Recommended by Jan Rosenberg

  • Jan Rosenberg: be mean to me by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
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    17 and 27 are pretty similar, and that's scary. So are ghosts and Bright Eyes. Love a good toxic female friendship story.

    17 and 27 are pretty similar, and that's scary. So are ghosts and Bright Eyes. Love a good toxic female friendship story.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Bunyip by Zoe Lasden-Lyman
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    This is fantastic. Scary, sad, mysterious, funny, and incredibly atmospheric. Very much in awe!

    This is fantastic. Scary, sad, mysterious, funny, and incredibly atmospheric. Very much in awe!

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  • Jan Rosenberg: good friday by Kristiana Rae Colón
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    I don't think I breathed while reading this. This is brutal and unflinching. Makes you question how far we need to be pushed to become violent. Really shook up, especially by that final stage direction.

    I don't think I breathed while reading this. This is brutal and unflinching. Makes you question how far we need to be pushed to become violent. Really shook up, especially by that final stage direction.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: The Nothing That Is Something (formerly Locked In) by J. Joseph Cox
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    Haunting. Would love to see this staged!

    Haunting. Would love to see this staged!

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  • Jan Rosenberg: where the water takes us by Mak Shealy
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    Such a beautiful play. A reminder that our time on earth is fleeting and yet it is a rather hopeful play, even if the hope may be nothing more than a dream. I loved Sabine and Tansy's relationship and how literally no distance could tear them apart for long. This is much more than just a play about climate change. It is a lyrical family space opera.

    Such a beautiful play. A reminder that our time on earth is fleeting and yet it is a rather hopeful play, even if the hope may be nothing more than a dream. I loved Sabine and Tansy's relationship and how literally no distance could tear them apart for long. This is much more than just a play about climate change. It is a lyrical family space opera.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: GEN by Mak Shealy
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    I am so excited, speechless, terrified, and euphoric after reading this play. Makaela is an ingenius poet and storyteller and when she invites horror into her storytelling? LOOK OUT. A play about a haunted house, a haunted family, revenge, and chosen family. Absolutely blown away!

    I am so excited, speechless, terrified, and euphoric after reading this play. Makaela is an ingenius poet and storyteller and when she invites horror into her storytelling? LOOK OUT. A play about a haunted house, a haunted family, revenge, and chosen family. Absolutely blown away!

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  • Jan Rosenberg: The Amphibians by Dan Caffrey
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    WOW! This hit me HARD. Hilarious and depressing and frightening. A sort of coming of age story as the world is on the brink of collapse. It truly taps into all of the fears of the end of the world that we push away by playing mindless games on our phones. Loved this. Would love to see the creature onstage!

    WOW! This hit me HARD. Hilarious and depressing and frightening. A sort of coming of age story as the world is on the brink of collapse. It truly taps into all of the fears of the end of the world that we push away by playing mindless games on our phones. Loved this. Would love to see the creature onstage!

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  • Jan Rosenberg: ALL THERE IS TO SEE (fka "Seeing Eye") by Nick Malakhow
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    A sweet, tender play about codependency and how we're all struggling to to keep it together-even if you can't see someone's scars. I really appreciated the honesty and that this WASN'T a perfect strangers to lovers kind of story.

    A sweet, tender play about codependency and how we're all struggling to to keep it together-even if you can't see someone's scars. I really appreciated the honesty and that this WASN'T a perfect strangers to lovers kind of story.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: In the Cotton by Morgan McGuire
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    An important play that should be performed not just on college campuses. This play cuts right through the bullshit and niceties of trying to sugarcoat things for audiences and gets straight to the viscera. Morgan confronts shitty allyship and bullshit arguments white people use to avoid responsibility for their racist thoughts and actions. With the intensity and suspense of long-fuse dynamite. This needs to be read and produced TODAY.

    An important play that should be performed not just on college campuses. This play cuts right through the bullshit and niceties of trying to sugarcoat things for audiences and gets straight to the viscera. Morgan confronts shitty allyship and bullshit arguments white people use to avoid responsibility for their racist thoughts and actions. With the intensity and suspense of long-fuse dynamite. This needs to be read and produced TODAY.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: SISTER/FRIEND by Genevieve Simon
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    I read this lightning fast-I couldn't stop. A delightful combination of late 90s nostalgia, cults, and lotttttts of tension. YES, invite the estranged cousin from the End of Days cult to the Y2K party!

    I read this lightning fast-I couldn't stop. A delightful combination of late 90s nostalgia, cults, and lotttttts of tension. YES, invite the estranged cousin from the End of Days cult to the Y2K party!

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