Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Doug DeVita: Everlasting Chocolate Therapy by Steven Hayet
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    This play, a sequel of sorts, is an everlasting gobstopper of purely imaginative fun. Endlessly hilarious, there's a vein of bittersweet nostalgia running through it which makes its spoonful of medicine go down easily without ever becoming overly saccharine. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

    This play, a sequel of sorts, is an everlasting gobstopper of purely imaginative fun. Endlessly hilarious, there's a vein of bittersweet nostalgia running through it which makes its spoonful of medicine go down easily without ever becoming overly saccharine. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

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  • Doug DeVita: I’m a Chef on a Reality Cooking Show and You’re Damn Right I’m Going to Make Risotto! by Steven Hayet
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    NAILED IT! Hayet has made the perfect Risotto, stirring the pot with the right amount of words and ego, and it's a deliciously, savagely, self-reverentially hilarious smorgasbord of fun.

    NAILED IT! Hayet has made the perfect Risotto, stirring the pot with the right amount of words and ego, and it's a deliciously, savagely, self-reverentially hilarious smorgasbord of fun.

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  • Doug DeVita: The Way I Danced With You (The George Michael Play) by David Hansen
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    Every couple has their dance; Charles and Dani are no exception. David Hansen has choreographed an intricate two-step in "The Way I Danced With You (The George Michael Play)," and it is at once joyful, frustrating, witty, and very, very heartbreakingly real. Like all first loves. And second, and third, and...

    Every couple has their dance; Charles and Dani are no exception. David Hansen has choreographed an intricate two-step in "The Way I Danced With You (The George Michael Play)," and it is at once joyful, frustrating, witty, and very, very heartbreakingly real. Like all first loves. And second, and third, and...

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  • Doug DeVita: The Moment (a monologue) by Matthew Weaver
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    Weaver’s charming recollection of a young man’s first sexual encounter is sweet and breezy, and then he moves in for the kill with a final line that resonates with bittersweet truth, giving the whole monologue an additional layer of complexity and depth. One laughs, one cries, and one remembers. Beautiful.

    Weaver’s charming recollection of a young man’s first sexual encounter is sweet and breezy, and then he moves in for the kill with a final line that resonates with bittersweet truth, giving the whole monologue an additional layer of complexity and depth. One laughs, one cries, and one remembers. Beautiful.

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  • Doug DeVita: Kikimora by Lainie Vansant
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    A bewitchingly dark comedy, "Kikimora" turns the tables on those who look askance at "cat people," and then turns them again – and then again. A wonderfully pointed satire from Vansant, with two terrific roles – and a cat.

    A bewitchingly dark comedy, "Kikimora" turns the tables on those who look askance at "cat people," and then turns them again – and then again. A wonderfully pointed satire from Vansant, with two terrific roles – and a cat.

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  • Doug DeVita: Homeland Security by Jim Siering
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    Siering gleefully targets American racism, fear, hypocrisy, and stupidity in this darkly comic satire. I mean, if Jesus Christ himself can’t get into the country that purports to worship him... we’re doomed. Deliciously savage.

    Siering gleefully targets American racism, fear, hypocrisy, and stupidity in this darkly comic satire. I mean, if Jesus Christ himself can’t get into the country that purports to worship him... we’re doomed. Deliciously savage.

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  • Doug DeVita: George Orwell’s 1989: A “Swift” 10 Minute Adaptation by Steven Hayet
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    This version of “1989,” playing out in a swift ten minutes, with Taylor Swift as “Big Sister,” and set in a world where all songs must be about “relationships and love...” is genius. Absolute genius.

    This version of “1989,” playing out in a swift ten minutes, with Taylor Swift as “Big Sister,” and set in a world where all songs must be about “relationships and love...” is genius. Absolute genius.

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  • Doug DeVita: Ghlamping by Scott Sickles
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    What a silly, wonderful, charming, playful bit of tension-relieving fun!

    What a silly, wonderful, charming, playful bit of tension-relieving fun!

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  • Doug DeVita: Beyond the Pail (a one-minute play) by Matthew Weaver
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    A delightful, horrifying, funny, sad, and altogether wonderful minute from Weaver, with opportunities galore for inventive staging and performances.

    A delightful, horrifying, funny, sad, and altogether wonderful minute from Weaver, with opportunities galore for inventive staging and performances.

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  • Doug DeVita: Ricky and Ready by Colleen O'Doherty
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    A dark comedy about cancer, and how to deal (or not) with the unthinkably inevitable, “Ricky and Ready” lobs quite a few punches to the gut, and does it without ever becoming maudlin. O’Doherty has written an uncompromising, yet somehow warm short play, and it’s a showcase for three actresses. Highly recommended.

    A dark comedy about cancer, and how to deal (or not) with the unthinkably inevitable, “Ricky and Ready” lobs quite a few punches to the gut, and does it without ever becoming maudlin. O’Doherty has written an uncompromising, yet somehow warm short play, and it’s a showcase for three actresses. Highly recommended.

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