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Doug DeVita

Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Murder Me So Hard by Andres Osorio
    9 Oct. 2020
    “ So many of my favorite things are in this sharp, funny one-act: coffee, fucked-up relationships, "Frasier," and Gay Noir chief among them. Osorio has crafted this laugh-out-loud dark comedy with a sure sense of the sublimely ridiculous, and the laughs pile up even more quickly than the bodies. Absolutely wonderful. ”
  • Black Mexican by Rachel Lynett
    6 Oct. 2020
    “ "I hate that we’re all so...I don’t know...shitty about how we include people across the diaspora."

    Taking on cultural appropriation, unconscious bias, blended identity, and whole bunch of other hot button issues about race, class, and cultural divisions inside a culture and out, Rachel Lynett pulls no punches and leaves one on the floor gasping. A stunning work, and a necessary work. I'd love to be in the audience when this is produced, which it should be – often. ”
  • Mr Bennet's Bride by Emma Wood
    4 Oct. 2020
    “ This delightful origin story telling how the Bennets of "Pride and Prejudice" became a couple has Austenian wit to spare, and yet enough of playwright Emma Wood's own voice to become a work all its own. Wood gives the play an edge both period and contemporary; an initial sense of joy turning into fear is shared by our protagonist, the young James Bennet, and the audience, as we know the future he begins to see so clearly as the curtain falls. Deft and touching, MR. BENNET'S BRIDE is a terrific bit of theatre that deserves a long life onstage. ”
  • The QoL Mandate by Hope Villanueva
    2 Oct. 2020
    “ Hope Villanueva depicts a disturbingly probable future in THE QoL MANDATE; her dialogue is sharp, her characters are real, and her skill at playing with time and place – often simultaneously – is extraordinary. This is a play both complex and simple, tragic and tender, ugly and beautiful. And oh, so necessary. Read it. Ponder it. Produce it. ”
  • Methtacular! by Steven Strafford
    2 Oct. 2020
    “ I saw an early reading of this play; I was blown away by it then, and reading it just now, I'm blown away again. So raw, so truthful, so harrowing, and so damn funny – it truly is a tour de force for Strafford (who was brilliant in the reading), and/or anyone else who may be lucky enough to fill his shoes. On stage, that is. ”
  • You Can Thank Me Later (Audio Play) by Ruben Carbajal
    1 Oct. 2020
    “ This wonderful radio play soars on gusts of inspired whimsy, dark humor, and sly suspense; it's a potent combination that bubbles over with gleeful, anarchic fun. Loved. It. ”
  • Your First Pet and the Street You Grew Up On by DC Cathro
    1 Oct. 2020
    “ In the wonderfully weird and wild DC Cathro canon, YOUR FIRST PET AND THE STREET YOU GREW UP ON occupies a special niche for the brutally heartbreaking honesty of its two heartbreakingly mismatched characters. This is an outstanding work from an outstanding playwright, a stinging jewel in his tiara. (Full disclosure: I initially intended to write “shining jewel,” but it autocorrected to “stinging,” and I decided to leave it because for once, autocorrect was ducking correct.) ”
  • THE BET by Jack Levine
    30 Sep. 2020
    “ I love a good, twisty, noir-ish, revenge fantasy, and Levine delivers in this short piece, although his choice to leave us hanging... well, I won't say anything more because there is more to this story than meets the eye. And, I hope, more than that to come... ”
  • Blow, Gabriel, Blow by Jeanne Johnston
    29 Sep. 2020
    “ What a deliciously sly twist on the Faust legend. Clever plotting, winning characters, wry dialogue, and a high-stakes battle of wits for the souls of the world give this short play a darkly comic edge that both cuts and gleams. Wonderful fun! ”
  • Lost Causes by Andrea Fine Carey
    29 Sep. 2020
    “ WOW! Andrea Carey goes there. Brother vs. brother. Black vs. white. Racism vs. Cancel Culture... Carey dissects it all with surgical precision and unabashed passion in LOST CAUSES, and while there is much to admire throughout the play (unflinching honesty, extraordinarily flawed but human characters, tight plotting...), for me the most astonishing thing about the script is Carey's ability to present both sides of a thorny issue without caving to either side's point of view, and yet she clearly takes a stand by keeping the stakes high and the interpersonal dramas riveting. Brilliant stuff. ”

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