“ "Eight Tales of Pedro" is a kaleidoscope. With each turn, the audience feels different emotions, often contrary to those they just felt.

It is contemporary, but includes classic structure and content. It's filled with hardships and tragedy, but also humor and hope, and shows how telling stories forms a community out of strangers. There are tricksters and fools, but also people who have experienced adverse reality.

This play is rich in depth, subtlety, and theatricality. It is heartbreaking, yet hopeful. I also enjoyed a YouTube video of its premiere production at Secret Theatre in Long Island City, New York. ”

“ I guarantee audiences will audibly gasp watching Rund's brilliant 10-minute tragedy. I did when reading the script. Twice.

Rund builds tension and discomfort in subtle, varied ways: a literal physical run-in; placing the scene in a small, confined location; evasions of direct questions; frenetic action in trying to rebuild what's been broken. And then comes the final two blows from the sledgehammer that will make people gasp. ”

“ A brilliantly imagined and executed 10-minute play. It's a marvel.

For all the rules that some people prescribe to making "A Good 10-Minute Play," Pazniokas brushes aside most of them in order to focus on what (I feel) is the most important: tell an emotional story -- with the highest possible emotional stakes -- well.

Your audiences will be swept up by this play filled to bursting with characters, dialogue filled with straightforward information and implications, and such earnest emotions. ”

“ Azure D Osborne-Lee knows what you're thinking. Azure D Osborne-Lee knows what you expect. And holy wow, do they play with those notions in this laugh-out-loud, one-minute comedy. ”