Recommended by Scott Sickles

  • Madness (a monologue)
    1 Jun. 2022
    O Renfield, my Renfield!

    What a lovely peek into the madness of literature and cinema’s most mentally dismantled sidekick. There’s an unholy loneliness in just how disposable this Renfield knows he is. It’s a terrible awareness made even sadder by doubt. Lawing resonates his futility and isolation by using howling as a kind of emotional echolocation. He’s given his Renfield immortality in my heart.
  • Childhood Home
    31 May. 2022
    What beautiful snapshot. Instead of capturing a mere moment, Cole gives us a combination pinpoint panorama that’s as deep and complex beneath the surface as it is simple to the naked eye.
  • Father of the Dead
    29 May. 2022
    Pitch black and pitch perfect, Floyd-Priskorn has fashioned a wonderfully ill-equipped pater for the apocalypse! The kind of dad who, even during a zombie encroachment, can always give his kids a reason to run from him. The circumstances evolve into a lovely discovery and twist by the end of its sixty seconds. Great fun!!!
  • Eden 2
    29 May. 2022
    Delightful characters, classic sci-fi tropes, and big ideas made buoyant by a very fun wit! This take on the alpha, the omega, and the omnipotent will make audiences laugh and think, while keeping them on the edge of their seats.
  • SAWZALL SCREW UP ( a one minute monologue)
    29 May. 2022
    One can never underestimate the importance of a sturdy pelvic floor. Men sadly pay little attention to this, and Lermond’s dissatisfied consumer - a man - has no idea how blessed he is by this misfortune of shipping and handling. A hilarious sendup of customer service and unserviced customers!
  • SUPER ... NATURAL ( a one minute monologue )
    29 May. 2022
    The course of true love never does run smoothly especially after you’ve been married forever and there’s still only one damn TV. Fortunately, Lermond has created an antidote for the extramarital celebrity crush that even streaming video can’t outmaneuver. As usual, when the enemy is digital, the best solutions are analog!
  • Nine Miles to Maryville
    28 May. 2022
    Never afraid to plunge into darkness to see if he can find even the smallest bit of light, Swenson dares to create the most elusive of magical, mythical creatures: a republican-senator-who-almost-starts-to-have-the-beginnings-of-a-conscience-maybe. There are chinks in the senator’s armor as the cumulative death toll of the violence his corruption has wrought begins to sink in. Dichotomous to the conversation with his ruthlessly direct wife, Senator Bobby Jenkin’s decent into the madness of decency is grippingly paced and sets up the plays climax beautifully. A masterful piece of political theater.
  • Midnight Mass (Monologue)
    27 May. 2022
    In one page, Donnelly accomplishes what (the very fine) BOYS OF ST VINCENT does over two movies. The violation of childhood, how it imprints on a soul forever, derails lives, festering until... boom.

    The moment of clarity depicted here, even as it wanes back into a fog, is vivid and powerful.
  • Saint Sonofabitch
    27 May. 2022
    The generalities are so specific, the characterizations so clear, Carbajal has fashioned an indictment of capitalists that plays like a one-page CITIZEN KANE!
  • Never No More
    26 May. 2022
    Sometimes, the best setting for a Zoom play is a Zoom call. It certainly gives the narrative a home court advantage. Loewenstern uses that advantage to great potential!

    I've seen two interpretations of this piece: one dark and brooding, with life and death stakes relying on whether or not a two-person exchange could be considered a "party", and another lighter version where isolation and the need to connect were masked underneath an awkward yet sweet partier-vs-wallflower dynamic. Whether you believe she's a Dionysian goddess or a well-read free spirit, it's a powerful tale with a great heart.

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