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Stephen Kaplan

Recommended by Stephen Kaplan

  • MLM is for Murder (Or, Your Side Hustle is Killing Us) by John Bavoso
    24 Dec. 2019
    “ Bavoso captures our fascination with true crime podcasts and why killers may do the things they do while satirically skewering the high stakes world of direct sales (or MLM). But he's up to something deeper as he shows us how we can all find ourselves stuck in a world where work can quickly overwhelm our life. Dark and also very funny. ”
  • Call My Dead Wife by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons
    12 Dec. 2019
    “ What a joy to read a simply entertaining and buoyant piece with delightful characters while being fully set in a mortuary! Juicy parts for actors to explore and a play that an audience would fully enjoy. ”
  • Babel by Jacqueline Goldfinger
    9 Dec. 2019
    “ Provocative and very scarily possible to imagine the events Goldfinger writes about occurring. The play brings into question our ever-growing desire to create a perfect society and what would happen if we actually could. Told with a dark but simultaneously comedic and sympathetic tone, this play pushes all the right buttons. ”
  • MISFIT, AMERICA by Nelson Diaz-Marcano
    30 Nov. 2019
    “ What a gorgeous piece of work. An epic and beautiful play that incorporates magic realism alongside the mythos of the American West and mixes the poetic with the profane and surprises with every turn. Diaz-Marcano highlights characters that are seldom seen on stage and they are so so welcome here. I loved getting to spend time with each and every one of them. ”
  • Songbird by Rachel Luann Strayer
    29 Nov. 2019
    “ A beautifully written piece that finds the conflict in and power of silence. Intricately layered and nuanced with very strong roles for women. The mystery that lies behind Jess' silence keeps the audience invested as does the emotional connection between sisters, friends, and strangers as well. ”
  • ROOM 27 by Greg Burdick
    29 Nov. 2019
    “ Sartre said that hell is other people - imagine if those other people were rock stars whose partying and destructive behavior led them to die at the same age, 27. Burdick takes this ingenious existential premise and imagines the conversations between some of the most notorious rockers of the past 50 years while simultaneously finding their humanity. A super creative, enjoyable, and thought-provoking one-act that entertains and inspires. ”
  • Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library by Jenny Lyn Bader
    13 Nov. 2019
    “ I saw this play in its production at Luna Stage and it was wonderful. Riveting, topical, fascinating, haunting...a story that needs to be told and Bader's command of the language and tension throughout is masterful. Wonderful roles for all three actors and very easy to produce. The audience was incredibly diverse and every person was on the edge of their seats and the discussion continued after the final curtain. ”
  • Queen of Sad Mischance by John Minigan
    31 Oct. 2019
    “ Fantastically thought provoking and manages to be both highly emotional and intellectual. I love a play that hits me on so many different levels and this piece does so beautifully. Three nuanced and heartbreakingly human characters dealing with the highly complicated and layered world of academia. Would love to see this produced. ”
  • THE WORLD'S WORST THEATERGOER: THE WORLD'S WORST MONOLOGUE by Asher Wyndham
    13 Aug. 2019
    “ This would be a FANTASTIC curtain opener/warmer for any evening of comedies (or anything for that matter) - heck, forego the curtain speech reminding people to turn off cell phones and unwrap candy and just do this instead! A meaty and hilarious piece for any actor to sink their teeth into and a delight for any audience who gets to watch. ”
  • That Kind of Boy [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
    13 Aug. 2019
    “ Such a lovely play. In such a short amount of time it finds a way to surprise and delight the audience and, as one of the final stage directions states, you leave it feeling "all is well," which is how it should be. ”

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