Recommended by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: How Are You Called? (5-minute)

    "The not knowing is always my fault somehow."

    Absolutely stunning short piece of theatre. Immersive, spiritual, important. Please read and produce this play!

    "The not knowing is always my fault somehow."

    Absolutely stunning short piece of theatre. Immersive, spiritual, important. Please read and produce this play!

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Camp Cryptid

    A fun, fascinating, and immersive take on Sasquatch, cryptids, and if monsters truly are real.

    A fun, fascinating, and immersive take on Sasquatch, cryptids, and if monsters truly are real.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: The "I" in Stores

    A refreshing, playwright's take on the covid-19 play, and achieved in 1 minute!

    A refreshing, playwright's take on the covid-19 play, and achieved in 1 minute!

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Tea Town

    A suspenseful, menacing little play. Would be a great addition to any short play festival, especially a horror or sci-fi/alternative reality-themed one!

    A suspenseful, menacing little play. Would be a great addition to any short play festival, especially a horror or sci-fi/alternative reality-themed one!

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Save Hamlet! (a full length play)

    A fantastically fun play, perfect for youth actors! I had the pleasure of reading Horatia and so enjoyed it. Teachers and directors need to add this play to their reading lists (and seasons!) immediately!

    A fantastically fun play, perfect for youth actors! I had the pleasure of reading Horatia and so enjoyed it. Teachers and directors need to add this play to their reading lists (and seasons!) immediately!

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: Tidal (formerly Renovations)

    A beautiful piece about the struggle to let go and move on from the materialistic things we've long collected and invested ourselves in. A reflection on what is truly important that is ripe for analysis and perfect for production.

    A beautiful piece about the struggle to let go and move on from the materialistic things we've long collected and invested ourselves in. A reflection on what is truly important that is ripe for analysis and perfect for production.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: failing at a 1-page play festival

    A funny little 1 page play about 1 page plays that, somehow, manages to say so much. It helps that Satan is so relatable, but the play's effectiveness is most likely the result of MABEY's excellent, tight execution.

    A funny little 1 page play about 1 page plays that, somehow, manages to say so much. It helps that Satan is so relatable, but the play's effectiveness is most likely the result of MABEY's excellent, tight execution.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: PRETTY QUEER

    This is a phenomenal piece. I had the pleasure of seeing it read and the experience of overhearing Margaret's private call was truly an emotional, visceral one. I felt voyeuristic, and almost ashamed at listening in--and at the same time blessed to get to experience such rawness. Margaret is a woman trapped. She has bottled her bravery, and the audience gets to play witness to the moment she might uncork herself. Stellar.

    This is a phenomenal piece. I had the pleasure of seeing it read and the experience of overhearing Margaret's private call was truly an emotional, visceral one. I felt voyeuristic, and almost ashamed at listening in--and at the same time blessed to get to experience such rawness. Margaret is a woman trapped. She has bottled her bravery, and the audience gets to play witness to the moment she might uncork herself. Stellar.

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: A Clue in the Library

    So much fun! We need scripts like these now more than ever to remind us as actors and audience members alike how much we can injuect PLAY into our PLAYS, our theatre, and in our lives, even if we've "grown-up." A hilarious script. Well done!

    So much fun! We need scripts like these now more than ever to remind us as actors and audience members alike how much we can injuect PLAY into our PLAYS, our theatre, and in our lives, even if we've "grown-up." A hilarious script. Well done!

  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman: a/in/the/of

    This play reminded me so much of my own youth, graduations, and sibling comparisons. Feeling overshadowed by momentous events can be rough, and this play captures the anxiety of change as well as the tenderness that can come when two siblings connect and focus on each other amidst the chaos. A great choice for festivals and student actors alike.

    This play reminded me so much of my own youth, graduations, and sibling comparisons. Feeling overshadowed by momentous events can be rough, and this play captures the anxiety of change as well as the tenderness that can come when two siblings connect and focus on each other amidst the chaos. A great choice for festivals and student actors alike.