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Doug DeVita

Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Diluted Democracy (In-Progress.) by Chris Gacinski
    7 May. 2020
    “ How wonderful it would be to experience this as an immersive piece being performed on location. Gacinski's political passion allied with his naturally poetic flair give "Diluted Democracy" an inherent dramatic tension that could be dynamite if/when it is performed on a street corner in real time. ”
  • Do You Get It by Philip Middleton Williams
    7 May. 2020
    “ This monologue is a stunning punch to the gut, filled with level-headed passion and emotional truths that resonate long after one’s read it.

    I can’t wait to read the full-length that will contain it — if it can be contained. It’s that powerful. ”
  • Ask Me Anything by Philip Middleton Williams
    7 May. 2020
    “ What a nifty bit of viciously comic fun with a comically vicious twist. ”
  • Abena - a monologue by William R. Duell
    7 May. 2020
    “ I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to date Abena, but I sure as hell would LOVE to be her friend and converse with her for hours. What a wonderfully straight-shooting character in a wonderfully straight-shooting monologue, and a gift for an actress to perform. ”
  • Welcome to Fourbucks by Philip Middleton Williams
    7 May. 2020
    “ As someone who speaks fluent Starbucks, Williams had me LOL-ing on every line in his witty commentary of current coffee culture. ”
  • Marilyn, Mom & Me by Luke Yankee
    6 May. 2020
    “ When one’s mother is an Oscar-winning character actress who has worked with nearly every star from the Golden Age of Hollywood — including the legendary Marilyn Monroe — how can one not share that story? But what emerges most clearly in Luke Yankee’s tender remembrance of his mother Eileen Heckart’s relationship with the troubled Monroe during the filming of “Bus Stop,” is Heckart’s brash self-confidence masking a deeply vulnerable pain that ran nearly as deep as Monroe’s. Don’t expect a salacious Hollywood tell-all. Do expect a touching portrait of a son searching for his mother. ”
  • Hold On by Robert Weibezahl
    6 May. 2020
    “ As Thomas Wolfe said: you can't go home again. Even when you've never left, whether physically, emotionally, or both. And that is the pain that Weibezahl captures so poignantly in this two-character drama: all the "what ifs," the "if onlys," the "coulda shoulda wouldas" that make up the years between high school and middle age. Beautifully rendered, this tender character-driven piece about two people whose wants and needs are so voracious they may never be fulfilled, or even acknowledged, lands right where it's intended: in the gut, and in the heart. ”
  • My Heart is a Kaleidoscope (Waiting to be Turned) (1 minute play) by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
    6 May. 2020
    “ And my heart is exploding from ALL the feels engendered by this wonderfully rhythmic one-minute play. ”
  • Artifact by Robert Weibezahl
    6 May. 2020
    “ Ethical and moral questions are dealt with a light, but nonetheless gripping touch by Weibezahl, as two disparate young men meet on the Staten Island Ferry, and change each others lives with unexpected acts of kindness. Beautifully tense, right up to its gratifying ending. ”
  • Bartleby & Bess (5-10 minute play) by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
    6 May. 2020
    “ In one of the best stream-of-consciousness inner monologues I've ever read, followed by a swift, breezy exchange between two former lovers, Speckman gives us a perfect ode to change, capped in just one, almost throwaway stage direction and line of dialogue. Wonderful. ”

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