Recommended by Jan Rosenberg

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    Loved this. It really touches on the heartbreak of falling out of love with something that used to feel like your dream and your purpose.And how scary it can feel to yearn for it, still. And I want to see these dances!

    Loved this. It really touches on the heartbreak of falling out of love with something that used to feel like your dream and your purpose.And how scary it can feel to yearn for it, still. And I want to see these dances!

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    I'm still thinking about this play a week after seeing a reading, almost like I have the script right in front of me. It's rare that a play feels so present. I love how gentle this play is. I love that it doesn't conform. I love learning a character's grocery store route, and I never thought I'd say that. I love that these people are okay.

    I'm still thinking about this play a week after seeing a reading, almost like I have the script right in front of me. It's rare that a play feels so present. I love how gentle this play is. I love that it doesn't conform. I love learning a character's grocery store route, and I never thought I'd say that. I love that these people are okay.

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    Gorgeous, urgent, furious, too close, heartbreaking, hilarious, and just the teeniest tiniest bit hopeful? This play is not a balm or a solution for what's coming. It's more like a feral scream. Everything is already falling apart, these kids are going to do something about it.

    Gorgeous, urgent, furious, too close, heartbreaking, hilarious, and just the teeniest tiniest bit hopeful? This play is not a balm or a solution for what's coming. It's more like a feral scream. Everything is already falling apart, these kids are going to do something about it.

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    I was lucky to see a recent reading of this, and it made me very excited about how we can tell stories from long ago. This real life tale from the 1500s is written in contemporary speak, is darkly hilarious, and full of heart. History repeats itself. We keep dancing. The dance sequence at the end will live on in my brain forever.

    I was lucky to see a recent reading of this, and it made me very excited about how we can tell stories from long ago. This real life tale from the 1500s is written in contemporary speak, is darkly hilarious, and full of heart. History repeats itself. We keep dancing. The dance sequence at the end will live on in my brain forever.

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    Yellowjackets if it actually made sense and instead of a plane crash it's a nuclear event. Sophie's writing is always SO DARK and equally SO goddamn funny. I especially loved the desperation for normalcy as the world falls apart around these women. Female friendship, betrayal, rivalry, and apocalyptic horror! R.I.P Buttercup.

    Yellowjackets if it actually made sense and instead of a plane crash it's a nuclear event. Sophie's writing is always SO DARK and equally SO goddamn funny. I especially loved the desperation for normalcy as the world falls apart around these women. Female friendship, betrayal, rivalry, and apocalyptic horror! R.I.P Buttercup.

  • Jan Rosenberg: ROAD KILLS by Sophie McIntosh
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    Mcintosh deals with very difficult subject matter in this play—sometimes you literally want to look away (I don't think I'm spoiling anything, based on the title). She forces us to confront what we would rather let someone else cover up. We never think about who deals with our waste and our damage. Sophie wrote a whole play about it. And it's disturbing, provoking, and FUNNY. Loved the structure of one 'kill' per scene, and the unraveling of the darkness shared between these two characters.

    Mcintosh deals with very difficult subject matter in this play—sometimes you literally want to look away (I don't think I'm spoiling anything, based on the title). She forces us to confront what we would rather let someone else cover up. We never think about who deals with our waste and our damage. Sophie wrote a whole play about it. And it's disturbing, provoking, and FUNNY. Loved the structure of one 'kill' per scene, and the unraveling of the darkness shared between these two characters.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: The Creature by Alexa Derman
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    Daring, disturbing, delightful. I was anticipating each new scene, wondering what was in store next as we follow the Creature and its human (and animal) friends. Chills just thinking about it.

    Daring, disturbing, delightful. I was anticipating each new scene, wondering what was in store next as we follow the Creature and its human (and animal) friends. Chills just thinking about it.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Universal Monsters by Dan Caffrey
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    I enjoyed reading this play about a pair of siblings navigating the monster their parent has become in the other room. Loved the use of horror movie references and the allegory of all sorts of beasts. Love a creepy, sad play.

    I enjoyed reading this play about a pair of siblings navigating the monster their parent has become in the other room. Loved the use of horror movie references and the allegory of all sorts of beasts. Love a creepy, sad play.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Gutbelly by Leah Plante-Wiener
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    Three women (sisters? friends? any relation? does it matter?) named Marie get a break from their daily, repressed monotony when a new plaything arrives. Delightfully nasty and creepy. I love a good horror play.

    Three women (sisters? friends? any relation? does it matter?) named Marie get a break from their daily, repressed monotony when a new plaything arrives. Delightfully nasty and creepy. I love a good horror play.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    A beautiful play that dares to delve into the taboos of admitting that for some, parenthood is wrong, and maybe even a mistake. T & C get to 'edit' themselves in the real and the meta. I loved the portrayal of competition between artists, and the parallels between birthing a baby and birthing a manuscript for these women. Also, birthing babies via mouth is awesome.

    A beautiful play that dares to delve into the taboos of admitting that for some, parenthood is wrong, and maybe even a mistake. T & C get to 'edit' themselves in the real and the meta. I loved the portrayal of competition between artists, and the parallels between birthing a baby and birthing a manuscript for these women. Also, birthing babies via mouth is awesome.

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