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Doug DeVita

Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Things That Are Gray by Emily Hageman
    8 Apr. 2020
    “ Hageman’s tense and gripping look into a cold, unfeeling future is unsettling, yet offers a slight sense of hope that all may not be lost. As usual, she creates an entire world with quick deft strokes, and tells a complete story with economic depth. ”
  • URGES! by Rey Dabalsa
    8 Apr. 2020
    “ A very funny primer on how to both sin and remain a good Catholic, or how to have your cake and eat it too. The double entendres fly, the rationalizations He and She use to convince themselves they're not really cheating are spot on and hilarious, and the use of food is downright seductive. Wonderfully wry (or is it rye, as in bread?) ”
  • Capriccio Radio by Larry Rinkel
    8 Apr. 2020
    “ Another in the "Right brain/Left Brain" works I've been reading, "Capriccio Radio" is Rinkel at his most passionate. One line (among many) that resonated: "...there’s people out there, ...they love their music maybe more than life itself, maybe even more than you love yours." I'm sure there are. I just don't understand why that argument is always used against those who love their highbrow stuff, because surely "those" people love THEiR music more than life itself too. And if even one person's life is changed because of it, then it's worthy of respect, as Rinkel opines eloquently here. ”
  • Something Borrowed... by John Busser
    7 Apr. 2020
    “ Gasp inducing sibling rivalry, savagely funny and devastatingly savage. Good, nasty, evil fun. ”
  • DIZGRUNTLED by Daniel Rover Singer
    7 Apr. 2020
    “ Commerce and creativity clash in Daniel Rover Singer's "Dizgruntled," a passionately written and authentically realistic look into the very real unhappiness that threatened Walt Disney's "happiest place on earth" in the early 1940s. Juicy behind the scenes gossip mixed with scrupulously researched historical fact makes for a fun read that nonetheless shines a harsh light on the inequities of being a right brain person in a left brain world. ”
  • Tide by Molly Wagner
    7 Apr. 2020
    “ Molly Wagner's "Tide" fairly shimmers with deep feeling, pitting one's faith in God against one's faith in oneself with an urgency that captures and sweeps you into the conflicting emotions like a riptide. This is a finely wrought work, which poses questions that have no easy answers, and none are given. Beautifully done. ”
  • ROSES by Greg Hovanesian
    6 Apr. 2020
    “ With haunting dreamlike logic and cinematic precision, Hovanesian's "Roses" plays with time, perception, and perspective with effortless and shattering skill. A lot of questions are raised, very few of them are answered, but nonetheless the play is a completely satisfying and moving experience; it lingers in both the mind and the heart for quite some time after having read it. ”
  • PAGE COUNT by Kerr Lockhart
    6 Apr. 2020
    “ Fueled by a mixture of tension and heart, the relationship between a jaded, alcoholic script doctor and a young pup "New York City Playwright" in 1930's Hollywood is what makes "Page Count" an affecting mismatched buddy comedy/drama. The stakes for both characters are high, their rapid-fire banter has the breezy zing of pre-Code flicks, and playwright Kerr follows the advice of the older, experienced screenwriter in his script: "Get in as late as you can, and get out as soon as you can," a bit of advice that keeps the play bubbling along right up to it's heartbreaking conclusion. ”
  • Cheryl Bear is Reading All of My Plays on the New Play Exchange ( a monologue) by Matthew Weaver
    5 Apr. 2020
    “ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Weaver out-metas meta as he not quite exits while being pursued by a Bear. ”
  • A PERFECT LIKENESS: CARROLL PHOTOGRAPHS DICKENS by Daniel Rover Singer
    2 Apr. 2020
    “ A fascinating "what if?" look into a fictional meeting of two completely opposing personalities, literary giants Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll (aka the Reverend Charles Dodgson), Daniel Rover Singer's two-hander is a wonderfully entertaining one act that zings the funny bone and stings the heart, and is beautifully handled from start to finish. What a joy it would be to see it staged; as it is, reading it gives one much blissful pleasure, like spending time with old friends, but in a new light. It's a total delight. ”

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