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Scott Sickles

Recommended by Scott Sickles

  • SAY IT! by Robb Willoughby
    12 Aug. 2022
    “ There are certain conversations that require delicacy, diplomacy, and a modicum of manners.

    These three never got that memo.

    Which is all for the best because the bickering and banter among this family trio zings along like a highway driver too distracted to find the right exit. Great characters, a fraught situation made both better and worse by misguided preconceptions and a shared bluntness. Easy to produce and very funny, this one’s a crowd pleaser for any short play fest! ”
  • The Fundamentals of Throwing a Curveball by Cole Hunter Dzubak
    11 Aug. 2022
    “ There's something about baseball...

    The rules, the traditions, the techniques... The teaching and learning... The camaraderie between players who each inhabit their uniforms with distinctly different souls.

    Dzubak had composed a good old-fashioned nostalgia piece that works on many levels. The audience connects to the plsy's bygone era as the characters in scene 2 connect to scene 1. Only six years later but they and their world have changed, life having thrown its share of curve balls. But baseball... Baseball is the constant.

    Elegantly written, fun to stage, it's a beautiful tribute, to the game and to Dick Trotta. ”
  • HYPOTHETICAL - A One-Minute Play by Adam Richter
    11 Aug. 2022
    “ A glorious historical, theological, and philosophical mic drop! BOOM! ”
  • Stork Patrol by Debra A. Cole
    11 Aug. 2022
    “ DEB COLE DID NOT COME TO PLAY!!!

    STORK PATROL holds the “pro-life” voters’ feet to the fire and makes them practice what they literally preach! Pointed without being didactic, informative without being pedantic, and brutally honest about the hypocrisy inherent in those who claim to value life as long as it doesn’t inconvenience them.

    I’d want Cole to be President of the United States if it wasn’t such a shitty job. BRAVO! ”
  • Covers a short monologue by D. Lee Miller
    11 Aug. 2022
    “ The perils of live performance…

    An artist’s interpretation can clash with an audience’s expectations, especially when covering a song. This is one of many examples where an audience member confuses expectation with entitlement. There’s a palpable sense of danger in this confrontation which is about bigotry as much as artistry. Fortunately the singer knows how to handle a problem and protect themselves at the same time. Miller practically conjures the venue in your head, you can practically hear the din and smell the beer. Vivid and urgent! ”
  • Happy Birthday, Julio by Debra A. Cole
    11 Aug. 2022
    “ Damn!

    Cole (quite literally) answers the question “What reason could anyone have to throw out a child’s entire birthday cake?” It’s a gut-punch of a response, and the scenario unfolds with stark realism and depth of heart.

    Powerful and succinct! ”
  • Oldest Son Monologue from FAMILY BY NUMBERS by Arianna Rose for late teens-20 male. by Arianna Rose
    22 Jul. 2022
    “ When we're young, we think we're invincible. That death happens to other people. That our rebellion and obstinance and umbrage entitle us to protection.

    Yeah...

    Rose creates a beautifully detailed young everyman with dreams and an appreciation of the beauty of the world who now faces a daunting loneliness. Preconceived notions about the expectations of life and death prove useless, giving him a perspective that's unique, dark, jagged, and heartbreaking.

    An exquisite stand-alone piece that will pack a huge punch in the hands of a young actor with passion and subtlety. ”
  • The Little Boy's Idea of Heaven Was This (a Monologue) by Lee R. Lawing
    20 Jul. 2022
    “ There’s a literal and figurative gravity given to celestial beings that become earthbound. Eternity becomes an abstraction replaced by the passage of time you feel in your bones. The knowledge of prophecy is more than a narrative but an inevitability one must endure surrounded by mundanities and loves ones whose futures are not preordained with sacrifice and the promise of heaven. So what becomes important is the here and now. The promises kept. The things that require work instead of faith to accomplish. The people. Their feelings. What you mean to each other. It’s all in here. Enjoy! ”
  • I THINK IT'S A WHALE by Jack Levine
    20 Jul. 2022
    “ A fun puzzle of a play about time loops, marital ruts, and crazy theories that may or may not be true! All three characters are eminently playable and entertaining for actors and audiences. The fun will be in the staging, keeping the pace with the crazy light cues and craziness in general. This fun play about times loops, marriage, and reading the wrong books about the repetition of life gives us three characters as fun to play as they are to watch. Festivals will ave a great time staging this time loop marriage sci-fi comedy that audiences and… ”
  • You Before Me by Samantha Marchant
    20 Jul. 2022
    “ There are a lot of ways to go with a Persephone/Demeter reunion (but not exactly them…). Marchant takes the mythological and plants it right in the ground, allowing it to germinate in its own time. Mother and daughter each have a yearning and a distance to bridge and, regardless of the bond of love they share, they do not meet each other’s needs. The reader feels like one is in the room with them – a feeling I imagine is only stronger on stage. The final line… and the the final moment… stunners. ”

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