Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Doug DeVita: Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
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    Part Two of Scott Sickles’ Second World Trilogy, PANGEA is a stunning continuation of the love story begun in MARIANAS TRENCH, but far more intimate even as Sickles’ delves into ever deeper, darker waters with a skillfully deployed mixture of humor and dread, beautifully handled all the way through.

    Part Two of Scott Sickles’ Second World Trilogy, PANGEA is a stunning continuation of the love story begun in MARIANAS TRENCH, but far more intimate even as Sickles’ delves into ever deeper, darker waters with a skillfully deployed mixture of humor and dread, beautifully handled all the way through.

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  • Doug DeVita: The Known Universe (Part Three of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
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    Part Three of Scott Sickles’ Second World Trilogy, THE KNOWN UNIVERSE is both heartbreaking and horrifying, by far the darkest of the three plays, and in its own quietly devastating way brings Sickles’ epic trilogy to a sad but strangely beautiful conclusion.

    Part Three of Scott Sickles’ Second World Trilogy, THE KNOWN UNIVERSE is both heartbreaking and horrifying, by far the darkest of the three plays, and in its own quietly devastating way brings Sickles’ epic trilogy to a sad but strangely beautiful conclusion.

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  • Doug DeVita: Camp Mannuppia: An Alt-Masc Comedy by John Bavoso
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    What fun! Bavoso makes some serious points about masculinity, toxic and otherwise, while all the while retaining a light-hearted approach that is both endearing and hilarious. For an early draft, it's in remarkably good shape, and will no doubt be a real audience pleaser when produced.

    What fun! Bavoso makes some serious points about masculinity, toxic and otherwise, while all the while retaining a light-hearted approach that is both endearing and hilarious. For an early draft, it's in remarkably good shape, and will no doubt be a real audience pleaser when produced.

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  • Doug DeVita: Something in the Balete Tree by Ren Dara Santiago
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    Sprawling yet intimate, up-to-the-minute yet timeless, Ren Dara Santiago’s “Something In The Balete Tree” grabs one’s attention on page one and never lets go. Provocative, bruising, questioning, it is a stunning epic. I’d love to see it staged.

    Sprawling yet intimate, up-to-the-minute yet timeless, Ren Dara Santiago’s “Something In The Balete Tree” grabs one’s attention on page one and never lets go. Provocative, bruising, questioning, it is a stunning epic. I’d love to see it staged.

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  • Doug DeVita: Smoke and Mirrors by Chelsea Frandsen
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    Chelsea Frandsen’s “Smoke and Mirrors” plays with time and place with an unsettling, jarring beauty, and takes one on a roller-coaster of emotions as she details the differing difficulties two deeply loving brothers have with letting go of each other. Heartbreaking relationships and gorgeous writing make this play a winner.

    Chelsea Frandsen’s “Smoke and Mirrors” plays with time and place with an unsettling, jarring beauty, and takes one on a roller-coaster of emotions as she details the differing difficulties two deeply loving brothers have with letting go of each other. Heartbreaking relationships and gorgeous writing make this play a winner.

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  • Doug DeVita: A Dog's Life by Ronnie Larsen
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    Those of us who have or had pets know going into it our hearts are eventually going to be broken. And so it is with this tenderly beautiful play by Ronnie Larsen, which also captures all the love and joy that make that journey to the inevitable so worth it. Lovely.

    Those of us who have or had pets know going into it our hearts are eventually going to be broken. And so it is with this tenderly beautiful play by Ronnie Larsen, which also captures all the love and joy that make that journey to the inevitable so worth it. Lovely.

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  • Doug DeVita: Celtic Knot by Karen Fix Curry
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    A lovely and touching work that breaks your heart with its raw, emotional truth.

    A lovely and touching work that breaks your heart with its raw, emotional truth.

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  • Doug DeVita: i believe in a republic in which money has a great deal to say. by Julia Specht
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    Scathingly funny, brilliantly dark, and (as others have mentioned): the HATS – which speak volumes on their own.

    Scathingly funny, brilliantly dark, and (as others have mentioned): the HATS – which speak volumes on their own.

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  • Doug DeVita: Begging the Question by Philip Middleton Williams
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    A perfect little gem – a "Kodak Moment" of a play – and blissfully sweet.

    A perfect little gem – a "Kodak Moment" of a play – and blissfully sweet.

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  • Doug DeVita: Don't You Think You Need a Sweater? by Lojo Simon
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    Short and sweet. And heartbreakingly funny, with an ending that is devastating, but poignantly gratifying as well.

    Short and sweet. And heartbreakingly funny, with an ending that is devastating, but poignantly gratifying as well.

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