Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

  • Lee R. Lawing: BLANK GAY PROFILE: A MONOLOGUE

    I have missed reading Wyndham's work very much. Every turn is a surprise and this beautifully executed monologue is no different. What an emotional journey this is for the reader and lucky actor who gets to perform these perfect words. Wyndham has the knack of creating those characters that are so real and this guy is no different and my heart hopes that he finds that love that he wants! Perfect ending. Perfect journey. Thank you for another gem!

    I have missed reading Wyndham's work very much. Every turn is a surprise and this beautifully executed monologue is no different. What an emotional journey this is for the reader and lucky actor who gets to perform these perfect words. Wyndham has the knack of creating those characters that are so real and this guy is no different and my heart hopes that he finds that love that he wants! Perfect ending. Perfect journey. Thank you for another gem!

  • Lee R. Lawing: Masha: Conditions in the Holy Land

    An intense play that tears at one's heart and soul. The unknown pain and suffering of each person we meet is just sometimes overwhelming to think about, and Masha is no different in that she has such pain, but what she decides to do with it is simply devastating. You can understand why this has won awards!

    An intense play that tears at one's heart and soul. The unknown pain and suffering of each person we meet is just sometimes overwhelming to think about, and Masha is no different in that she has such pain, but what she decides to do with it is simply devastating. You can understand why this has won awards!

  • Lee R. Lawing: Swallowed

    Timely and so thrilling and a play that will stick with me for some time. Bublitz holds nothing back in this ten minute thrill ride. The thought of sacrificing yourself for a cause is as heartbreaking as it is terrifying and the terror built and built in this play that inspired me as a writer of what might be possible on the stage.

    Timely and so thrilling and a play that will stick with me for some time. Bublitz holds nothing back in this ten minute thrill ride. The thought of sacrificing yourself for a cause is as heartbreaking as it is terrifying and the terror built and built in this play that inspired me as a writer of what might be possible on the stage.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Marianas Trench (Part One of The Second World Trilogy)

    I had no idea what this play was about when I started it and I am so glad I didn’t. It left me breathless in the that best possible way. What Sickles accomplishes in this masterful tale would take eighty-eight recommendation fields to come close to feeling I have said all I can say with all the things this play does right. And I am left with a hunger to read Parts Two and Three. Masterclass delivered!

    I had no idea what this play was about when I started it and I am so glad I didn’t. It left me breathless in the that best possible way. What Sickles accomplishes in this masterful tale would take eighty-eight recommendation fields to come close to feeling I have said all I can say with all the things this play does right. And I am left with a hunger to read Parts Two and Three. Masterclass delivered!

  • Lee R. Lawing: The Actors

    Wow! When a play hits you hard on so many levels that it leaves you thoughtless and shaken inside with such respect for the masterful writing and story, that is how The Actors hits me. I knew this one would speak to me on a personal level with my Dad gone and missing him, so I knew it would resonate with me, but the fact that I want to run out and ask every theater to produce this play and add it to their season is really what I want to get across in the end with my recommendation. LOVE!

    Wow! When a play hits you hard on so many levels that it leaves you thoughtless and shaken inside with such respect for the masterful writing and story, that is how The Actors hits me. I knew this one would speak to me on a personal level with my Dad gone and missing him, so I knew it would resonate with me, but the fact that I want to run out and ask every theater to produce this play and add it to their season is really what I want to get across in the end with my recommendation. LOVE!

  • Lee R. Lawing: Tis True, Ma (Ten Minute)

    Donnelly's play Tis True, Ma shows us just how much we still have to fight and make the world a better and safer place for everyone. So much has changed in the past 50 years for gay rights and lives, but the sad fact is that there's so many people like Mrs. O'Connor who are out there who need to change and sadly not all of them are 92 years old. The poetry of Donnelly's piece is the emotions it pulls from anger and frustration to love and hope and those I feel will be stronger in the end

    Donnelly's play Tis True, Ma shows us just how much we still have to fight and make the world a better and safer place for everyone. So much has changed in the past 50 years for gay rights and lives, but the sad fact is that there's so many people like Mrs. O'Connor who are out there who need to change and sadly not all of them are 92 years old. The poetry of Donnelly's piece is the emotions it pulls from anger and frustration to love and hope and those I feel will be stronger in the end

  • Lee R. Lawing: Rebel Judy

    This play inspires from the very start with Judy singing "Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries" and its love story which is born upon the shoulders of the Stonewall riots, you come away from Rebel Judy with your heart full of love and your fighting gloves on.

    This play inspires from the very start with Judy singing "Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries" and its love story which is born upon the shoulders of the Stonewall riots, you come away from Rebel Judy with your heart full of love and your fighting gloves on.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Butterfly Wings

    What a powerful and moving monologue that touched my heart so very much. I did not know who Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum were before reading this play and I realized how many untold stories I am so very unaware of-- brave individuals who came before and were able to push the boundaries ever so often and to great effect for all of us who are living now.

    What a powerful and moving monologue that touched my heart so very much. I did not know who Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum were before reading this play and I realized how many untold stories I am so very unaware of-- brave individuals who came before and were able to push the boundaries ever so often and to great effect for all of us who are living now.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Romero and Julianne

    Such a powerful play, which reminds us all of that old adage there but for the grace of God go I. Panganiban does wonders with this short piece and it would be a deserving selection at any ten minute play festival.

    Such a powerful play, which reminds us all of that old adage there but for the grace of God go I. Panganiban does wonders with this short piece and it would be a deserving selection at any ten minute play festival.

  • Lee R. Lawing: ON THE ROOF

    This play had me from the very start and I could not stop reading it at all. I wish I could see the reading in at the end of the month and encourage anyone that is there to go see it. Sometimes you take a journey with a work of literature that is beyond words to say what it meant to you and that is what reading this play did for me--took me on a masterful journey that reminded me of the sacrifice of those who came before me and to appreciate them and always fight to honor them.

    This play had me from the very start and I could not stop reading it at all. I wish I could see the reading in at the end of the month and encourage anyone that is there to go see it. Sometimes you take a journey with a work of literature that is beyond words to say what it meant to you and that is what reading this play did for me--took me on a masterful journey that reminded me of the sacrifice of those who came before me and to appreciate them and always fight to honor them.