Recommended by Donna Hoke

  • Donna Hoke: A Complicated Hope by John Mabey
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    What if the person who understands your grief the most is somebody you don't even want to be in the same room with? John tackles this question with moving humor and truth. Just lovely.

    What if the person who understands your grief the most is somebody you don't even want to be in the same room with? John tackles this question with moving humor and truth. Just lovely.

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  • Donna Hoke: PRACTICE HOUSE by Rachael Carnes
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    Razor-precise characters inhabit a frightening historical dystopia. Rich with language and subtext, this play illustrates how precedence makes it all too easy to repeat history--but at what cost?

    Razor-precise characters inhabit a frightening historical dystopia. Rich with language and subtext, this play illustrates how precedence makes it all too easy to repeat history--but at what cost?

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  • Donna Hoke: Sapience by Diana Burbano
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    So many big questions wrapped in a gorgeous package that celebrates difference while underscoring the universal need to connect. This play deserves all the attention it's getting!

    So many big questions wrapped in a gorgeous package that celebrates difference while underscoring the universal need to connect. This play deserves all the attention it's getting!

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  • Donna Hoke: Tiny Empty Nest by David Beardsley
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    A highly theatrical comedy with laugh-out loud dialogue, TINY EMPTY NEST is that rare piece that gives older actors roles of substance. Relatable and poignant, this three-hander also will thrill your design team!

    A highly theatrical comedy with laugh-out loud dialogue, TINY EMPTY NEST is that rare piece that gives older actors roles of substance. Relatable and poignant, this three-hander also will thrill your design team!

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  • Donna Hoke: WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
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    I finally got a chance to see this play and it was worth waiting for, but it was busting from the small screen, demanding to be given all the theatricality intended. I can't imagine the impact it would have fully alive on stage! The play covers so much ground, which only makes it painfully apparent how much ground there is to cover and how little progress we've really made in doing that. It's still available to watch; do it!

    I finally got a chance to see this play and it was worth waiting for, but it was busting from the small screen, demanding to be given all the theatricality intended. I can't imagine the impact it would have fully alive on stage! The play covers so much ground, which only makes it painfully apparent how much ground there is to cover and how little progress we've really made in doing that. It's still available to watch; do it!

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  • Donna Hoke: The Profession (Full-length play) by Marcia Eppich-Harris
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    A wonderfully wrought play about the decline of the humanities (sad face) and humanity, a brew of hypocrisy, dubious morality, and patriarchal double standards that plays out in the perfect location: a struggling academic institution. Eppich-Harris clearly knows the world she's writing about, and Valerie's turmoil is heartbreakingly real.

    A wonderfully wrought play about the decline of the humanities (sad face) and humanity, a brew of hypocrisy, dubious morality, and patriarchal double standards that plays out in the perfect location: a struggling academic institution. Eppich-Harris clearly knows the world she's writing about, and Valerie's turmoil is heartbreakingly real.

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  • Donna Hoke: What Doesn't Kill Us by Dan Remmes
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    This play is delightful especially in the way it deals with the most deepest questions with the lightest hand. Such a fun read but not without substance. Bravo!

    This play is delightful especially in the way it deals with the most deepest questions with the lightest hand. Such a fun read but not without substance. Bravo!

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  • Donna Hoke: Ricky and Ready by Colleen O'Doherty
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    OMG this play. So beautiful, smart, moving, and real. Highly recommend!

    OMG this play. So beautiful, smart, moving, and real. Highly recommend!

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  • Donna Hoke: Branwell (and the other Brontes): an autobiography edited by Charlotte Bronte by Stephen Kaplan
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    This play has everything going for it: great female roles, familiar people, relentlessly astounding theatricality, great story, humor, playfulness, and poignancy. Once this gets on the school/college and community theater circuit, it may never leave!

    This play has everything going for it: great female roles, familiar people, relentlessly astounding theatricality, great story, humor, playfulness, and poignancy. Once this gets on the school/college and community theater circuit, it may never leave!

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  • Donna Hoke: Beatrix Potter Must Die! by Patrick Gabridge
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    Had the privilege of hearing some college students perform this one and now I understand why it's gotten so much attention! It's a great premise with lots of laughs that will no doubt continue to have long life because it's so classic. And how many plays can you tag with "Victorian Comedy"?

    Had the privilege of hearing some college students perform this one and now I understand why it's gotten so much attention! It's a great premise with lots of laughs that will no doubt continue to have long life because it's so classic. And how many plays can you tag with "Victorian Comedy"?

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