Recommended by Doug DeVita

  • Only Human
    4 Dec. 2019
    Breathtaking in its simplicity, and gut-wrenching in its humanity, this is a beautiful monologue about an all too common occurrence these days, written with O'Grady's customary elegance and style. Moving, and unfortunately, necessary.
  • More Than the Animals
    4 Dec. 2019
    Jesus God I loved every single fucking word of this monologue. Femia captures all the Catholic School Student feels like an acid flashback: all the rage, the feelings of inadequacy, the disbelief at the whole Goddamned hypocrisy of the religion, all of it spilling off the page with gorgeous venom. A truly stunning, and truthful, arrow to the heart. And wonderfully freeing.
  • I Saw Jesus in Toa Baja
    4 Dec. 2019
    The playful juxtapositions of light comedy and dark themes, the heightened story-telling, and the sheer poetry of the language used have all convinced me that Nelson Diaz-Marcano may very well be the reincarnation of Moliere. What a wonderfully theatrical, thought provoking fantasy.
  • Homewrecker Honeymooners
    3 Dec. 2019
    Jo Brisbane visualizes those classically irascible, lovably lower class honeymooners Ralph, Alice, Ed, and Trixie through a 21st century lens, and they ain't as pretty as they used to be. Using these classic characters to great effect, Brisbane makes great points about about the current anger fueling the US in this scathingly funny dark comedy.
  • Dick Pix
    2 Dec. 2019
    Provocative. Hilarious. Surreal. Absurd. Pretentious. Satirical. It's "Dick Pix." If the traditional, well-made play is your thing, read this at your own peril, but should you take up the challenge, be prepared for a wild ride that will leave you shaken, bruised, questioning everything, and exhilarated from Daniel McCoy's risky, ballsy approach to gender identity and artistic integrity, and the sheer bizarre freshness of it all.
  • Break
    2 Dec. 2019
    Gemma Cooper-Novack's "Break" is a a powerful and irresistible force of a play. Moving backwards in time, it nonetheless gains an ever-increasing forward momentum, mostly from Cooper-Novack's compellingly human characters and their heartbreaking story, but also because one becomes so invested in these woman and how they ended up, one has to find out how they began. Beautifully handled, all the way.
  • It's an Espresso Drink with Foamy Steamed Milk
    1 Dec. 2019
    Tuesdays suck. Especially when a meteorite is hurtling toward Earth with the promise of wiping out all life. But when ya got only two minutes left on a terrible Tuesday, sipping a macchiato and reading Steven G. Martin's "It's an Espresso Drink with Foamy Steamed Milk" is great way to go out. With a smile on your face, and hopefully a foamy mustache.
  • A Christmas Carol
    30 Nov. 2019
    James Armstrong's highly theatrical take on "A Christmas Carol," using only two actors (one playing Scrooge, and one playing Dickens playing all the other characters) is a work of genius, and will be a field day for the two performers given the opportunity to play with this play. I loved every single word and convention used to tell this familiar tale in a refreshing new way, and even more, I would love to see it staged. What fun!
  • EMERGENCY CONTACT
    30 Nov. 2019
    All three characters in Nick Malakhow's "Emergency Contact" are damaged gay men, and how they negotiate the twists and turns of an ill-conceived and ill-fated one-night stand – instigated from a hook-up app – give the play an urgency that is palpable, often times darkly funny, and ultimately sadly hopeful.
  • SIGN HERE FOR ALL THAT REMAINS
    30 Nov. 2019
    Burdick's elegiac is by turns sweet, funny, melancholic, wistful, and ultimately hopeful. Covering a lot of emotional ground with concise elegance, "Sign Here For All That Remains" is a beautiful short play.

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