Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: I'll Be Here by Philip Middleton Williams
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    A beautiful play that explores death and loss from a quiet, serene place, and, in doing so, achieves a truthful glimpse at this father/son duo and the many like them. Could be especially lovely with the right lighting and sound design.

    A beautiful play that explores death and loss from a quiet, serene place, and, in doing so, achieves a truthful glimpse at this father/son duo and the many like them. Could be especially lovely with the right lighting and sound design.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Once upon a Train (A One-Minute Play) by Marcia Eppich-Harris
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    A play that makes you double-think about what the strangers around you are going through, particularly on public transit. I was lucky to see a production during Fat Turtle Theatre Company's Quaranteeny Play Festival and found that its subtleties played well on a digital platform. Would enjoy seeing this in a more traditional production in the future!

    A play that makes you double-think about what the strangers around you are going through, particularly on public transit. I was lucky to see a production during Fat Turtle Theatre Company's Quaranteeny Play Festival and found that its subtleties played well on a digital platform. Would enjoy seeing this in a more traditional production in the future!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Uncomfortable [a 1-minute monologue] by Steven G. Martin
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    Incredibly powerful, and incredibly translatable across platforms, language, and cultures. I highly recommend this one minute play, which is well-suited for theatre in the age of Zoom and played very well during Fat Turtle Theatre Company's Quaranteeny Play Festival.

    Incredibly powerful, and incredibly translatable across platforms, language, and cultures. I highly recommend this one minute play, which is well-suited for theatre in the age of Zoom and played very well during Fat Turtle Theatre Company's Quaranteeny Play Festival.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Tag (one minute version) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    Yet another incredible premise from Levine, whose plays tend to make me gasp and say "why didn't I think of that?" Plays well in the virtual age of theatre during COVID-19, and I'm sure would be brilliant on a more traditional stage as well.

    Yet another incredible premise from Levine, whose plays tend to make me gasp and say "why didn't I think of that?" Plays well in the virtual age of theatre during COVID-19, and I'm sure would be brilliant on a more traditional stage as well.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The Order (a one minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    Hilarious and fun. Would be a blast to be in as an actor. Highly recommend this gem!

    Hilarious and fun. Would be a blast to be in as an actor. Highly recommend this gem!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: I'm On A Train (a one minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    Happy to have been able to enjoy this one minute play during the Quaranteeny Play Festival put on by Fat Turtle Theatre Company. An unassuming start ends up packing a nice, surprising punch.

    Happy to have been able to enjoy this one minute play during the Quaranteeny Play Festival put on by Fat Turtle Theatre Company. An unassuming start ends up packing a nice, surprising punch.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: That Moment When ... by Steven G. Martin
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    Love this play. The weight of action, and the ways in which we process said action becomes a particularly fun challenge for actors and a theatrical experience worthy of audiences.

    Love this play. The weight of action, and the ways in which we process said action becomes a particularly fun challenge for actors and a theatrical experience worthy of audiences.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The Brain Thief by Tom Horan
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    I was able to see a reading of this play and would love to see it in production. I was blown away by Horan's inventiveness with this piece, which so deftly dances between the morbid and the humorous in its exploration of the many ways we process life, death, and what it really means to be blessed with a brain.

    I was able to see a reading of this play and would love to see it in production. I was blown away by Horan's inventiveness with this piece, which so deftly dances between the morbid and the humorous in its exploration of the many ways we process life, death, and what it really means to be blessed with a brain.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The Lesson [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
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    Powerful piece of writing that is sure to be an even more powerful piece of theatre.

    Powerful piece of writing that is sure to be an even more powerful piece of theatre.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: That Kind of Boy [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
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    It is difficult to write a 1 minute play. To write a meaningful 1 minute play is even harder. To write a meaningful 1 minute play with a twist, then, seems nearly impossible, yet Martin has done it with THAT KIND OF BOY.

    It is difficult to write a 1 minute play. To write a meaningful 1 minute play is even harder. To write a meaningful 1 minute play with a twist, then, seems nearly impossible, yet Martin has done it with THAT KIND OF BOY.

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