Recommended by Reinette LeJeune

  • Reinette LeJeune: REBELS TIL DEATH by Gina Femia
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    Like all Gina Femia plays, she demonstrates her unyielding command of space and time within her words. Weaving her narrative through dreamlike poetry, melancholy honesty, and human frailties, she drops us back into reality periodically, and ultimately at the end, leaving us with a optimistic sense of hope. The poetic atmosphere of the play cultivates a tender energy in which to explore trauma and identity.

    Like all Gina Femia plays, she demonstrates her unyielding command of space and time within her words. Weaving her narrative through dreamlike poetry, melancholy honesty, and human frailties, she drops us back into reality periodically, and ultimately at the end, leaving us with a optimistic sense of hope. The poetic atmosphere of the play cultivates a tender energy in which to explore trauma and identity.

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  • Reinette LeJeune: Two Ladies of Vermont by Leanna Keyes
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    A nice take on what is considered and debated to be Shakespeare's weakest play. The characters are all distinct, not only from one another, but in an overall nuanced way that brings new life into this story as it is set in the present day. I also commend Leanna Keyes for two main things: first, the using of Julia/Sebastian, Shakespeare's first attempt at using crossdressing to explore a non-binary identity that it sparks; second, this script calls out Proteus for his fuck-boy nonsense, providing a proper example of how to better yourself after making similiar mistakes. Fun script!

    A nice take on what is considered and debated to be Shakespeare's weakest play. The characters are all distinct, not only from one another, but in an overall nuanced way that brings new life into this story as it is set in the present day. I also commend Leanna Keyes for two main things: first, the using of Julia/Sebastian, Shakespeare's first attempt at using crossdressing to explore a non-binary identity that it sparks; second, this script calls out Proteus for his fuck-boy nonsense, providing a proper example of how to better yourself after making similiar mistakes. Fun script!

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  • Reinette LeJeune: The Wind Cries Mary by A.A. Brenner
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    Great play! Reg is a wonderful character - beautifully and painfully written. The simplicity of the three acts - as well as the wonderful final moment of the play reveal such subtle depth in the ways we as humans are stuck in memory as we presently stumble through life hoping for the answers we will surely never get.

    Great play! Reg is a wonderful character - beautifully and painfully written. The simplicity of the three acts - as well as the wonderful final moment of the play reveal such subtle depth in the ways we as humans are stuck in memory as we presently stumble through life hoping for the answers we will surely never get.

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  • Reinette LeJeune: Sensitive Guys by MJ Kaufman
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    The progression of this play to an explosive curtain is perfect; hilarious, sharp, simple, filled with great roles that offer challenges - for readers, for performers, for audiences.

    The progression of this play to an explosive curtain is perfect; hilarious, sharp, simple, filled with great roles that offer challenges - for readers, for performers, for audiences.

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  • Reinette LeJeune: eat and you belong to us by MJ Kaufman
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    I absolutely loved how the characters represented the LGBTQNC community - and the magical way in which genderfluidity, trans, and non-conforming identities are explored through the myth/legend/history of Joan of Arc.

    I absolutely loved how the characters represented the LGBTQNC community - and the magical way in which genderfluidity, trans, and non-conforming identities are explored through the myth/legend/history of Joan of Arc.

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