Recommended by Emily Hageman

  • Emily Hageman: The Mermaid Hour by David Valdes
    “

    Just absolutely wonderful. Fantastic dialogue, beautifully created characters, gorgeous handling of a very challenging subject in a way that is both painfully real and achingly gorgeous. Bird's monologue in the middle about taking his son to a Red Socks game is the kind of writing that can change people. Highly recommended--a sensitive and stunning piece.

    Just absolutely wonderful. Fantastic dialogue, beautifully created characters, gorgeous handling of a very challenging subject in a way that is both painfully real and achingly gorgeous. Bird's monologue in the middle about taking his son to a Red Socks game is the kind of writing that can change people. Highly recommended--a sensitive and stunning piece.

    ”
  • Emily Hageman: TEACH: ANOTHER MONOLOGUE THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WRITE by Asher Wyndham
    “

    It's beautiful and sick and sad and marvelously well-written, but all I can say is that as a teacher, it literally felt like someone had punched me in the stomach when I was finished. A monologue I shouldn't have to write? A life I shouldn't have to live. Unflinching, sick, and powerful. Well done, Wyndham.

    It's beautiful and sick and sad and marvelously well-written, but all I can say is that as a teacher, it literally felt like someone had punched me in the stomach when I was finished. A monologue I shouldn't have to write? A life I shouldn't have to live. Unflinching, sick, and powerful. Well done, Wyndham.

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  • Emily Hageman: The Anxiety of a Knuckleball Before the Plate by Bryan Stubbles
    “

    Stubbles has a unique writing style--and a wonderfully unique sense of a humor. The premise of the piece is wacky--and the execution is even more wacky fun. The physical humor of this piece gives plenty of room for actors to shine--and the end is the kind of end that leaves the audience with a gut aching from laughter.

    Stubbles has a unique writing style--and a wonderfully unique sense of a humor. The premise of the piece is wacky--and the execution is even more wacky fun. The physical humor of this piece gives plenty of room for actors to shine--and the end is the kind of end that leaves the audience with a gut aching from laughter.

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  • Emily Hageman: Surprise (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
    “

    This is the first play I've read on NPX and I am in love. What a wonderfully fun show--and what a GREAT ending. I absolutely LOVE this show and I would LOVE to see it performed!

    This is the first play I've read on NPX and I am in love. What a wonderfully fun show--and what a GREAT ending. I absolutely LOVE this show and I would LOVE to see it performed!

    ”