Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

Wow! If we only had such words as we were maturing to be the person that we hoped to be. This play will resonate for anyone and there were so many gems through out, but I was especially drawn to never underestimating a haircut. A-People!

As I was reading this I was like, wow, why hasn't anyone else ever put these two fascinating characters in the same play. I'm just happy did that Lermond did as it makes for a funny and entertaining and thought-provoking play.

Like a great work of literature that you do not want to end, you keep reading the third part of Sickles brilliant trilogy wanting just that, for this to not be the concluding chapter. As epic as this third play is, that word doesn't do total justice when writing this recommendation. A love story for the new ages and one that will still play with such empathy today, tomorrow and well into the future it represents. The Second World Trilogy offers up a cry for change with heroes that stand up proudly for their dying world and love.

Animal loves will warm to this monologue very much. We probably all add dialogue in our day to day interactions with our beloved pets and Hansen sums up this moment of time with such tenderness and hope that you want to adopt this stray immediately.

I've only spent one night in Detroit and that was because I missed a connecting flight and had to catch a new one out the next morning. After reading Into the D, I wish I could have had a journey like Goldie of Oxford. I love new takes on the fairy tales and Floyd breathes so much humor and funny lines into this one that I feel that I have discovered all the beauty that Detroit has to offer and can be a beacon of light for this great city with the little bit of spirit now inside me.

Most takes on "The Happiest Place on Earth" usually are about the how un-happy the people who work there are, for various reasons. Cathleen and Rebekah are two examples of circus employees, this time clowns, who show us both sides of the time spectrum. Rebekah is a life whose dreams died with each paycheck and Cathleen not quite there and who dreams of another life elsewhere. Floyd's has dealt us a sharp and insightful tale about never giving up on your dreams even if you've grown accustomed to the smile that's painted on your face.

A cry for change from an owl who has seen change through their opened eyes and seen the atrocities that they have committed and the world has committed, but in this one brief moment they see the way it should be about although they are just one owl in the world, if only all the other owls could see what they are seeing and then the cutting truth that occurs at the end of the monologue where the laws of the jungle sometimes win over an enlightened soul.

Who could resist a play with a character named Evinrude or Ghlamping as a title? This was a very silly funfest that took a turn I didn't see coming and it was so delightful for me to see this side of Sickles. I always appreciate his work and humor and continue to be amazed by each play I read.

What a play! Scary as hell it pretty much sums up the way we were all feeling when Covid started, as if we were slowly being stalked and taken down one by one by an unseen horror.

Heard this read on Writer's Block Radio Hour and it was so well performed by the actors. Sisters have such a deep bond and that continues in the afterlife with Evie and Ella as they set off on a little adventure. I could see an entire series of mysteries with these two specters.