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  • ALIEN FARMER'S WIFE by Charles Scott Jones
    13 Jul. 2022
    “ From the opening stage directions, you know it’s gonna be sexy. Not conventional, boring, sexy-sexy. I mean clip-on bow tie/muffin pan sexy.

    NERD SEXY!

    Deliciously ridiculous flirtation and sublime physical comedy left me gasping with laughter. A poetic sense of longing and love navigates this flying saucer through unexpected unexpected turns, landing in the perfect cornfield of courtship!

    A fabulous vehicle for a modern day Nichols and May, and the type of play that will only be funnier with a limited costume budget.

    Effervescent and otherworldly in its delights!
    Hubba hubba, indeed! ”
  • Free! Powerful Muscles Fast! by Philip Middleton Williams
    12 Jul. 2022
    “ This monolgue addresses two great mysteries and even provides an answer to one of them: 1) what do they actually send you when you mail in the coupon to get your free powerful muscles fast AND 2) if there’s nothing too heavy for Superman to lift, how did his muscles get that big without sufficient resistance!!! THANK YOU, PHILIP!!!

    More importantly, the monologue is a reckoning of memory and misconception disguised as nostalgia. It’s a powerful recollection of not-so-bygone masculine indoctrination (and flimflam) and a celebration of strength, however we may find it. ”
  • Good Night! by Evan Baughfman
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ I thought I wrote a rec for this months ago. It's fascinating to revisit after seeing it performed at Gi60US and re-reading it now... less than a week after a boy was orphaned in a mass shooting on the 4th of July. Childhood trauma is top of mind.

    There's a great deal of loss and compassion in this play, wrapped in equal measures of horror and compassion. It kaleidoscopically creepy, heartfelt, and jarring. I never know how to process it... IN A GREAT WAY.

    It's a beautiful intricate piece of dramatic pugilism that slaps, stings, and caresses. Extraordinary. ”
  • Good Books (one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ NERDS!!!

    Sometimes, there truly is nothing more beautiful than two non-sociotypical people finding each other, be it platonically, romantically... really AT ALL!

    Weaver presents a best-case scenario for such kind-hearted, brain-focused silent yearners... and it's still crazy awkward. Perched in the communal outskirts where people who love to read find solitude and solace, this epic love story begins with a brave approach and the truly revolutionary one-two punch of speaking up... and sitting down.

    The rest is chemistry. And literature. ”
  • Mandelas by Ruben Carbajal
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ I saw the Gi60US staging and it was a punch in the chest. But I didn't know what "Mandelas" were until just now and it makes that punch a death blow.

    Medelas are false memories. We all have them, how can we not? Memories change.

    Carbajal shows what happens when people share a mandela (which happens) and it's big. Huge. Size of a skyscraper.

    I thought the concept was that something had disappeared; turns out, it may never have been there. Carbajal immerses us in terror, loss... and compassion. An extraordinary, UNFORGETTABLE sixty seconds! ”
  • The Disappearance of the Letter Q by Larry Rinkel
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ A terrific piece of one-minute absurdism that, in addition to being a clever idea, addresses the nature of obsolescence and the threat of extinction in a tremendously fun way! Also, the costumes are as fabulous as they are simple. Hu''ah! ”
  • Gilbert, You're Eating a Grape by Larry Rinkel
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ "Life is very long." That was the last line in the Gi60US production of the play, which I just had the pleasure of watching. I love this revision. You knowing it now spoils nothing. Take a minute out of your day and enjoy the play.

    Reminiscent of the finer sketches of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (likely inspired by them), the play offers us two characters in a discussion calculating a lifetime of mundanity resulting the the numerical cataloging of a simple joy. One can't help but smile throughout and feel sated at the end. Lovely. ”
  • Invisible (one-minute version) by Jennifer O'Grady
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ Instantly simultaneously playful and menacing, O'Grady once again gives voice to a character who doesn't have one. (Read EGYPT!) This time, it's Scout the Dog! I love an animal written with the psychology of that animal. It shows great empathy from the writer and passes it on to the audience. And Scout has thoughts!

    Scout is a protective pup, ready with advice and guidance, specifically about the device keeping them safe... and confined. Protected from greater harm by momentary cruelty. It draw parallels to the human experience, and what we're willing to accept. Like Scout, you'll have thoughts. ”
  • NOT EXACTLY HOW I REMEMBERED IT by Monica Cross
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ There are a few ways to play this delicate, emotionally grounded piece. Two that come to mind are: nostalgia and reconciliation. It all depends on how sanguine Jude is about his mom taking away his favorite things when he was a child. If it's water under the bridge, that's one thing. If that stream is rocky, that's another. Either way it works, but I think the payoff is greater if the journey is more turbulent. Regardless, Jude and Mom are beautifully nuanced characters. Mom has no apologies or regrets and a simply justification. It's poetic. ”
  • Last Writes by Timothy-Talia M. Gadomski
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ I’ve often wondered who would come to my funeral. Or my memorial. Or the Zoom cocktail party.

    Gasomski’s meditation on the possibilities as as hilarious as it is thorough.

    But the staging… the possibilities are literally limitless as is the maximum cast size. My mind is abuzz with potential strategies and I don’t even direct!

    The combination of attendance math and casting calculus only strengthens its emotional impact which, after a glorious chaotic dance of logistics and emotions, lands with elegant profundity!

    I would love to see it. Or be one of the thousands in it! ”

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