Recommended by Philip Middleton Williams

  • Stick
    25 Feb. 2020
    Just when you think you've figured this one out, well... guess what. Maximillian Gill has given us a metaphor in literal terms that made me laugh and squirm at the same time, and for anyone who has spent their time in the corporate world, it will not only ring true, it will give you some ideas that can only lurk in the imagination. Well done, Max, well done.
  • Contact
    24 Feb. 2020
    Michael Pisaturo has given us two young men in the throes of discovering themselves, and in doing so shows us a part of us that we all know regardless of age, of gender, of identity: the hardest thing to do is touch someone else. This play does this in an achingly beautiful way; with honesty and genuine feeling.
  • Babel
    22 Feb. 2020
    We often use the expression "in a perfect world," but we never really imagine what that means. Jacqueline Goldfinger has imagined a world where perfection is pre-determined by law, but that also should include the lesson of "be careful what you wish for." The questions that are raised and left for us to decide are both world-changing and extremely personal. The lyrical way "Babel" approaches them is masterful in both tone and character; you will immediately connect with them and know their world. What an extraordinary piece of theatre.
  • Five Boys on the Beach
    21 Feb. 2020
    Not a word is spoken, but the intensity of emotion, of fear, of joy, of discovery is palpable in this part of Matthew Weaver's "Boys on the Beach" series, and it is -- so far -- the most powerful of them.
  • Fable
    20 Feb. 2020
    A legend may live on, but a fable has a lesson for us all. FABLE is a love song from Doug DeVita to the people who gave one of the greatest shows -- musical or otherwise -- and it teaches us is that even with harsh words, abuse, neglect, and self-doubt, there is a bond between them that is told in a way that touches us all. I loved remembering the story of "Gypsy," but more, I felt like I finally knew the people that made it come to life.
  • Bottom of the 9th
    18 Feb. 2020
    Even though I'm passionate about another team (Go get 'em, Tigers!), I totally get the love that fans can have for their Twins and how the dilemma of choosing between true love and the tension of the bottom of the ninth with the winning run on base and... oh, yes, I know. And so will the audience who gets to see this gem, told as only Rand Higbee can tell a story. (Extra mustard, please.)
  • Top Shelf Tolstoy
    18 Feb. 2020
    This is a dry and droll look at a not-so-unlikely future for public libraries. Maximillian Gill's play has just the right touch of satire and sympathy for the plight and the ingenuity of those institutions that have to survive to preserve our souls and sanity.
  • Matthew Weaver Meets the Goddess Aphrodite
    14 Feb. 2020
    Can true love ever really be... true? Even Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, can't answer that, but when she meets up with our playwright, we may find out. Even if it's in a coffee shop in Spokane. Another gem from the playwright who knows how to tell the stories.
  • 19 Excellent Reasons to Date Matthew Weaver (a monologue)
    12 Feb. 2020
    There are very few people I can think of who could write such a funny, heartfelt, honest, whimsical, painfully truthful, inspiring, and just plain good monologue as Matthew Weaver does in "19 Excellent Reasons to Date Matthew Weaver."

    And now I want to date him.
  • Ghlamping
    12 Feb. 2020
    Scott Sickles said he "needed to write something abjectly silly." Well, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, and this delight is laugh-out-loud silly, fun, and imaginative. Having spent my fair share of time camping in the woods, it is exactly what I would imagine could happen when you hear a twig snap and a hunky ghost jumps out of the woods.

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