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Robert Alexander Wray

Recommended by Robert Alexander Wray

  • Rainy Night in a Piazza of Stone: a monologue for a dancer by Scott Sickles
    22 Apr. 2023
    “ A wonderfully written piece that dazzles lyrically (and theatrically) but that explores a fearful situation that women way too often find themselves in: being stalked. Scott deftly turns the tables here though, and it exhilarates even as it terrifies ("For the first time since I entered that piazza, one of us is truly, deeply afraid. It is not me.") The dark humor also adds a great deal of richness to the story. Superb! ”
  • Reflections Of A Daydream by John Mabey
    14 Mar. 2023
    “ A beautifully rendered two-hander that keeps its mystery even as it reveals. You come to feel for both Mallory and Evan, mother and son, in ways that defy explanation. Just like some art defies explanation. ”
  • HAMLET'S REVENGE by Martha Patterson
    11 Mar. 2023
    “ A funny and delightful take on all things Hamlet, and two super fun roles for actors. If brevity is the soul of wit, this play proves that axiom and then some. ”
  • The Three Sisters Brontë by Arlene Hutton
    13 Apr. 2022
    “ Gleaming with Chekhovian structure and style, the play--about gender politics, about family, about religion's place in the world, about art, about love--revs its engines in classical form and takes off and soars under the power of its exploration of dreams both dashed and achieved. Reading it was akin to taking in a Dickens novel: Rich characters in a fully realized world with stories told against the backdrop of looming death. That said, it's also funny! This is a play that should be produced asap, and often. ”
  • EULOGY by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    13 Mar. 2022
    “ Powerful, poetic, and not without sardonic humor that helps singe this into one's memory. A gift for any actor of any gender to play. To quote just one line: "She was a force of not nature/but what is wrought when nature/gets ignored." Great piece, great writing. ”
  • THE WHOLE VAMPIRE THING by Charles Scott Jones
    12 Mar. 2022
    “ Bloody brilliant, this. The language soars, the blood spills, and the poetic novelistic originality keeps you hooked and entranced from beginning to end. Terrific on every level, this meta-vampiresque world bites in the best of ways. ”
  • To My Dearest Wife Mary by Christopher Plumridge
    11 Mar. 2022
    “ I can't recommend this piece highly enough, especially for an actor. It pulses through with dark mordant humor and leads you on a wild if sad goose chase for a while before throwing a final satisfying twist at the end. Also poetically rendered as well, which lends it gravitas. Bravo! ”
  • Stickers Over My Eye by Samantha Marchant
    6 Mar. 2022
    “ An imaginative as well as charmingly funny piece about two cursed souls trying to find freedom of sorts. Also very theatrical, even visceral, which makes the fairytale-like action feel real and doubly fun to boot. ”
  • Oh Levels by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    4 Mar. 2022
    “ Wonderfully fun and even informative piece on all things "Oh." The setup is perfect, and the journey that the Professor takes from the beginning of her lecture on the history of the word Oh to the, er, climax, so to speak, is funny and even surprisingly moving. Onwards and Ohwards! ”
  • Breaking the Shakespeare Code by John Minigan
    28 Feb. 2022
    “ A superbly paced study between two lonely people who can only be true with each other via fiction, or in this case, the works of Shakespeare. It's also a rich exploration of power dynamics, not only in the area of archetypal student/teacher matters, but in areas of the heart and unspoken (dangerous) longings. The humor courses throughout as well, which helps us digest the weighty issues of emotion/desire that these two people are grappling with. I can't say enough about the wonders of this play. A gem for two actors, this. ”

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