Recommended by Mark Harvey Levine

  • Mark Harvey Levine: The Incident by Debbie Lamedman
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    I love how this play takes a tiny, well, incident, between neighbors and turns it into a dangerous situation but also suddenly one which comments on gender politics. It keeps the tension going right alongside the laughs, which is hard to do. A great ten minute play that is a thriller one the outside, but has deeper implications underneath.

    I love how this play takes a tiny, well, incident, between neighbors and turns it into a dangerous situation but also suddenly one which comments on gender politics. It keeps the tension going right alongside the laughs, which is hard to do. A great ten minute play that is a thriller one the outside, but has deeper implications underneath.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Seneca and the Soul of Nero (Full-length play) by Marcia Eppich-Harris
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    Seneca and the Soul of Nero brings to life this period of Roman History. The play is filled with wonderful duels between several characters as they all fight over, as it says, the Soul of Nero. The character of Seneca is wise and resigned and lovely; Nero is terrifyingly human and inhuman at the same time. The script is filled with surprises as it moves towards its very affecting ending.

    Seneca and the Soul of Nero brings to life this period of Roman History. The play is filled with wonderful duels between several characters as they all fight over, as it says, the Soul of Nero. The character of Seneca is wise and resigned and lovely; Nero is terrifyingly human and inhuman at the same time. The script is filled with surprises as it moves towards its very affecting ending.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Dating Through the Decades by Ken Levine
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    Does just what it says it will do, delivers all the laughs and then some! I love the way the comedy builds from decade to decade.

    Does just what it says it will do, delivers all the laughs and then some! I love the way the comedy builds from decade to decade.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Every 10 minute play in 10 minutes by Ken Levine
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    Anyone who has seen an evening of 10 minute plays will recognize these and laugh. I may have written a few of these myself...

    Anyone who has seen an evening of 10 minute plays will recognize these and laugh. I may have written a few of these myself...

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Going Going Gone by Ken Levine
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    Gorgeously structured, and wonderfully funny -- and then goes unexpectedly deeper. Could only be written by someone who's a master at comedy AND baseball.

    Gorgeously structured, and wonderfully funny -- and then goes unexpectedly deeper. Could only be written by someone who's a master at comedy AND baseball.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: On the Farce Day of Christmas by Ken Levine
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    Farce is hard to write, but Ken makes it look easy. A lovely Christmas comedy for the Holiday season.

    Farce is hard to write, but Ken makes it look easy. A lovely Christmas comedy for the Holiday season.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint by Jaisey Bates
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    Beautiful, powerful poetry. Hits you like a slap in the face.

    Beautiful, powerful poetry. Hits you like a slap in the face.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: The Lesson [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
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    Powerful and heartbreaking. So much said, without coming out and saying it. This one really gets to me.

    Powerful and heartbreaking. So much said, without coming out and saying it. This one really gets to me.

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  • Mark Harvey Levine: Aloha Apocalypse (Ten Minute Play) by Marcia Eppich-Harris
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    A very funny play that answers a very big question -- what would you do if you knew you were about to die? Goes beyond the comedy, too, to find some nicely drawn human moments. A great example of a playwright taking a real event and running with it. It gives me that "Dang, I wish I'd thought of that" feeling.

    A very funny play that answers a very big question -- what would you do if you knew you were about to die? Goes beyond the comedy, too, to find some nicely drawn human moments. A great example of a playwright taking a real event and running with it. It gives me that "Dang, I wish I'd thought of that" feeling.

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