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Steven G. Martin

Recommended by Steven G. Martin

  • A SAFE PLACE by Rachael Carnes
    11 May. 2019
    “ People memorialized after horrific incidents are more than just a name and photo. Carnes' stark, two-minute docudrama is a reminder that lists of victims' names include neighbors, parents, lovers, siblings, children, friends, and others whom people cared about. ”
  • Go Knights! (Ten Minute) by Paul Donnelly
    11 May. 2019
    “ Among the strengths of Donnelly's sort play "Go Knights!" is the honest characterization of a person who doesn't respond well to disappointment, who lashes out at loved ones, who suggests unforgivable things, and whose go-to setting in an emotional crisis is selfishness. They can't all be heroes, and Julie Van Beek's responses are human.

    Credit, too, to Donnelly for using action -- selecting music & dancing to it, specifically -- to further define character and bring the crisis to a (momentary?) resolution. ”
  • Outpost by Scott Sickles
    11 May. 2019
    “ Among other strengths, Sickles' short play "Outpost" is terrific at telling a story through scope. The story begins at the deepest and widest of perspectives -- on the fringes of the Milky Way galaxy -- and then re-focuses to tell a very intimate story. ”
  • Exit Strategy by Tom Moran
    9 May. 2019
    “ This one-act is both funny and sweetly romantic. Credit Moran for grounding the action, characters, and dialogue in a basic truth: We don't often get the truth when relationships fail, even if we really want to know why. ”
  • Wanderer by Stephen Graff
    7 May. 2019
    “ A ghost story. A story of searching and longing. A bittersweet story. Is there anything more lost than a ghost searching for identity and family? This site-specific play will impact its audience thanks to Graff's skill at crafting characters in need. ”
  • Elvis Dry Humps Nixon by Bryan Stubbles
    4 May. 2019
    “ A fever dream of a comedy that'll leave audiences wondering if they've really seen what just happened on stage. This short play is more than just its scenario, though, as Stubbles creates well-drawn characters at odds with one another, deft dialogue, and comic action. ”
  • KODACHROME by Adam Szymkowicz
    28 Apr. 2019
    “ Masterful. Szymkowicz has crafted beautiful vignettes about love, longing, loss, and the inability to communicate these emotions. The dialogue and characters are everyday, but our guide -- the Photographer -- pulls them into sharper, detailed focus so the audience understands them better. This play is heartfelt and humane. ”
  • Death of a Chocolate Bar on Good Friday by Bryan Stubbles
    28 Apr. 2019
    “ This play offers life and death struggles of the funniest kind as a suicidal chocolate bar tries to end it all. If only all characters were as self-aware as Stubbles' Choco and Ice -- they literally know what they're made of, and what they want, in this short comic (and oddly romantic) play. ”
  • Queen of the Dead by Carolynne Wilcox
    28 Apr. 2019
    “ Wilcox's solo piece offers several perspectives about the myth of Persephone traveling to the Underworld -- daughter's, mother's, lover's, and subjects'. As the performer transforms into the characters, Wilcox provides them tools -- properties that take on different meanings and movement. I really enjoyed the storytelling. ”
  • BLACK HOLE!!! A One-Minute Play for Kids by Asher Wyndham
    25 Apr. 2019
    “ Science is so boring ... until it causes the destruction of the world in only a few moments. All of existence, including Mack trucks, is sucked into a black hole. Thanks, Switzerland. This one-minute play would be wonderfully chaotic and energetic on stage with so many opportunities for actors to shine physically and vocally. ”

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