Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Any Cookies, Scones? by Larry Rinkel
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    Rinkel provides a slice of life in the Starbucks line, complete with a treat at the end.

    Rinkel provides a slice of life in the Starbucks line, complete with a treat at the end.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Beached (a one minute play) by Jackie Martin
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    Great little piece for a short play or 1 min play festival. Jack and Caroline find themselves in a situation that, apart from the virus existing, many might envy!

    Great little piece for a short play or 1 min play festival. Jack and Caroline find themselves in a situation that, apart from the virus existing, many might envy!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Belle, Ex-Wife of a Beast (monologue) by Jennifer O'Grady
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    Good fit for a spunky actress, filled with moments of defiance, humor, vulnerability, and power! I could see teen actresses especially enjoying this piece for performance or as audition material.

    Good fit for a spunky actress, filled with moments of defiance, humor, vulnerability, and power! I could see teen actresses especially enjoying this piece for performance or as audition material.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: I Was a Frog Once (a one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
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    Precious and oh-so-satisfying. A near perfect 60 seconds between a king and a princess, but more importantly, a man and his granddaughter.

    Precious and oh-so-satisfying. A near perfect 60 seconds between a king and a princess, but more importantly, a man and his granddaughter.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: RENATA: A POST-MATERNITY MONOLOGUE by Asher Wyndham
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    ALL. OF. THIS. What a brilliant monologue for a powerful and feisty woman. A winning piece of writing that captures the post-partum experience and champions it.

    ALL. OF. THIS. What a brilliant monologue for a powerful and feisty woman. A winning piece of writing that captures the post-partum experience and champions it.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: How Straight, White, Privileged, Male Academics Talk In Private (10 minute) by William Missouri Downs
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    The privilege was MINE to read this satire that, as a female adjunct instructor, hits a little too close to home! Filled with witty exchanges and one-liners, I can only conclude that irony is NOT dead after all!

    The privilege was MINE to read this satire that, as a female adjunct instructor, hits a little too close to home! Filled with witty exchanges and one-liners, I can only conclude that irony is NOT dead after all!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Barbie Throws a House Party! by Catherine Weingarten
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    Hilarious play! Weingarten has a unique voice and style that makes this even more fun to read! There were so many lines I loved! For instance:

    "Wait, so this summmmer, we should buy a pink cabin blow up dream house
    and blow it up on the beach
    and like drink s’more diet milkshakes lattes.
    Might be kinda expensive to buy all that
    But we can probs get my dad to buy them for us
    If we cry a lot and throw plates at him and stuff."

    Great stuff. Would be super fun to direct or be in!

    Hilarious play! Weingarten has a unique voice and style that makes this even more fun to read! There were so many lines I loved! For instance:

    "Wait, so this summmmer, we should buy a pink cabin blow up dream house
    and blow it up on the beach
    and like drink s’more diet milkshakes lattes.
    Might be kinda expensive to buy all that
    But we can probs get my dad to buy them for us
    If we cry a lot and throw plates at him and stuff."

    Great stuff. Would be super fun to direct or be in!

    ”
  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The Bearer (A One-Minute Play) by DC Cathro
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    Beautiful. Powerful. Subtle. Real. I loved this piece and the emotional punch of it's ending. As a parent and a child both, this hits home in so many ways. Bravo!

    Beautiful. Powerful. Subtle. Real. I loved this piece and the emotional punch of it's ending. As a parent and a child both, this hits home in so many ways. Bravo!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Fanny Brice by D. Lee Miller
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    A wonderfully vivid piece that both reveals and withholds, making us want more! Fanny is well-drawn and real, and any actress is sure to enjoy putting the work in on this piece and relish performing it.

    A wonderfully vivid piece that both reveals and withholds, making us want more! Fanny is well-drawn and real, and any actress is sure to enjoy putting the work in on this piece and relish performing it.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Mission Trip [A One-Minute Play] by Franky D. Gonzalez
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    Hypocrisy in quick, snappy action. A strong micro glimpse at a macro problem.

    Hypocrisy in quick, snappy action. A strong micro glimpse at a macro problem.

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