Recommended by Mark Harvey Levine

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    I love this meditation on what burdens us and what gives us purpose. While the author suggests Sisyphus, I was thinking of Atlas, whose purpose is holding up the world. Watching the characters becoming -- and unbecoming -- statues helps the metaphor and gives the play wonderful theatricality. A lot to unpack for a one minute play!

    I love this meditation on what burdens us and what gives us purpose. While the author suggests Sisyphus, I was thinking of Atlas, whose purpose is holding up the world. Watching the characters becoming -- and unbecoming -- statues helps the metaphor and gives the play wonderful theatricality. A lot to unpack for a one minute play!

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    I love the clipped way Stephie speaks. And the way he makes her evil but somehow convincing. And your heart drops (especially as a writer) as you see Arny get beaten down. This is how bullies win. Wonderfully concise and vicious and heartbreaking.

    I love the clipped way Stephie speaks. And the way he makes her evil but somehow convincing. And your heart drops (especially as a writer) as you see Arny get beaten down. This is how bullies win. Wonderfully concise and vicious and heartbreaking.

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    I saw a production of this at the Fonseca Theatre Company in Indianapolis. It had a wonderfully delicious feeling of dread. Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn keeps cranking up the impending doom. You don't exactly know WHAT is coming... but you know it ain't anything good. A great addition to any Halloween show.

    I saw a production of this at the Fonseca Theatre Company in Indianapolis. It had a wonderfully delicious feeling of dread. Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn keeps cranking up the impending doom. You don't exactly know WHAT is coming... but you know it ain't anything good. A great addition to any Halloween show.

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    A great twist on the "play chess with Death" theme. While there are lots of fun and funny moments in this play, it's the tenderness at the end that is the real surprise. What starts out as a comic premise turns into a gentle drama. What a lovely play.

    A great twist on the "play chess with Death" theme. While there are lots of fun and funny moments in this play, it's the tenderness at the end that is the real surprise. What starts out as a comic premise turns into a gentle drama. What a lovely play.

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    An incredibly sweet and touching play. It deals, with enormous sensitivity, a subject that could veer off into cliche or sentimentality and successfully avoids all those traps. One of the things that struck me while reading the script is the masterful way Towers captures the stuttering rhythm of an awkward conversation. It's a gift for the actors.

    An incredibly sweet and touching play. It deals, with enormous sensitivity, a subject that could veer off into cliche or sentimentality and successfully avoids all those traps. One of the things that struck me while reading the script is the masterful way Towers captures the stuttering rhythm of an awkward conversation. It's a gift for the actors.

  • Mark Harvey Levine: A Higher Power by John Busser
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    John Busser has written a totally sacri-licious play, cleverly combining Bible jokes and drug humor. Whether you like either of those things, or not, you will soon find yourself giggling at all the silly and clever puns. This will have the audience in hysterics.

    John Busser has written a totally sacri-licious play, cleverly combining Bible jokes and drug humor. Whether you like either of those things, or not, you will soon find yourself giggling at all the silly and clever puns. This will have the audience in hysterics.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: CREAK by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    A great, succinct commentary on the horror that is modern life. What's on the tablet? Whatever is going on right now. Sadly, Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn's play hits the nail on the head. Reality is far scarier than any monster in the closet. In one minute, Floyd-Priskorn gets to the heard of the matter and terrifies us.

    A great, succinct commentary on the horror that is modern life. What's on the tablet? Whatever is going on right now. Sadly, Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn's play hits the nail on the head. Reality is far scarier than any monster in the closet. In one minute, Floyd-Priskorn gets to the heard of the matter and terrifies us.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: THE 13TH CRIME by Monica Cross
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    Monica Cross' play finally brings Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and Santa Claus together. These spirits of Christmas debate the Spirit of Christmas in a jaded manner. They duke it out (literally) over what Christmas really means. The fact that this play cam from a typo'd title makes it even more charming. The ending is hysterical.

    Monica Cross' play finally brings Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and Santa Claus together. These spirits of Christmas debate the Spirit of Christmas in a jaded manner. They duke it out (literally) over what Christmas really means. The fact that this play cam from a typo'd title makes it even more charming. The ending is hysterical.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Stay Golden by Jessica Moss
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    I got to see "Stay Golden" at Madlab's Theatre Roulette 2023. It's a fun and murderous little comedy, with great juicy bits for "Actors of a certain age" to perform. At first it seems like a sweet little group of ladies, but later you find out their homicidal ways and the play takes a left turn into lunacy.

    I got to see "Stay Golden" at Madlab's Theatre Roulette 2023. It's a fun and murderous little comedy, with great juicy bits for "Actors of a certain age" to perform. At first it seems like a sweet little group of ladies, but later you find out their homicidal ways and the play takes a left turn into lunacy.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: No Regrets by John Minigan
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    I saw this play at Madlab's Theatre Roulette 2023 and it brought the house down. It was one of my favorite plays of the whole festival. John Minigan creates two amazing characters, which is an incredible feat since one of them hardly speaks. The increasingly desparate voicemails were hysterical in both senses of the word. It's a great idea for a play and Minigan knocks it out of the park. "No Regrets" is just simply hilarious.

    I saw this play at Madlab's Theatre Roulette 2023 and it brought the house down. It was one of my favorite plays of the whole festival. John Minigan creates two amazing characters, which is an incredible feat since one of them hardly speaks. The increasingly desparate voicemails were hysterical in both senses of the word. It's a great idea for a play and Minigan knocks it out of the park. "No Regrets" is just simply hilarious.

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