Recommended by Seth Rozin

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    This play could not be more prophetic, while also being a wonderfully rich, dynamic and moving story. We produced the first production, as part of an NNPN Rolling World Premiere in March/April 2024, and it ended up being our best-selling show ever. Set against a truly unimaginable, and yet somehow very real America in the not to distant future, the play is filled with heart, humor and a little bit of magic.

    This play could not be more prophetic, while also being a wonderfully rich, dynamic and moving story. We produced the first production, as part of an NNPN Rolling World Premiere in March/April 2024, and it ended up being our best-selling show ever. Set against a truly unimaginable, and yet somehow very real America in the not to distant future, the play is filled with heart, humor and a little bit of magic.

  • Rift

    by Gabriel Jason Dean

    RIFT is exceptionally deep, timely, intellectually and emotionally engaging. InterAct produced the second production, as part of an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, which I directed, and we had our two actors switch roles every other performance, as the play intends. It was one of the most successful shows in our history, garnering tremendous audience response. Over 90 patrons returned to see the show a second time with the actors in opposite roles and they uniformly found the play even more rewarding.

    RIFT is exceptionally deep, timely, intellectually and emotionally engaging. InterAct produced the second production, as part of an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, which I directed, and we had our two actors switch roles every other performance, as the play intends. It was one of the most successful shows in our history, garnering tremendous audience response. Over 90 patrons returned to see the show a second time with the actors in opposite roles and they uniformly found the play even more rewarding.

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    Years after reading this play, it has stuck with me for many reasons. First, it depicts characters and circumstances we rarely, if ever, see on stage. Second, it offers a dynamic blend of the personal and political, as the characters grapple with war-related trauma and shame, while navigating the challenges of finding (and holding onto) deep human connections. And third, the world of the play is both intensely intimate and wonderfully theatrical. A truly gripping piece of theatre.

    Years after reading this play, it has stuck with me for many reasons. First, it depicts characters and circumstances we rarely, if ever, see on stage. Second, it offers a dynamic blend of the personal and political, as the characters grapple with war-related trauma and shame, while navigating the challenges of finding (and holding onto) deep human connections. And third, the world of the play is both intensely intimate and wonderfully theatrical. A truly gripping piece of theatre.

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    This is a very compelling and refreshingly theatrical story about people we don't tend to hear about in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Based on the playwright's own life growing up with a mother who became an activist, COMMITTED is at once important for what it reveals from a historical perspective, but also a story that illuminates the special bond between a mother, who suffers through several personal, physical and political calamities, and her devoted son, who is determined to support and honor her.

    This is a very compelling and refreshingly theatrical story about people we don't tend to hear about in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Based on the playwright's own life growing up with a mother who became an activist, COMMITTED is at once important for what it reveals from a historical perspective, but also a story that illuminates the special bond between a mother, who suffers through several personal, physical and political calamities, and her devoted son, who is determined to support and honor her.

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    I was so taken with this play that I moved pretty quickly to secure the rights to produce it as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. It is at once wonderfully theatrical and deeply human, juxtaposing the highly secular world of American academia and college sports with the incredibly private and personal life of a Muslim mother and daughter. Rich with characters and conflicts that we rarely, if ever, see on stage.

    I was so taken with this play that I moved pretty quickly to secure the rights to produce it as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. It is at once wonderfully theatrical and deeply human, juxtaposing the highly secular world of American academia and college sports with the incredibly private and personal life of a Muslim mother and daughter. Rich with characters and conflicts that we rarely, if ever, see on stage.

  • Seth Rozin: Leon's Dictionary by Stephanie Satie
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    I found this play to be very well-written, with five vividly detailed characters, and deeply explored themes of emigration and the conflicting attitudes of hope, desperation and paralysis. I read this prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and it felt resonant and relevant then; now it is scarily so.

    I found this play to be very well-written, with five vividly detailed characters, and deeply explored themes of emigration and the conflicting attitudes of hope, desperation and paralysis. I read this prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and it felt resonant and relevant then; now it is scarily so.

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  • Seth Rozin: All Our Yesterdays by Chloé Hung
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    This is a powerful and moving two-hander with great roles for two young actresses. While the subject matter is far from light -- a portrait of two Nigerian sisters kidnapped by Boko Haram -- the play is also about hope, family, the value of education.

    This is a powerful and moving two-hander with great roles for two young actresses. While the subject matter is far from light -- a portrait of two Nigerian sisters kidnapped by Boko Haram -- the play is also about hope, family, the value of education.

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  • Seth Rozin: White Pearl by Anchuli Felicia King
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    This play jumped off the page for me for many reasons: (1) The world of the play -- a Singapore-based international cosmetics company -- is unique; (2) the 7-person cast includes six wonderfully delineated women from different Asian backgrounds; (3) it explores racism and the impact of colonialism from fresh, new, non-Western perspectives; and (4) it's genuinely engaging, entertaining, provocative and FUNNY!

    This play jumped off the page for me for many reasons: (1) The world of the play -- a Singapore-based international cosmetics company -- is unique; (2) the 7-person cast includes six wonderfully delineated women from different Asian backgrounds; (3) it explores racism and the impact of colonialism from fresh, new, non-Western perspectives; and (4) it's genuinely engaging, entertaining, provocative and FUNNY!

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  • Seth Rozin: Without Consent by David Robson
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    I've read most of David's plays, and produced two, and I think Without Consent represents some of his best writing. Two strong characters locked in a room with high stakes is always a winner for me, and Without Consent does not disappoint. Timely, incisive and easy to produce, with great roles for two powerhouse actresses.

    I've read most of David's plays, and produced two, and I think Without Consent represents some of his best writing. Two strong characters locked in a room with high stakes is always a winner for me, and Without Consent does not disappoint. Timely, incisive and easy to produce, with great roles for two powerhouse actresses.

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  • Seth Rozin: Man Measures Man by David Robson
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    InterAct Theatre Company premiered this play in 2001 and I remain very compelled by the story. The play artfully preys on its audience the way that the young, traumatized refugee preys on the two well-meaning doctors. Sort of a cross between M*A*S*H and Primal Fear, but set in Bosnia...and a play.

    InterAct Theatre Company premiered this play in 2001 and I remain very compelled by the story. The play artfully preys on its audience the way that the young, traumatized refugee preys on the two well-meaning doctors. Sort of a cross between M*A*S*H and Primal Fear, but set in Bosnia...and a play.

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