Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

  • Lee R. Lawing: I Meant Not to Do It

    There is nothing stronger than a mother's bond with her child and if this mother also is queen, then that bond extends to her subjects, all her children, all her concern. This beautiful piece takes you through the moments after Marie Antoinette's death as she reflects back on all her life which have those golden moments, but all of those moments where she feels like she failed as a mother and as queen and sadly for her those two can never been separated even in death.

    There is nothing stronger than a mother's bond with her child and if this mother also is queen, then that bond extends to her subjects, all her children, all her concern. This beautiful piece takes you through the moments after Marie Antoinette's death as she reflects back on all her life which have those golden moments, but all of those moments where she feels like she failed as a mother and as queen and sadly for her those two can never been separated even in death.

  • Lee R. Lawing: SQUIRRELS

    Just like the Jose Feliciano song, love can come from the most unexpected places and this beautiful monologue speaks volumes about that possibility of just being in a position where you can see it and lean in to it as Pippa does with her neighbor. As she shares her tips of how to manage a garden if you're a beginning gardener, Pippa lays bare her soul of all that comes with love including the initial joy and sadly that loss and the grief that comes from it losing it. You'll never look at gardening the same way! Or squirrels.

    Just like the Jose Feliciano song, love can come from the most unexpected places and this beautiful monologue speaks volumes about that possibility of just being in a position where you can see it and lean in to it as Pippa does with her neighbor. As she shares her tips of how to manage a garden if you're a beginning gardener, Pippa lays bare her soul of all that comes with love including the initial joy and sadly that loss and the grief that comes from it losing it. You'll never look at gardening the same way! Or squirrels.

  • Lee R. Lawing: On This Site in 1782

    We all read those little blurbs in our news that on this date such and such happened. Things that were great or not so great, but just a bit of history to remind us that we have not come as far as we had hoped or thought we had. I love this play and the way Plumridge gives us two plays that happened on a particular site and how in the end, connectivity is something that we depend upon as humans and that connection from our present to the past that will carry us into our futures.

    We all read those little blurbs in our news that on this date such and such happened. Things that were great or not so great, but just a bit of history to remind us that we have not come as far as we had hoped or thought we had. I love this play and the way Plumridge gives us two plays that happened on a particular site and how in the end, connectivity is something that we depend upon as humans and that connection from our present to the past that will carry us into our futures.

  • Lee R. Lawing: OEUF

    Fertility has never been funnier. Do yourself a favor and read this delightful romp and you'll never see it the same again--We all exist with that drive that we are maybe meant for something grander and better in this world and Egatha and Megg certainly feel that way and I can only hope that they succeed in their plan as the world would be so much better off if they do.

    Fertility has never been funnier. Do yourself a favor and read this delightful romp and you'll never see it the same again--We all exist with that drive that we are maybe meant for something grander and better in this world and Egatha and Megg certainly feel that way and I can only hope that they succeed in their plan as the world would be so much better off if they do.

  • Lee R. Lawing: 2:13am (Chapter Six of Every Day a Little Death)

    There is nothing as overwhelming as losing a child and even one that is not fully a child, the idea of that lost is something that could consume you. 2:13am is a play that will sit with you long after you read it.

    There is nothing as overwhelming as losing a child and even one that is not fully a child, the idea of that lost is something that could consume you. 2:13am is a play that will sit with you long after you read it.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Origin Story

    Like an old fashioned radio play with heroines and villains all about the Big Bang Theory, this will have you laughing from start to finish and would make a welcome episode of any of the podcasts out there in this glorious world.

    Like an old fashioned radio play with heroines and villains all about the Big Bang Theory, this will have you laughing from start to finish and would make a welcome episode of any of the podcasts out there in this glorious world.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Screens

    What a lovely tale between a mother and daughter who are able to repair a life time of regrets and sorrows by just taking time to sit together and look back on the journey that brought them to this point in life. Anyone who has an aging parent will want to read this!

    What a lovely tale between a mother and daughter who are able to repair a life time of regrets and sorrows by just taking time to sit together and look back on the journey that brought them to this point in life. Anyone who has an aging parent will want to read this!

  • Lee R. Lawing: The Benefits of Fringe Popularity and Social Invisibility (Playing on the Periphery #6)

    The old saying is that opposites are attracted to one another you can see the benefit of that and also the joy in this delightful play by Scott Sickles where perceptions have gone a long way in keeping certain people at bay from every being able to learn just what type of friend that they could be. Daphne has discovered something special about Zoey that the other girls have not seen or won't see and how grand is that discovery for young lgbtq kids to see this onstage as just another bit of the unordinary becoming ordinary.

    The old saying is that opposites are attracted to one another you can see the benefit of that and also the joy in this delightful play by Scott Sickles where perceptions have gone a long way in keeping certain people at bay from every being able to learn just what type of friend that they could be. Daphne has discovered something special about Zoey that the other girls have not seen or won't see and how grand is that discovery for young lgbtq kids to see this onstage as just another bit of the unordinary becoming ordinary.

  • Lee R. Lawing: armchAIr critic

    A writer's dreams exist in a fragile state of mind to begin with, and if, like Emily, we are fortunate enough to have anything produced where there might be a review, I feel we would all need to hope that our super power is a tough skin when the reviews come out. They say A.I. will take over everything about our current lives and leave us all useless unwanted and that just may be, but until then, I hope that we have plays as funny and dare I say terrifying as "armchAIr critic" by Debra A. Cole to read

    A writer's dreams exist in a fragile state of mind to begin with, and if, like Emily, we are fortunate enough to have anything produced where there might be a review, I feel we would all need to hope that our super power is a tough skin when the reviews come out. They say A.I. will take over everything about our current lives and leave us all useless unwanted and that just may be, but until then, I hope that we have plays as funny and dare I say terrifying as "armchAIr critic" by Debra A. Cole to read

  • Lee R. Lawing: THE MAGICAL COINS - 10-Minute, Papa invites Tommy to join the magical world of coin stories

    This play resonated with me a lot because like so many parents, my child loved collecting coins and reading about them and there is so much truth in that for us the magic came in sharing that time together and seeking, in our opinions, our favorite coins or one that meant the most to me. This play offers up that connection between a father and a son and the journey they take together into other times and places and all brought about by the that simple and round object.

    This play resonated with me a lot because like so many parents, my child loved collecting coins and reading about them and there is so much truth in that for us the magic came in sharing that time together and seeking, in our opinions, our favorite coins or one that meant the most to me. This play offers up that connection between a father and a son and the journey they take together into other times and places and all brought about by the that simple and round object.