Recommended by Jan Rosenberg

  • Jan Rosenberg: The Family Saves A Life

    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.

    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.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Murder Girl

    Hilarious and heartfelt. Some of the funniest one-liners I've ever heard.

    Hilarious and heartfelt. Some of the funniest one-liners I've ever heard.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Bite Me

    A darkly funny two-hander with a subtle but powerful twist. Incredible how much life Pipes packs into a tiny storage closet.

    A darkly funny two-hander with a subtle but powerful twist. Incredible how much life Pipes packs into a tiny storage closet.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Natural History

    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!

    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!

  • Jan Rosenberg: OCCUPIED

    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.

    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.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Stinky Girls

    GROSS, I love this play about two friends confiding in each other about their shameful body secrets. Delightfully f--ked up.

    GROSS, I love this play about two friends confiding in each other about their shameful body secrets. Delightfully f--ked up.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Rx Machina

    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.

    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.

  • Jan Rosenberg: FISH MEAT

    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.

    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.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Victorian Psychedelic Sleepover Play

    Imagine if the babysitters club got together and were super literary and created a zine and took a sh-t ton of drugs. Most writers need drugs to get to Mak's level of consciousness. her plays are so immersed with poetry, history, and smelly, smelly teen spirit.

    Imagine if the babysitters club got together and were super literary and created a zine and took a sh-t ton of drugs. Most writers need drugs to get to Mak's level of consciousness. her plays are so immersed with poetry, history, and smelly, smelly teen spirit.

  • Jan Rosenberg: The Matriarchs

    Liba's universe is beautiful. This play reads like a novel. A beautiful, hilarious, and bittersweet journey of growing up and growing apart. And asking questions and being afraid of the answer. Achingly gorgeous, and a fascinating exploration of the Talmud and fertility.

    Liba's universe is beautiful. This play reads like a novel. A beautiful, hilarious, and bittersweet journey of growing up and growing apart. And asking questions and being afraid of the answer. Achingly gorgeous, and a fascinating exploration of the Talmud and fertility.