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David Hilder

Recommended by David Hilder

  • Fourteen Funerals by Eric Pfeffinger
    1 Aug. 2023
    “ Just so wonderful, this two-hander that feels so full of life and lives. Incredibly funny, appropriately deep, silly and serious and significant. I hope so much to see this play in three dimensions, because I know I'll have a great time should I have that chance. ”
  • Pandora's Box of Donuts by Aly Kantor
    26 Jul. 2023
    “ Such a beautifully realized conversation about deep despair and reasons to not think about it. Gosh, what a warm, loving play about a nearly impossible struggle. A small marvel. ”
  • Welcome to the Taj Palace (motel) by Riti Sachdeva
    9 May. 2023
    “ The depth of feeling here is belied by the swirling atmospherics, but don't be fooled: Sachdeva is exploring potent themes including assimilation, motherhood, the struggle for authentic identity, and much, much more. Such a terrific, terrific experience -- a wild ride well worth taking. ”
  • Nurture by Johnna Adams
    11 Jan. 2023
    “ "I think there may be more wrong with you than there is with me." This hilarious and terrifying play lives fully in this line and in all the rest of them, too, as Cathy and Doug talk across each other for about 100 gripping pages. Not for the faint of heart, but more than worth a read for the truly daring. Wonderful work. ”
  • Ridgway by Charlie O'Leary
    30 May. 2021
    “ Oofffff. What a great play -- a powerful, deeply personalized story about large issues and how they intersect with individual lives. On the page, the piece is so strong; I can imagine it being multiple times stronger fully realized (so, theaters, get on it). I intend this as high praise: Man, would I love to direct RIDGWAY. ”
  • Perfect Teeth by Daniel McCoy
    7 Apr. 2020
    “ I have been lucky enough to direct this play twice, and was there when Dan first started writing it. I. Lovethisplay. A 60-minute two-hander that's a nuclear bomb. Extraordinary. ”
  • First Chair by Jean Koppen
    20 Mar. 2020
    “ Charming as can be, with a terrific ending that both surprises and feels inevitable. A great ten-minute piece that would stage like a dream! ”
  • WAKE by Vince Gatton
    24 Jan. 2020
    “ Oh, it's just my favorite thing: A combination of genuinely funny, deeply spooky, and profoundly sad. Filled with palpable feeling without in any way being mawkish. Eminently ready for production. So get on it, theaters. Get. On it. ”
  • Hyannis by Kari Bentley-Quinn
    3 Jun. 2019
    “ Suuuuch a strong play. Terrific, plausible characters in uncomfortably plausible circumstances -- the constant and implacable threats addiction poses are treated unflinchingly but with great nuance and compassion. A wonderful play I'd love to see. ”
  • Wendy and the Neckbeards by Kari Bentley-Quinn
    10 Jun. 2018
    “ This play feels both huge and intimate, and it's to Bentley-Quinn's credit that she juggles the epic scale of on-line misogyny and the personal struggles of Jess and Wendy so aptly. How I wish this play were not so on point, but in our current world it's nothing but. ”

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