us have two channels, and it's a defining moment in our mental health journey when we learn how to defuse with one, and accept the other as our true self. This play, in the right hands at the right time could be life saving. ”
  • Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen
    25 Feb. 2022
    “ Light Switch is the play the Autistic community needs right now. Henry is a big R Romantic at heart, and in him, Osmundsen shines a light on what being Autistic is actually like. Henry is complicated, funny, loyal, loving, and stalwart in his beliefs, and through spending these 100 pages with him, I feel like I’ve grown accustomed to his charms. All I know is I’d want Henry as a friend! ”

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