Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Micronation by Ross Tedford Kendall
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    Such a fun and enjoyable play on with surface with deeper, darker undertones. This would be a hit in any short play festival! I absolutely loved it.

    Such a fun and enjoyable play on with surface with deeper, darker undertones. This would be a hit in any short play festival! I absolutely loved it.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Jesse Goes Ballistic & There's Silverware Involved by Sharon Goldner
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    I knew I wanted to read this play from the title alone. This piece provides both actors with plenty of choices, and depending on the direction, can become a light-hearted play or a more sinister one about the nature of obsessive, controlling partners.

    I knew I wanted to read this play from the title alone. This piece provides both actors with plenty of choices, and depending on the direction, can become a light-hearted play or a more sinister one about the nature of obsessive, controlling partners.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The Back of the Mona Lisa by Matthew Weaver
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    "My entire existence is in the cold shadow of a smile. Once a year, they take us out and examine us for signs of age."

    Matthew Weaver delivers upon yet another brilliant premise with this powerful monologue for a female actor that offers plenty of challenges and rewards in performance. Bravo!

    "My entire existence is in the cold shadow of a smile. Once a year, they take us out and examine us for signs of age."

    Matthew Weaver delivers upon yet another brilliant premise with this powerful monologue for a female actor that offers plenty of challenges and rewards in performance. Bravo!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: It were Paradise once by Jaisey Bates
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    A beautiful, engaging piece. A breakneck journey of poetry, rhythm, and warning that crescendos into a tremendous final note. I would love to feel its power in performance.

    A beautiful, engaging piece. A breakneck journey of poetry, rhythm, and warning that crescendos into a tremendous final note. I would love to feel its power in performance.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Donna by DC Cathro
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    A short, compelling piece that toes the line between speculative fiction and the reality of a chaotic world. This piece says a lot in its simplicity.

    A short, compelling piece that toes the line between speculative fiction and the reality of a chaotic world. This piece says a lot in its simplicity.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Not Yet Yeti! by DC Cathro
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    A charming TYA play that preschoolers especially will enjoy. The repetition of "Not yet, Yeti" is the perfect call & response that will have young audiences excitedly joining in and taking part in the show themselves.

    A charming TYA play that preschoolers especially will enjoy. The repetition of "Not yet, Yeti" is the perfect call & response that will have young audiences excitedly joining in and taking part in the show themselves.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Down There by Lucy Wang
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    An excellent performance piece for an Asian American actress that both pokes fun at and illuminates the way language and terminology affects our sexual health and outlook.

    An excellent performance piece for an Asian American actress that both pokes fun at and illuminates the way language and terminology affects our sexual health and outlook.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: No Time: The One-Minute Play That Was Written in One Minute by Eric Duhon
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    A very understated but real look at the ways we often fail as humans to make the most of the time given us when it comes to keeping up with others' lives and making time for connection.

    A very understated but real look at the ways we often fail as humans to make the most of the time given us when it comes to keeping up with others' lives and making time for connection.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: NELL DASH, The Gruesomely Merry Adventures Of An Irrepressibly Sensible Capitalist With A Vengeance by Doug DeVita
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    A delightful romp bursting with theatricality and farcical fun. As an 18-19th century Brit Lit lover, this play had so many enjoyable Twists (get it?) and turns, covering and combining the worlds of Austen, Dickens, Sweeney Todd, and more. NELL DASH is a true circus of beloved characters and is such fun for the audience to follow. I'd love to see a production as it is so ripe for performance.

    A delightful romp bursting with theatricality and farcical fun. As an 18-19th century Brit Lit lover, this play had so many enjoyable Twists (get it?) and turns, covering and combining the worlds of Austen, Dickens, Sweeney Todd, and more. NELL DASH is a true circus of beloved characters and is such fun for the audience to follow. I'd love to see a production as it is so ripe for performance.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: One Minute To... by Jim Martyka
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    A hilariously meta short play. All playwrights and creatives will smile at the clever ways Martyka plays with and comments on storytelling conventions.

    A hilariously meta short play. All playwrights and creatives will smile at the clever ways Martyka plays with and comments on storytelling conventions.

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