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Doug DeVita

Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Madame by Kendra Augustin
    8 Jun. 2020
    “ Kendra Augustin has written a richly textured period drama that transcends its time and setting to become a touching, beautifully written statement about the similarities – and marked differences – between a mother and daughter. No matter the characters and their concerns are and about Haitian royalty and their duties: their story is universal. ”
  • The Babel Project by Greg Romero
    6 Jun. 2020
    “ The fiercely creative theatricality of Romero's work here left me thinking "Goddamn, this is what I love about the possibilities of writing for the stage, and man, how I'd love to see this performed!" ”
  • BLOOD TIES by Michael angel Johnson
    5 Jun. 2020
    “ A sizzling confrontation between two strong-willed women – one black and one white – that says so much about freedom and the responsibilities that come with it, both personal and universal. And as tightly written as it is to read, to hear two gifted actresses spitting our Johnson's crackling dialogue would make for an intense, riveting experience I'd love to have. ”
  • Piece Work by Mildred Inez Lewis
    5 Jun. 2020
    “ "So I'm supposed to piece together a life?" One devastating line that caps a devastating play. Lewis stings with bleak truths, yet she never loses sight of the humanity her characters are fighting so hard to maintain. A beautifully written work that took my breath away. ”
  • WONDER OF OUR STAGE by Monica Cross
    4 Jun. 2020
    “ This work of art fires and succeeds on so many levels my head is still spinning from the magical rush of wonder it gave me. A deeply affecting, wildly inventive spin on the Pygmalion and Galatea myth – positing William Shakespeare was actually an automaton created to become QE1's consort –it captures its Elizabethan era so perfectly the anachronisms become a natural part of the world Cross has created, and while all the characters are brilliantly conceived, I defy anyone not to fall in love with the Automaton: he is the irresistible heart and soul of this play. ”
  • ...but you could've held my hand by JuCoby Johnson
    3 Jun. 2020
    “ Four friends go through the big stuff and the little stuff and all the stuff in between over the course of several decades in this beautifully written piece. Johnson's effective use of time-jumping, and his exquisitely wrought characters – deeply flawed and wonderfully human as they are – lift the play from the merely marvelous into the sublimely superb. I loved reading it, and I'd love to see it staged. ”
  • Bridge of No Return by Scott Sickles
    3 Jun. 2020
    “ OMG! Sickles' account of an IRL SNAFU at the UNC in the JSA and the DMZ of Panmunjom Korea on 8/18/76 left me SMH at how much GG he brought to this intense and riveting short play. Sickles FTW. ”
  • Straight on 'Til Morning by Rachel Diamond
    3 Jun. 2020
    “ This fascinating work, a prequel of sorts to the equally fascinating “Peter Pan” story, suggests Pan was far more deeply involved with the Darling family than we ever suspected. Exploring that frustrating time between childhood and adulthood, Diamond takes on parental stifling, fear of abandonment, sexual awakening, and most impressively, the psychological trauma inflicted by Pan’s insouciance and those trips to Neverland, and she does it with wit, pathos, and a sly sense of fun that enhances the underlying seriousness of her work. Enchanting, but frightening, too. ”
  • The Blushing Groom by Matthew Weaver
    30 May. 2020
    “ A rare Weaver full-length, this fabulous, charming play makes the case for more Weaver full-lengths. Negotiating the rocky terrain of sexual politics, Weaver creates and sustains a wonderfully funny tension as these two people talk – really talk – about their wants, their desires, and their feelings, and he does it with consistently engaging, whip smart yet realistic dialogue that cuts deep into their emotions. Sophisticated and poignant, the two roles should prove to be catnip for two gifted actors, and a breathtakingly good time for audiences – during, and after. ”
  • Lombardo by David Hansen
    30 May. 2020
    “ One of the funniest and meta-ist "miniature biographies" I've ever encountered, what makes this piece stand out is just how much information and pointed, spot-on satire is packed into its ten-minute playing time; every joke, every societal comment, every anachronism lands squarely on its intended target, and the laughter is explosive. A playground for gifted actors, "Lombardo" should be a new New Year's Eve tradition. ”

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