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Steven G. Martin

Recommended by Steven G. Martin

  • FAMILY BY NUMBERS Award-winning 10-minute drama by Arianna Rose
    15 Jul. 2019
    “ "Family by Numbers" tells an emotional story using presentational dialogue and action. Rose compresses decades into mere minutes, moving at breakneck speed. She also provides enough detail for audiences and actors to understand characters' emotions. This play is direct, spare, and unflinching. ”
  • God Awful Table (a monologue) by Lee R. Lawing
    15 Jul. 2019
    “ Lawing's protagonist Merelynne unsuccessfully creates a façade in "God Awful Table." Lawing provides everything the audience, actor, and director need to know how Merelynne feels and why.

    Addendum: I watched a reading of "God Awful Table" on Facebook by Back Porch Theater on Jan. 22, 2021. The actor beautifully showed Merelynne's nuances -- pride, sadness, passive-aggression, and feelings of hurt -- during the performance. A true 3-dimensional performance of 3-dimensional character. ”
  • PASHA: A MONOLOGUE FOR A PANSEXUAL TEENAGER by Asher Wyndham
    14 Jul. 2019
    “ Wyndham's monologue is the kind of lunchtime revolution that jolts me in a good way because I couldn't have participated in one myself as a 9th grader.

    Pasha -- armed with lunch tray and Sloppy Joe sandwich -- is fueled by self-confidence, rage, passion, intelligence, and clarity. And Wyndham provides enough embellishment to confirm Pasha isn't a megaphone or a poster child, but a person with everyday concerns, foibles, and interests. ”
  • New Kitten by Jennifer O'Grady
    14 Jul. 2019
    “ I watched O'Grady's "New Kitten" during the live, online broadcast of the U.S. edition of the 2019 Gi60 International 1-Minute Theatre Festival.

    There is conflict and comedy when younger characters intrude in the lives of older characters, but O'Grady goes further to show the evolution from rivals into mentor/mentee. It's quite satisfying. ”
  • Haunted House (a monologue) by Matthew Weaver
    14 Jul. 2019
    “ I watched Weaver's "Haunted House" during the live, online broadcast of the U.S. edition of the 2019 Gi60 International 1-Minute Theatre Festival.

    This play is like a camera's zoom lens: the audience moves from the broad and clinical to the specific and emotional. It's also a mystery; we know little about the character, except the remorse that vibrates in the dialogue. ”
  • BROTHERS by Rachael Carnes
    14 Jul. 2019
    “ I watched Carnes' "Brothers" during the live, online broadcast of the U.S. edition of the 2019 Gi60 International 1-Minute Theatre Festival.

    Carnes has crafted a lovely, direct memorial to David and Cecil Rosenthal. May it encourage others to learn more about them, their service, and their community spirit. ”
  • The Skunk (a one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
    14 Jul. 2019
    “ I watched Weaver's "The Skunk" during the live, online broadcast of the U.S. edition of the 2019 Gi60 International 1-Minute Theatre Festival.

    There isn't a word of dialogue to refer to the reality of the situation, but the tension and stakes are immediately clear. Weaver trusts the audience to get it, and the suspense is ratcheted up because of it. ”
  • The Way You Made Me (a solo show) by Lindsay Partain
    12 Jul. 2019
    “ This one-woman, one-act monologue is a kaleidoscope of the best kind.

    Imogen loves love. But with just the slightest lines of dialogue, our perspective of her changes a degree or three: how she's lost love, expresses love, has found and celebrates all kinds of love -- love of home, love of independence, romantic love, familial love.

    Partain has created a marvelous portrait. ”
  • Tiny Daggers by Quinn D. Eli
    12 Jul. 2019
    “ Eli entirely succeeds with "Tiny Daggers." This sharp satire plays on assumptions based on race or gender like the "streetwise African-American," the "demure Asian-American," and the "sexy, seductive women falling over themselves for a man." Microaggressions cut, and these characters cut back. ”
  • Monsters in the Audience by Morgan Hemgrove
    12 Jul. 2019
    “ Morgan Hemgrove has written a 1-minute study of an intense character who dares to look out at people & monsters who should not be looked at. ”

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