Recommended by Martha Patterson

  • Bad Thing
    19 Sep. 2021
    An exceedingly moving drama about two brothers on a car ride to the doctor, and one of the brothers is developmentally disabled. The play does have some humor, but most of all it's sad and displays lots of empathy for both characters. Well done, Mark Cornell.
  • Top Shelf Tolstoy
    19 Sep. 2021
    A fun play about a library that serves up liquor instead of the classics. I loved the line from one of the library employees, "None of my business if you want to load up early." It made me laugh! Max Gill has done well with a bookish theme.
  • The Queen Searches
    17 Sep. 2021
    A rollicking story of the Royal Court, using heightened language, in which the Queen's dogs have gone missing. With much reference to a courtier's "shapely legs," this is a fun play for any age.
  • An Appreciation
    17 Sep. 2021
    What does a Creator have, when everyone mercilessly criticizes his work?...then we find out the "work" is the audience itself! A very amusing play on the theme of art appreciation.
  • Abandonment [a 1-minute play]
    17 Sep. 2021
    Hugh, clutching a well-worn Bible, needs to know if God really loves him - a touching, very short script about insecurity with the Divine.
  • HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS
    17 Sep. 2021
    A very strange and funny play about Darko's (or is it Daniel?) new girlfriend Jezzie telling travel writer Mandu how she met her Bugs-Bunny-dressed boyfriend. Weird and wondrous, and I liked the set description of the rooftop of a Manhattan apartment: "Plastic chairs, table, suntan lotion, fat paperback novels."
  • How Do You Fall Out Of Love With Country Music?
    17 Sep. 2021
    A lovely piece about an East Indian woman who dreams of being a country music musician...and in the meanwhile we hear about George Jones painting the letters "KKK" on Charley Pride's car, even though they were supposedly friends, and the wonders of pedal steel guitar. A short, moving monologue about dreams.
  • The Last Bride Of Ansbruk Village
    6 Sep. 2021
    A sad play...starts off lovely and romantic and ends rather soberly and grim. I liked the tightness of the dialogue as well as the effective change of scene in the middle of the play. Stage directions are well done.
  • Woo Like a King (5 minutes)
    6 Sep. 2021
    With heightened language true to Shakespeare, this is a very cool, very short drama about Richard III convincing Henry V that he can win over his lady. I especially enjoyed the play's use of some of Shakespeare's own, familiar words, and its brevity.
  • CAT! Or How Hot Is That Roof?
    6 Sep. 2021
    A fun, lewd spoof of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. As I read, I was picturing Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in the roles of the spatting wife and husband. There's even a stage fight between "Kitty" ("Maggie" in the original play) and her sister-in-law. And the character of "Brick" is re-named "Prick." Entertaining!

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