Recommended by Jake Lewis

  • Jake Lewis: The Berenstain Bearadox by David Lipschutz
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    As a child of the 80s and someone who has all the BerenSTEIN Bear books, it felt like a conversation I might have with my own kids (and myself). Lipschutz conveys an entire arc of a story in a minute, with humor and heart.

    As a child of the 80s and someone who has all the BerenSTEIN Bear books, it felt like a conversation I might have with my own kids (and myself). Lipschutz conveys an entire arc of a story in a minute, with humor and heart.

    ”
  • Jake Lewis: Waiting Room by Philip Kaplan
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    Instead of spouting needless exposition over many pages, Kaplan tells a story that is all-too relevant in our times, but without being in our face about the greater message.

    Instead of spouting needless exposition over many pages, Kaplan tells a story that is all-too relevant in our times, but without being in our face about the greater message.

    ”
  • Jake Lewis: Every Seven Minutes by Ken Preuss
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    I was fortunate to be in this show last year, and was amazed at its deftness at originality and range of emotion. A clever premise evolves into a larger story about Fate and one's responsbility to their fellow man. Heady stuff, sure, but Preuss attacks it with gusto and heart. What a gift to theatre!

    I was fortunate to be in this show last year, and was amazed at its deftness at originality and range of emotion. A clever premise evolves into a larger story about Fate and one's responsbility to their fellow man. Heady stuff, sure, but Preuss attacks it with gusto and heart. What a gift to theatre!

    ”
  • Jake Lewis: A Bedtime Story by Greg Hovanesian
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    I directed this play approximately 1.5 years ago, and even now the writing still sticks with me. One of the ways you know this is a great work is that it continues to gain dimension with each successive read. For a director, that's a remarkable feat; a living, growing thing, not just words on a page. Further, there are so many different ways to take this story that has one of my favorite storytelling frames: magical realism. As a playwright myself, it's the kind of show I wish I'd written.

    I directed this play approximately 1.5 years ago, and even now the writing still sticks with me. One of the ways you know this is a great work is that it continues to gain dimension with each successive read. For a director, that's a remarkable feat; a living, growing thing, not just words on a page. Further, there are so many different ways to take this story that has one of my favorite storytelling frames: magical realism. As a playwright myself, it's the kind of show I wish I'd written.

    ”