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Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Deckchairs by Bill Arnold
    19 Mar. 2020
    “ Ever since it sank in 1912, the term "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic" has been used as a metaphor for any and all kinds of clusterfuck in the face of impending disaster, and this short play is a brilliant physicalization of the same. We watch this witty, elegant, and intensely horrifying play helplessly as these obtuse people resolutely ignore what's unfolding right in front of them, just as we have for the past 108 years (and mostly likely since time began) and will continue to do so for the next 108 – if we last that long. ”
  • 'Til Dough Do Us Part by Philip Middleton Williams
    18 Mar. 2020
    “ Sweet and sad, this short romcom packs a lot of feeling into its 15 pages, not the least of which are despair, and hope, and a bittersweet longing for things to be the way they were, before... whatever changed. A lovely, reflective work. ”
  • Pale Revelry by Maximillian Gill
    18 Mar. 2020
    “ Once again I marvel at Gill's extraordinarily light touch while writing about extremely serious and dark stuff. As up-to-the-minute New York (and beyond) as he can get, Gill captures our current crises with a gravitas that is not without humor and compassion. A terrific, provocative work from this terrific, provocative playwright. ”
  • Writer's Block by Marjorie Bicknell
    17 Mar. 2020
    “ Bicknell turns her dark and twisted side loose in this hilarious short in which everyone, including the audience, is gaslighted — and this “audience” enjoyed every deliciously absurd, pseudo magically realistic, broken fourth wall moment. ”
  • The Quarantine by Ruben Carbajal
    17 Mar. 2020
    “ Tear my heart out, Ruben.

    In one minute, Carbajal delineates an entire pandemic, and he does it with all the hope and despair attendant. Beautiful, gut wrenching work. ”
  • The Humourous Adventures of Sir Andrew Aguecheek by Travis Lowe
    17 Mar. 2020
    “ Oh, how I love this! The wordplay is astounding, the humor is fall on the floor funny, and the homage to both Sir Andrew and Mr. S is at once reverentially witty and deliciously sly. Bravo, sirrah, bravo! ”
  • TOUCH THE MOON - full-length play, 5 characters by Arianna Rose
    17 Mar. 2020
    “ An aching sense of loss and a rising tension permeate every line in this structurally inventive, emotionally ambitious work of art. Everything works here, and the play shines with a dark beauty that hurts as much as it heals. A stunner. ”
  • Cyma's Story by Barbara Kahn
    16 Mar. 2020
    “ At its heart and from its earliest incarnations, theater has existed to tell stories – whether through words, actions, song, dance, all combinations thereof – and as playwrights, telling stories is, or should still be, our main concern. And Barbara Kahn tells a beautiful one, and beautifully simply, in "Cyma's Story." Vivid, touching, intimately epic, this letter written by a Russian Jewish emigre living in Shoshone, Wyoming at the outbreak of WWII pierces the heart, and lingers for days after reading it. ”
  • Didactic Digressions by Chris Gacinski
    16 Mar. 2020
    “ An early work from the poetic Gacinski, "Didactic Digressions" not only shows all the promise and the passion that continues to flower in each succeeding work of his, but also stands on its own as an auspicious debut for this constantly and consistently evolving young writer. ”
  • End of the Line: a Bonnie and Clyde Play by Tyler Joseph Rossi
    16 Mar. 2020
    “ Intensely theatrical, and theatrically intense, this tightly woven – yet sprawling – work is an exciting and creative retelling of the Bonnie & Clyde story. While not neglecting their obvious charisma,Rossi gives us a raw, violently visceral look at these two legends; there's no romantic whitewashing here, and that's to both Rossi's, and the work's credit. Highly recommended. ”

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