Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • 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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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Erotica for People Separated by Time and Space (a one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
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    A fascinating reflection on distance and intimacy, connection and disconnect.

    A fascinating reflection on distance and intimacy, connection and disconnect.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Anarchy (a one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
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    A surprising and revealing moment in time.

    A surprising and revealing moment in time.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Triptych on Divining by Emily McClain
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    Lovely, lovely, lovely. These 3 1-minute pieces are each beautiful on their own, but especially thrilling as companions. I especially love Stars and Streams and the immense emotionality McClain captures in such a short time. Overall, each of these plays seems to be about potential--and the hope of finding and embracing it.

    Lovely, lovely, lovely. These 3 1-minute pieces are each beautiful on their own, but especially thrilling as companions. I especially love Stars and Streams and the immense emotionality McClain captures in such a short time. Overall, each of these plays seems to be about potential--and the hope of finding and embracing it.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Ten Inches are Two Lifetimes [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
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    Speculative fiction done right! This play packs a punch and, in a beautiful if not unintended analogy, haunts the audience long after its 60 seconds have played out.

    Speculative fiction done right! This play packs a punch and, in a beautiful if not unintended analogy, haunts the audience long after its 60 seconds have played out.

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: That Word (one minute version) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    This short play is capital F funny. Perfect button ending!

    This short play is capital F funny. Perfect button ending!

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  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: W.I.T.A.? A One-Minute Play by Adam Richter
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    Without giving anything away: this play is many things, but most of all, surprising.

    Without giving anything away: this play is many things, but most of all, surprising.

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