Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

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    Grief can certainly tear you apart and in this powerful short play, Loftus gives us the beginning of one person's journey in Ivey who, at the beginning of the play is not ready to begin it, but by the end, we see her starting to gain a little glimmer of light in all the darkness that had settled over her up until then.

    Grief can certainly tear you apart and in this powerful short play, Loftus gives us the beginning of one person's journey in Ivey who, at the beginning of the play is not ready to begin it, but by the end, we see her starting to gain a little glimmer of light in all the darkness that had settled over her up until then.

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    Such a beautiful ode to the birth of an artist proving that inspiration can come from anything at any time. Love the end where Charis frames up the world in front of them as the black out occurs.

    Such a beautiful ode to the birth of an artist proving that inspiration can come from anything at any time. Love the end where Charis frames up the world in front of them as the black out occurs.

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    Something that no child should ever have to face and sadly it is all too real in today's world and headlines. Joey is a child who will break your heart as they recount all that they will never know about their mother or all of those things she will never know about them.

    Something that no child should ever have to face and sadly it is all too real in today's world and headlines. Joey is a child who will break your heart as they recount all that they will never know about their mother or all of those things she will never know about them.

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    Small town America in the 1970s is such a rich vein to tap into and "High Fidelity" certainly takes advantage of that feeling of innocence where everyone knows your name and is looking after your well being in that best of ways. Loftus plays well with the set-up and then makes you feel so much emotion about Frank and Leonard and the relationship that they have and just how fragile it has been becoming until you realize that fragility's opposing side is strength and perseverance.

    Small town America in the 1970s is such a rich vein to tap into and "High Fidelity" certainly takes advantage of that feeling of innocence where everyone knows your name and is looking after your well being in that best of ways. Loftus plays well with the set-up and then makes you feel so much emotion about Frank and Leonard and the relationship that they have and just how fragile it has been becoming until you realize that fragility's opposing side is strength and perseverance.

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    From the very first word until the last, we are so caught up with this one woman's story as she realize that if not for being banished from her own village that she would not have wound up safely upon the top of Mount Ararat. After the flood waters are receding, she thinks maybe that she has died until the sign that God had set for everyone on the ark, appears, and she is thankful for the path she had been sent on before the rains came because how many of us get that second chance like she did.

    From the very first word until the last, we are so caught up with this one woman's story as she realize that if not for being banished from her own village that she would not have wound up safely upon the top of Mount Ararat. After the flood waters are receding, she thinks maybe that she has died until the sign that God had set for everyone on the ark, appears, and she is thankful for the path she had been sent on before the rains came because how many of us get that second chance like she did.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Santa Noir by Morey Norkin
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    Inspiration can come at any moment or any time but this funny take on the Christmas Carol will delight any of those writers who wish for such visitations at night by three ghosts of inspiration or wish that they maybe didn't have such a rich Christmas dinner right before bedtime. Either way, Norkin has gifted us with bit of yule noir and that is something you never want to return.

    Inspiration can come at any moment or any time but this funny take on the Christmas Carol will delight any of those writers who wish for such visitations at night by three ghosts of inspiration or wish that they maybe didn't have such a rich Christmas dinner right before bedtime. Either way, Norkin has gifted us with bit of yule noir and that is something you never want to return.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: Twisted Dagger Retreat by Kim E. Ruyle
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    There has not been a better set-up than the one that Kim E. Ruyle gives us with "Twister Dagger Retreat" where a group of mystery writers all gather on an isolated island at the invitation of a famous author and where a murder may or may not have been committed. The mystery is at a heightened level as the fragile egos of each of the guests are exposed and pitted against one another for a prize that only one can walk away with by end of the long and dangerous weekend.

    There has not been a better set-up than the one that Kim E. Ruyle gives us with "Twister Dagger Retreat" where a group of mystery writers all gather on an isolated island at the invitation of a famous author and where a murder may or may not have been committed. The mystery is at a heightened level as the fragile egos of each of the guests are exposed and pitted against one another for a prize that only one can walk away with by end of the long and dangerous weekend.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: THE DEFENESTRATION OF FROGS (TWO-MINUTE PLAY) by Adam Richter
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    Sometimes we need to stand up and fight for the cause, but it does help to read up on said cause and also before your final act of defiance to check in with the villain because he just may have a story you should hear out completely before you hit play on your liberation scheme. This play is funny and says so much in such a short time.

    Sometimes we need to stand up and fight for the cause, but it does help to read up on said cause and also before your final act of defiance to check in with the villain because he just may have a story you should hear out completely before you hit play on your liberation scheme. This play is funny and says so much in such a short time.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: THE FIRST CONSTITUTION LOTTERY [A 1-MINUTE SATIRICAL MONOLOGUE] by Steven G. Martin
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    We all say that it's not going to happen to us and then we talk about other times it did happen to people and the sad thing is that is happening now and this play points that out. Steve's humor is one that I appreciate in his writing and this hits so direct and with sure aim, we can only hope that this future is one we can all fight against and stop.

    We all say that it's not going to happen to us and then we talk about other times it did happen to people and the sad thing is that is happening now and this play points that out. Steve's humor is one that I appreciate in his writing and this hits so direct and with sure aim, we can only hope that this future is one we can all fight against and stop.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: Whoa! (a monologue) by Scott Sickles
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    Such a funny and so very touching monologue which makes it clear just how important it is to keep discovering things about ourselves and others at every turn we can. We all deserve that special someone and if you can just be open to all possibilities, that may come in the most unexpected of places and situations.

    Such a funny and so very touching monologue which makes it clear just how important it is to keep discovering things about ourselves and others at every turn we can. We all deserve that special someone and if you can just be open to all possibilities, that may come in the most unexpected of places and situations.

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