Recommended by Jan Rosenberg

  • Jan Rosenberg: juice

    A profoundly disturbing play with echoes of Waiting for Godot, The Twilight Zone, and Saw! Green is used to the black stuff. Blue is not. Are they friends or enemies? What happens over time is up to you. For me, it felt like a play about assault, denial, cycles of violence and abuse. For you, it could be something else...it's juice.

    A profoundly disturbing play with echoes of Waiting for Godot, The Twilight Zone, and Saw! Green is used to the black stuff. Blue is not. Are they friends or enemies? What happens over time is up to you. For me, it felt like a play about assault, denial, cycles of violence and abuse. For you, it could be something else...it's juice.

  • Jan Rosenberg: The Beasts of Warren

    An eerie world that looks different, but operates similarly to our own. Reminiscent of The Rats of Nimh. Like holding up a mirror to our own cruelties and hypocrisy. Would love to see how it plays out onstage.

    An eerie world that looks different, but operates similarly to our own. Reminiscent of The Rats of Nimh. Like holding up a mirror to our own cruelties and hypocrisy. Would love to see how it plays out onstage.

  • Jan Rosenberg: The Reservoir

    Never have I ever burst into tears while READING a play. Jake is such a special writer. Their characters are so familiar and funny and surprising. A beautiful, honest portrayal of how hard (but not impossible) sobriety is and how weird and hilarious the journey is. Even the hearts you smash along the way. But there's always room for amends. Brilliant work.

    Never have I ever burst into tears while READING a play. Jake is such a special writer. Their characters are so familiar and funny and surprising. A beautiful, honest portrayal of how hard (but not impossible) sobriety is and how weird and hilarious the journey is. Even the hearts you smash along the way. But there's always room for amends. Brilliant work.

  • Jan Rosenberg: In Search of The Mothman

    Came for Mothman, stayed for this dark, funny, and touching relationship between two sisters dealing with their own grief and guilt. Made me think about how we so badly want to save others (sometimes when it's already too late) when we don't even realize we need to save ourselves first. Loved the alignment to the bridge tragedy that happened in Point Pleasant decades ago. And I loved the normalization poly relationships.

    Came for Mothman, stayed for this dark, funny, and touching relationship between two sisters dealing with their own grief and guilt. Made me think about how we so badly want to save others (sometimes when it's already too late) when we don't even realize we need to save ourselves first. Loved the alignment to the bridge tragedy that happened in Point Pleasant decades ago. And I loved the normalization poly relationships.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Spin

    Beautiful, hilarious, and dare I say kinda sexy? An amazing puzzle of a play that touches on themes of death, reincarnation, and the never ending search for love and meaning.

    Beautiful, hilarious, and dare I say kinda sexy? An amazing puzzle of a play that touches on themes of death, reincarnation, and the never ending search for love and meaning.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Cardio

    I am fascinated by this play about the obsession, mental anguish, control, devotion, and worship of exercise. Specifically running. And the fact that so many women devote several hours and miles a week running. In this play, they're running in place. Running away from something but never getting very far. This play is funny and exhausting and all too familiar.

    I am fascinated by this play about the obsession, mental anguish, control, devotion, and worship of exercise. Specifically running. And the fact that so many women devote several hours and miles a week running. In this play, they're running in place. Running away from something but never getting very far. This play is funny and exhausting and all too familiar.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Ivories

    Holy SHIT. This is more than gothic horror, this is straight up horror in the vein of Hereditary and the Pillowman. The kind of disturbing theater that will take you a while to recover from. Riley manages to poke all of the most painful spots and turn trauma into the most depraved haunted house story. I love the love triangle at the center of this play, and their dialogue is just stunning. Want to see the play. Or the film.

    Holy SHIT. This is more than gothic horror, this is straight up horror in the vein of Hereditary and the Pillowman. The kind of disturbing theater that will take you a while to recover from. Riley manages to poke all of the most painful spots and turn trauma into the most depraved haunted house story. I love the love triangle at the center of this play, and their dialogue is just stunning. Want to see the play. Or the film.

  • Jan Rosenberg: Crawlspaceblog

    A deliciously creepy play about voyeurism and loneliness that doesn't let up the feeling of dread until that shocking moment at the end. If we spent all day watching other people online, is it so wrong to do it without their permission? ...

    A deliciously creepy play about voyeurism and loneliness that doesn't let up the feeling of dread until that shocking moment at the end. If we spent all day watching other people online, is it so wrong to do it without their permission? ...

  • Jan Rosenberg: Midnight Showing

    Absolutely loved this play about an asexual woman who refuses to censor her work to pacify her audience. I loved Diana. I believed her. I believed IN her. She is 120% herself. Even when she doesn't like herself. Also, the sh*t in mouth explanation is the best definition of being ace that I've ever seen. Would love to see this play out on a stage.

    Absolutely loved this play about an asexual woman who refuses to censor her work to pacify her audience. I loved Diana. I believed her. I believed IN her. She is 120% herself. Even when she doesn't like herself. Also, the sh*t in mouth explanation is the best definition of being ace that I've ever seen. Would love to see this play out on a stage.

  • Jan Rosenberg: SWAY

    "Do you think this place is haunted? Because of my god. If it is, that'll be great content". A thrilling, disturbing play about the dangers of influencer culture and the contentless-ness of 'content'. And how influencers are not totally unlike cult leaders. In the age of Fyre Fest and Caroline Calloway, this play is eerily plausible. And Poppy as the soundtrack for EVERY PLAY, please.

    "Do you think this place is haunted? Because of my god. If it is, that'll be great content". A thrilling, disturbing play about the dangers of influencer culture and the contentless-ness of 'content'. And how influencers are not totally unlike cult leaders. In the age of Fyre Fest and Caroline Calloway, this play is eerily plausible. And Poppy as the soundtrack for EVERY PLAY, please.