Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Wash Your Hands, You Moron
    22 Mar. 2020
    Go, Emily! This monologue tells it like it is, and in a way that is extremely real yet highly theatrical. A must read, and read on any and all platforms available.
  • FOUR POSTS
    22 Mar. 2020
    Four women, one life, and all the hope, despair, joy, regret, etc... experienced as they grow and change are captured here, quite wonderfully and theatrically. Johnson weaves a riveting account with wonderful wordplay, and a terrific sense of who this woman is despite the distinct voices he gives each one of them at the various stages of the life they share. A lovely, touching work.
  • SHORE HOUSE
    22 Mar. 2020
    "Shore House" is a gift for college theatre programs, and new theatre companies created and run by young artists. And not just because the 10 plays that constitute this work only require one set and provide juicy roles for up to 27 young performers, but because Lockhart has provided 10 sharp, witty, touching, funny, and sad plays that perfectly capture the feelings, the concerns, the emotions, and the lives of teenagers during that magical and frightening summer between High School and College. A terrific collection that will make a wonderful evening.
  • Twenty Minutes
    22 Mar. 2020
    That moment when youthful idealism crashes into grown up pragmatism is captured beautifully in this wistful and poignant one-act; looking twenty minutes into the future one knows exactly how these two people, once so close and bound by dreams of a shared future, are going to evolve – and continue to grow apart – as they live the lives they're going to lead. It is Johnson's gift that he makes the heartache palpable and real without ever becoming cloying or clichéd. A truly lovely work.
  • Bitter Cherries (10-15 min.)
    22 Mar. 2020
    Sex always alters the dynamics of a friendship, even if the actual act doesn't take place, and the delicate, but brutal dance between two teen-age friends forms the crux of Robin Rice's delicate, but brutal Proustian short play. Excellent characterizations, excellent roles for two younger actors, and an excellent – as usual – script by Rice make this a piece which should be produced often.
  • Something for Sondra
    22 Mar. 2020
    Complex, often painful, and ultimately heartbreakingly beautiful, "Something For Sondra" explores the often confusing relationships between a mother and her daughter, and said mother with daughter's best friend. There are different perspectives to be mined, different experiences each person has with the other, and Osmundsen negotiates his way through the rocky terrain with skill; he never resorts to cliché, but finds the honesty at the core of each relationship and presents each with a clear-eyed, but not cold, cohesion that builds with each scene, making this play a rich and satisfying roller-coaster of well-earned emotional truths.
  • Verboten
    21 Mar. 2020
    Rossi has – seemingly effortlessly – recreated the horrifying world of Nazi Germany and layered it with sharp overtones of what's happening today, and he's done it with a dazzling mix of words, music, and incredibly vivid characters. When staged, I can only imagine how much electricity the swing dancing will add to this already exciting, joyful, frightening, wonderful, and necessary script. Bravo, Tyler.
  • TIME CODE
    21 Mar. 2020
    Good God, this is good! Lockhart perfectly captures the mood, the tone, the emotions between two older stars as they record the commentary for the film that put them on the map; at first everything is jocular, chatty, a fun stroll down memory lane, and then – almost imperceptibly, he ratchets up the tension and then twists the knife for a horrifying conclusion. An excellent ten-minute play, and two terrific roles for older actors. Highly recommended.
  • Corona with ICE
    21 Mar. 2020
    In one chilling, breathtaking minute, Franky Gonzalez exposes everything that has “made America great again.”
  • Vanilla
    21 Mar. 2020
    Primal urges in the era of “social distancing” get the Sickles treatment, ie: a concise, chilling, heartbreaking minute of exceptional theatricality and poignant depth.

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