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Doug DeVita

Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • PARTNER OF — by Rachael Carnes
    7 Sep. 2019
    “ Short, but stunningly constructed and filled with rich detail and heartbreaking depth. It haunts for days after reading it, becoming even richer and deeper with time. I'm sorry I missed the recent production at Sam French, but I'm sure I'll be seeing it in another production soon. ”
  • Spitting In The Face Of The Devil by Bob Brader
    6 Sep. 2019
    “ This play gobsmacked me when I saw it at the NY Fringe Festival, and gobsmacked me again when I recently re-read it. A stunning work of triumph over the unthinkable horrors of bad parenting, often harrowing, often funny, and always, always moving. Bravo again, Bob. Bravo. ”
  • Contagion by Shaun Fauntleroy
    6 Sep. 2019
    “ Shaun Fauntleroy takes a look at casual, everyday racism as filtered through the lens of writers working on a pilot for a new HBO series. She looks with daggers in her eyes, and then proceeds to decimate the tangled knottiness of her subject matter (and her genially agreeable characters) with nothing more than incisive, unsparing, yet absolutely hilarious honesty. IMHO: a perfect 10, and sure ratings winner. ”
  • The Rapping by Eytan Deray
    4 Sep. 2019
    “ Nifty, funny, terrifying thriller, perfect for the Halloween season. ”
  • Intellectuals by Scott Sickles
    4 Sep. 2019
    “ In Scott Sickles’ “Intellectuals” a psychologist leaves her husband to explore her untapped femininity in the form of a newly discovered interest in lesbianism. She isn't sure she is a lesbian, but she'd like to find out. This kind of daffy logic is hilariously and shrewdly observed in a fast and furious screwball comedy that sails merrily along on wave after wave of sophisticated one liners that zing with convulsive sting. ”
  • The Lucky Piece by Marjorie Bicknell
    4 Sep. 2019
    “ Bicknell has crafted a lovely short piece about family traditions, and a daughter’s conflicting emotions about her place in them. And what a sweet, touching piece it is. ❤️ ”
  • Closing Doors by John Minigan
    3 Sep. 2019
    “ This play. THIS play. I'm still shaking from reading it. John Minigan's "Closing Doors" is topical, political theater at its absolute best. It says everything that needs to be said, and says it with razor sharp economy. A must read for anyone at all concerned with the current state of the world, and how future generations are being affected. THIS! PLAY! ”
  • Bodega Bay by Elisabeth Karlin
    3 Sep. 2019
    “ A wild and wonderful ride, Elisabeth Karlin's "Bodega Bay" is a loving, funny, and deeply moving tale of a sister's devotion to her meth addict brother, and the cross-country journey she undertakes to find the mother who abandoned them both. It is also a fabulous homage to all things Hitchcock – from the name of the play, to the Macguffins peppering the script, to some of the characters' names, Karlin pays tribute to the master while maintaining her own voice; no easy feat, and done here with style, grace, and wit. I adore this play. ”
  • No Strings Attached by Greg Brisendine
    2 Sep. 2019
    “ The Golden Girls meet The Women in Greg Brisendine's hilarious, touching, and ultimately heartbreaking comedy about the cost of living your life on your own terms after a lifetime of living a lie. Memorable characters and fabulous zingers keep the action moving merrily forward, until the lies come home to roost in a denouement that haunts. ”
  • Dr. Esperanto by Wayne L. Firestone
    2 Sep. 2019
    “ A seriously charming fable, Wayne L. Firestone's "Dr. Esparanto" dissects the power of language to both unite and divide, and makes a strong case for one universal form of communication. Lovely, compelling, and thought-provoking. ”

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