Recommended by Jan Rosenberg

  • The Castle of Ghoul Hammond and How It Fell Into the Void
    26 Mar. 2024
    I had the pleasure of seeing a reading of this, and it's one of the zaniest, most delightful, hilarious, gender fuckery play. And that was just part one...can't wait to see the rest of Ghoul's adventures.
  • The Family Saves A Life
    26 Mar. 2024
    If we're all doomed, we might as well have a play like this to take the edge off. This is a terrifying, beautiful play. It is a literal nightmare. I'm chilled to the bone. Sebastian is a formidable writer.
  • Murder Girl
    6 Feb. 2024
    Hilarious and heartfelt. Some of the funniest one-liners I've ever heard.
  • Bite Me
    5 Oct. 2023
    A darkly funny two-hander with a subtle but powerful twist. Incredible how much life Pipes packs into a tiny storage closet.
  • Natural History
    29 Sep. 2023
    I haven't stopped thinking about this haunting, sweet, sad play about what we've lost and what we still have left to live for since I saw it at the O'Neill. Collin's writing is so tender, hilarious, and whimsical. As funny as this play is, it's also devastating. Put it in a museum!
  • Occupied
    25 Sep. 2023
    So much happens in bathrooms... Love the concept of this play set in what's typically a private, "safe" space, unless you live in America and attend school. This play follows a loss of innocence that's eventually replaced by a kind of numbness and desensitization of violence and terrorism. Growing up is scary.
  • Stinky Girls
    29 Aug. 2023
    GROSS, I love this play about two friends confiding in each other about their shameful body secrets. Delightfully f--ked up.
  • Rx Machina
    29 Aug. 2023
    I love when a play is not easily resolved and solutions don't come easy. This is an honest depiction of humans dealing with pain and addiction from multiple side. This play points no fingers and provides no neat, wrapped up conclusions. I loved Hannah's speech and the moments where she dropped it and spoke 'normally'. It's a very powerful, exciting way to show that not everything here is black and white. This is a play in real time, because it's all-too real and urgent.
  • The Interrobangers
    28 Aug. 2023
    Those last few lines gave me a chill. I love this concept-using Scooby Doo tropes to tell a story of a group of teens coming to terms with trauma and their own queerness. I loved Luna's monologue at the end. I'm rooting for these kids. I'm especially rooting for Hoover.
  • FISH MEAT
    24 Aug. 2023
    A beautiful, painful story of two women from different time periods struggling to find their place in the world and not knowing who they can trust. I'm blown away by how Esme brought their two worlds together. It's not easy do accomplish what they have, and I was intrigued and invested the whole time. Love the poetry and marine biology. I fully support becoming a fish to survive climate crisis.

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