Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • ReConnect
    23 Jun. 2020
    DC Cathro's ability to showcase both heartbreak and hilarity – sometimes in the same line – is on full display in the six short plays making up "ReConnect." Each piece is a beautifully rendered paean to love, loss, and the yearning to connect – or reconnect – with one's past; the cumulative effect is stunning. I defy anyone not to be in tears by the the final act.
  • Finger
    19 Jun. 2020
    Wow. This is some seriously fucked up, seriously funny shit. Really dark, really ballsy, and really, really, laugh out loud funny. Wild, weird, and wonderful, with a deeply touching story of loss and yearning underneath the hilariously goth goings on.
  • When the Dodgers Left Brooklyn
    19 Jun. 2020
    I love this play for its touching theatricality, its imaginative premise, its lyrical dialogue, and its deceptive simplicity. An enchanting read, the possibilities for creative staging are as limitless as heaven itself. And what a great role for an older actor!
  • Mother
    18 Jun. 2020
    Wonderful! With a fun twist at the end.

  • All Lives Matter...Except Yours
    18 Jun. 2020
    It's the outrageously improbable outrage that Gacinski uses to make his point that makes the point of his absurdist satire. With its darkly funny premise, I'm looking forward to seeing how Chris further peels away at this work-in-progress.
  • Children's Letters To Satan
    18 Jun. 2020
    Fun, pointed satire with a series of twists that will leave you gasping – from both surprise and laughter.
  • Welcome to Matteson!
    18 Jun. 2020
    Read this. Savor every incredible word. After you've read it, think about it, and then read it again. And if you're in a position to produce this, PRODUCE IT. I can't say anything else because anything else I could say would just be gilding refined gold.
  • Invasions and Penetrations
    17 Jun. 2020
    I recently heard this script via a digital reading presented by Kane Repertory Theatre, after having read it in preparation to listen to the Zoom presentation.

    What constitutes infidelity in the age of sexbots? That's the central premise of this very dark, very funny comedy from Mike Solomonson. Exploring sexual fantasies with no-holds-barred glee, Solomonson's contemporary morality tale is frank, just a tad more than slightly warped, and makes one want to take a shower. And perhaps not alone.
  • CYRANO ON THE MOON
    16 Jun. 2020
    Dreamlike, imaginitive, and magical, Cross takes the star-crossed Cyrano/Roxanne/Christian love triangle and gives it new after-life. It's a lovely, ruminative and poetic work that touches the heart, and satisfies deeply.
  • Suburban Buffalo Sighting - Monologue
    14 Jun. 2020
    What delicious fun. Speckman takes on the current mania to “call-a-cop on anyone” and hits a bullseye with hilarious, sharply pointed arrows. An excellent monologue for an actress to feast upon, and food for thought for the rest of us.

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