Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Doug DeVita: Pale Revelry

    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.

    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.

  • Doug DeVita: The Quarantine

    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.

    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.

  • Doug DeVita: The Humourous Adventures of Sir Andrew Aguecheek

    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!

    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!

  • Doug DeVita: TOUCH THE MOON - full-length play, 5 characters

    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.

    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.

  • Doug DeVita: Digressions

    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.

    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.

  • Doug DeVita: End of the Line: a Bonnie and Clyde Play

    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.

    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.

  • Doug DeVita: GUSHER!

    Intense and riveting from its first lines, GUSHER! kept me glued to the page from beginning to end; my head exploded on at least four occasions, from both the emotional involvement I felt with the characters, and the sheer craft of Rosenberg's writing. Recommended, highly.

    Intense and riveting from its first lines, GUSHER! kept me glued to the page from beginning to end; my head exploded on at least four occasions, from both the emotional involvement I felt with the characters, and the sheer craft of Rosenberg's writing. Recommended, highly.

  • Doug DeVita: Heavy Lifting

    I love this play. Every. Single. Word.

    I love this play. Every. Single. Word.

  • Doug DeVita: Engagement

    One of the sharpest, clearest, most even-handed delineations of the different ways Boomers and Millenials view the world I’ve ever read, made even more engaging by Thompson’s well-drawn characters and their very specific wants, needs, and viewpoints.

    One of the sharpest, clearest, most even-handed delineations of the different ways Boomers and Millenials view the world I’ve ever read, made even more engaging by Thompson’s well-drawn characters and their very specific wants, needs, and viewpoints.

  • Doug DeVita: Viral Love

    This short play is a charming and light rom-com until suddenly it’s not, and becomes a sobering, tautly written, and oh-so-contemporary comment on the uneasy world in which we’re living.

    This short play is a charming and light rom-com until suddenly it’s not, and becomes a sobering, tautly written, and oh-so-contemporary comment on the uneasy world in which we’re living.