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David Hilder

Recommended by David Hilder

  • Abort: The Mission by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    16 Jan. 2024
    “ A big play that explores an enormous problem in America -- with huge laughs, outsize (but always plausible) characters, gigantic twists and turns, and, as it happens, a heart just as giant. The scale of the situations and the comedy stands in terrific counterpoint to just how dire America is for women who want control over their own bodies. Simply wonderful work. ”
  • exceptional by Mak Shealy
    11 Jan. 2024
    “ It's unreal how great this play is. "Unreal" feels like the exact right word to describe a piece that traffics in memory, reality, naturalism, surrealist moments ... but the whole thing feels complete and ACCURATE. Really, really wonderful writing of sharp characters finding themselves in tense and hilarious situations. Woot. ”
  • She Got Better by Aly Kantor
    10 Jan. 2024
    “ This provocative, powerful piece of theater deserves to be seen, heard, experienced. Kantor limns the experience of eating disorders and recovery with empathy, grace, humor, and of course pain. Storytelling as trap and as savior is a really great tool; I'm so impressed with SHE GOT BETTER. ”
  • Jacob Romano by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    3 Jan. 2024
    “ A lovely, very funny play about that very specific brand of self-doubt that strikes in one's mid-20s, and the deeply inconvenient ways the past can haunt the present. I loved Jenny (even -- and especially -- as I wanted her to get out of her own way). Actually, I loved them all. Hooray. ”
  • Woe! Misery! Children's Theater! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    2 Jan. 2024
    “ Okay, this thing is so funny I found myself jealous. Plays about theater are tough to craft, but this one is novel, inventive, fresh as a daisy -- and did I mention very, very funny? A wonderful read I'd love to see live. ”
  • Heist! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    6 Dec. 2023
    “ A pure delight! Inventive and so much fun -- spending 10 minutes with Billy the Kid (not his real name) and Gene Wilder (not his real name either) as they fail and fail again is a joy. High concept plus hilarious dialogue equals HEIST! ”
  • Pink Moscato by Daniel Prillaman
    4 Nov. 2023
    “ Officially creepy in the finest way. My favorite scary things (books, movies, plays) begin like this one, in the most casual way ... and then take a turn. Chilling. Modern Poe for the win. ”
  • THE FALL by Susan Ferrara
    16 Oct. 2023
    “ I love few things more than a caustic female lead. Holly, in THE FALL, is one of the all-time greats, and the play she centers is a truly grown-up pleasure. Funny how not knowing what to say isn't necessarily a thing we outgrow; the key appears to be finding someone who understands what we're not saying. Beautiful work. ”
  • The Bad Shepherd by Daniel Prillaman
    24 Aug. 2023
    “ The deep, unrelenting, and thoroughly admirable and enjoyable weirdness of this domestic ... comedy? ... is so very welcome. So much fun, so dark, so splendid. Woot, Prillaman! ”
  • The Oktavist by Vince Gatton
    1 Aug. 2023
    “ A beautiful play, perfectly scaled to capture both the moment it represents and the current moment we're living in. Moving and funny and, yes, sad. Hooray for Vince Gatton. ”

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