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Robert Weibezahl

Recommended by Robert Weibezahl

  • Best of Honor by Ricardo Soltero-Brown
    22 Dec. 2023
    “ Soltero-Brown wields razor-sharp dialogue like a scalpel as he peels away layers of the rancid onion that is love/life/relationships in this skillful dark comedy. The complicated dance of words between these friends and (erstwhile) lovers as they prepare on a wedding day is syncopated by wholly recognizable anxiety and doubt. The language, which fluctuates between the crisply pared-down and heightened tongue-twistery is masterful—Pinteresque and Shakespearean at once. BEST OF HONOR has much to say about the ways we state and misstate our intentions and how we interpret and misinterpret the truths of even our most intimate relationships. ”
  • Tree Hugs by Evan Baughfman
    14 Dec. 2023
    “ Quirky, funny, and heartfelt, TREE HUGS is a wholly original short play that turns an anthropomorphized hallucination into a tender exploration of nature, grief, reconciliation, and love. Read in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2023, where it fully deserves to be.
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  • The Melatonin Miners by Philip Middleton Williams
    6 Dec. 2023
    “ Philip Middleton Williams is indeed roasting chestnuts in this delightful bon bon of a holiday play that takes expert aim at many cultural Christmas clichés. Williams’s (multilingual) wordplay comes fast and furious as the ghosts of three iconic figures play a game of verbal one-up-man-ship as they “haunt” poor melatonin-addled Steve. Many holiday-themed short play festivals will snap this one up – assuming they have actors with the chops to impersonate the legendary players. Thanks for this charming Christmas gift, Philip.
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  • The Jello Shot by Samara Siskind
    6 Dec. 2023
    “ Samara Siskind has an enviable talent for building her plays on humor and then pulling the comic rug out from under us and making our hearts aches with bittersweet recognition of all that makes us human. THE JELLO SHOT does exactly that as photographer Taylor comes to realize what her handful of a client Beth has in mind. Imagines of cats in lingerie may haunt your dreams after you read this original charmer of a short play, but the humanity of the characters is what will linger longest in your memory. Beautifully done. ”
  • Flat Meat Society by Tom Coash
    4 Dec. 2023
    “ This hilarious yet poignant one-woman short play is brilliantly conceived and executed. Daring female actors should be lining up to perform it. ”
  • Missed Disconnections by Samara Siskind
    4 Dec. 2023
    “ A charming comedy about looking for love in the digital age. Siskind's surprise-filled plot unfolds with expert skill, culminating in a conclusion that is both unexpected and inevitable. I read it in the "Best 10-Minute Plays 2023" anthology, where it clearly deserves to be. Brava! ”
  • TWO SCHEMERS ON A BENCH by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    22 Nov. 2023
    “ With her usual dexterity, O’Neill-Butler beautiful navigates the tricky tightrope between comedy and tragedy as two lonely, elderly schlubs scheme to get their kids and grandkids to pay attention to them. Think Chandler and Joey fifty years on, with the same sense of doomed high jinks wrapped in heartfelt silliness. Perfect for actors of “a certain age” to explore a range of emotions. ”
  • BLIZZARD IN HAWAII by Charles Scott Jones
    22 Nov. 2023
    “ A skink teaching a polar bear to surf. How’s that for a one-in-a-million prompt? This charming play for all ages is funny, touching, and clever all at once. It’s portrait of a friendship’s growth is spot on and its message about the need for adaptability timeless. The wordplay is delicious. BLIZZARD IN HAWII is perfect for either a (grownup) Holiday short play festival or for school or youth theater groups. It’s chill. ”
  • The Best Decade - 2 minute monoloue by D. Lee Miller
    13 Oct. 2023
    “ This is a perfect monologue that encapsulates so much about a life in just two minutes. Miller tells a charming story infused with humor, whimsy, and a touch of nostalgia. I should think every actress of the appropriate age would jump at the chance to embody Noreen. ”
  • The Uninvited by Christopher Plumridge
    7 Oct. 2023
    “ As Plumridge‘s slow-burning metaphor of an uninvited guest builds, our suspense turns to heart-wrenching empathy as we come to realize what the speaker is eluding to about their life and revealing about themselves. An honest, brave, and wholly dramatic monologue that many actors will attack with ferocity of heart. ”

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