Recommended by Marjorie Bicknell

  • Tennessee Wet Rub
    19 Jul. 2022
    Kim Ruyle starts to tell a story you think you know. A story about backwoods folk who are stuck fast to their bible, their superstitions, their traditions and their prejudices. But then he throws one delicious curve after another to introduce you to people who discover they are capable of change, capable of growth and capable of forming friendship and finding love in the most unexpected ways. A real charmer from start to finish. Highly recommended.
  • It's Not Blood
    17 Oct. 2021
    A "lucky" quarter covered in red paint, or nail polish from a hooker, but not blood - definitely not blood - symbolizes a family's military legacy and the ultimate fate of the youngest of three brothers.. On the day of his funeral, the older brothers reflect on their past, their family ties and legacy that binds them together, consider their future and made the decision they seem sadly fated to make. A stunner!
  • Maeve's Camellia
    17 Oct. 2021
    Maeve and Rob are more than a little nervous on their first date, but not too nervous to act on their obvious attraction for each other ... so they get the cart before the horse ... and really get to know each other after they get intimate! It's sweet play in which two people learn to let down their guard and see the other for who he - and she - is. A lovely read with engagingly real characters. Truly enjoyable.
  • Consider
    27 Sep. 2021
    Oh my! What a lot of twists Rachel Feeny-Williams crams into five short pages. This play starts with a simple revenge plot, but just when you think you know where it's going she forces you to consider everything from a new perspective. A ton of fun that gives you a lot to consider.
  • SCARS - a monologue
    27 Sep. 2021
    Letting go is hard. Being pulled apart by forces you can't control is harder still. That's what Marj O'Neill-Butler does so well in this deceptively simple piece. By keeping the writing, clean, simple and descriptive, she allows the audience to feel the woman's pain. There is no sentimentality here, just power.
  • Your Gaze (a monologue)
    27 Sep. 2021
    Oh the terror of love - especially when you feel unworthy of that love! It's so easy to believe it can be taken away, which makes it so necessary and yet so terrifying. Scott captures this perfectly with ME, a person who's ADHD makes it impossible to keep his thoughts and fears silent. An indelible two minutes. Highly receommended.
  • These Eyes (a monologue)
    27 Sep. 2021
    Things that are broken and mended are often much stronger afterwards. Scott Sickles paints a blunt - and painful - picture of how hard it is to be different, and eventually how beautiful. A very heartfelt and personal monologue.
  • Ghost Vacuum (a (Zoom) monologue)
    27 Sep. 2021
    An elegy on loneliness, longing, regret and hope. I cried on the first reading, and on the second, too. Lovely! Highly recommended.
  • NELL DASH, The Gruesomely Merry Adventures Of An Irrepressibly Sensible Capitalist With A Vengeance
    6 Sep. 2021
    How many characters from British Literature can you cram into one dizzyingly hilarious play? I don't know because I lost count. But it doesn't matter because this amazingly funny spoof keeps tearing along delivering laughs and surprises page after page. I'll never pick up Dickens, or Austen or John Gay without a chuckle or ten. So looking forward to seeing this play on stage!
  • TRICK OR TREAT - MONOLOGUE
    2 Sep. 2021
    Every neighborhood has it's "haunted house" and it's "witch". This monologue so reminded me of my own childhood and being told to "stay away" from a certain spot. I enjoyed the way the adult in this monologue became so invested in his childhood, the humor that comes from the situation and oh! my! the trick at the end was absolutely priceless! A tour-de-force for some lucky actor.

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