Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Grand Canyon (short play)

    The play contains sharp and simple dialogue that gifts the actors comedic choices AND flows easily and naturally. A funny, enjoyable piece with a subtle message about humanity.

    The play contains sharp and simple dialogue that gifts the actors comedic choices AND flows easily and naturally. A funny, enjoyable piece with a subtle message about humanity.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: 38 Cookies, 39 Reasons [a monologue]

    I applaud this brave and astounding play. It is so powerful, so perfect. It should be produced all of the time in all of the places. Its message is beyond just meaningful, it is necessary. Thank you, Steven G. Martin.

    I applaud this brave and astounding play. It is so powerful, so perfect. It should be produced all of the time in all of the places. Its message is beyond just meaningful, it is necessary. Thank you, Steven G. Martin.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Essentials

    This timely and unsettling piece packs a lot into one minute, leaving the audience with one seriously uncomfortable question: why are you just sitting there? Job well done.

    This timely and unsettling piece packs a lot into one minute, leaving the audience with one seriously uncomfortable question: why are you just sitting there? Job well done.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Chewie, Get Us Out of Here

    A postmodern collage, this spoof of our most beloved sci-fi and cult classics made me geek out! I smiled and laughed my way through this engaging short play. Would be a great addition to festivals, and would play well for college audiences especially. The perfect break from doom and gloom.

    A postmodern collage, this spoof of our most beloved sci-fi and cult classics made me geek out! I smiled and laughed my way through this engaging short play. Would be a great addition to festivals, and would play well for college audiences especially. The perfect break from doom and gloom.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Married To Your Work

    A witty 10 minute play that takes the idea of being married to your work literally, to comic and somewhat sad results. What would happen if our work obligations were ALWAYS PHYSICALLY PRESENT? A fun piece with a message.

    A witty 10 minute play that takes the idea of being married to your work literally, to comic and somewhat sad results. What would happen if our work obligations were ALWAYS PHYSICALLY PRESENT? A fun piece with a message.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Photos with my Rapist: A One-Minute Monologue

    Incredibly powerful, this monologue showcases a bitter truth about the reality of too many. An important piece, artfully handled.

    Incredibly powerful, this monologue showcases a bitter truth about the reality of too many. An important piece, artfully handled.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Did I Get You?

    A powerful read that would prove devastating in action.

    A powerful read that would prove devastating in action.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION: a Very Short Play About Children and Guns

    Brilliant, moving, achingly real. I long for a day this play becomes irrelevant; until then, produce it again and again and again.

    Brilliant, moving, achingly real. I long for a day this play becomes irrelevant; until then, produce it again and again and again.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: I Know

    A lovely spare piece that would be ripe for interpretation and an excellent choice for a college-aged festival or acting class showcase. I especially love when moments such as these can be showcased with various interpretations, character choices, and locations together to show the flexibility of the script, the creativity of directors, the talent of actors, and the true collaborative nature of excellent theatre.

    A lovely spare piece that would be ripe for interpretation and an excellent choice for a college-aged festival or acting class showcase. I especially love when moments such as these can be showcased with various interpretations, character choices, and locations together to show the flexibility of the script, the creativity of directors, the talent of actors, and the true collaborative nature of excellent theatre.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Jesus and Hitler Sing a Lullaby

    What a piece of theatre! Sharp and uncomfortable, this play artfully weaves truth throughout, and covers much more about human nature than seems possible in 10 minutes. I will be thinking about this one for days, I can tell.

    What a piece of theatre! Sharp and uncomfortable, this play artfully weaves truth throughout, and covers much more about human nature than seems possible in 10 minutes. I will be thinking about this one for days, I can tell.