Recommended by Jerry Polner

  • Jerry Polner: Any Day Now

    A superbly funny, finely-tuned horror story that rings practically every social malady bell available on the road to its brutal, necessary climax. A stunning piece of work. Produce this play!

    A superbly funny, finely-tuned horror story that rings practically every social malady bell available on the road to its brutal, necessary climax. A stunning piece of work. Produce this play!

  • Jerry Polner: The Secretary

    In a small town dominated by a local gun manufacturer, a circle of women each find a different way to make their life more tolerable with a firearm. THE SECRETARY is a very funny, hard-edged, expertly told story of Second Amendment America.

    In a small town dominated by a local gun manufacturer, a circle of women each find a different way to make their life more tolerable with a firearm. THE SECRETARY is a very funny, hard-edged, expertly told story of Second Amendment America.

  • Jerry Polner: Paradise

    In this brilliant and intricately structured two-character play, Laura Maria Censabella gives us a powerful story. Through the distortions of culture, religion, and science, each of the characters are faced with a heart-breaking moral choice.

    In this brilliant and intricately structured two-character play, Laura Maria Censabella gives us a powerful story. Through the distortions of culture, religion, and science, each of the characters are faced with a heart-breaking moral choice.

  • Jerry Polner: The Exit Interview (Published Comedy)

    The Exit Interview is a very funny romp of a play, Brechtian to its core, full of religion versus science, small talk versus big talk, and Fox News versus the rest of us. Bertolt would be jealous.

    The Exit Interview is a very funny romp of a play, Brechtian to its core, full of religion versus science, small talk versus big talk, and Fox News versus the rest of us. Bertolt would be jealous.

  • Jerry Polner: FRIENDS WITH GUNS

    Stephanie Alison Walker pushes all the buttons in our head that make us recoil when we meet people who disagree with us about firearms in America. This brilliant play hits so hard because it’s not about the policy. It’s about the people. Read it!

    Stephanie Alison Walker pushes all the buttons in our head that make us recoil when we meet people who disagree with us about firearms in America. This brilliant play hits so hard because it’s not about the policy. It’s about the people. Read it!

  • Jerry Polner: Break

    Sharp as a knife, funny, and very fast-moving, Break is about class distinctions and what can transcend them.

    Sharp as a knife, funny, and very fast-moving, Break is about class distinctions and what can transcend them.

  • Jerry Polner: Babel

    Babel is a stunning and shattering story of two couples trying to have babies that will pass society's new test for perfection. Not a single line is out of place in this brilliant, incisive look at our very near future.

    Babel is a stunning and shattering story of two couples trying to have babies that will pass society's new test for perfection. Not a single line is out of place in this brilliant, incisive look at our very near future.

  • Jerry Polner: Road Movies and Why We Hate Them

    A razor-sharp comedy in the road movie tradition with plenty to say about dictatorships, spying, the military, and everything else shaped by Hollywood. And two great central roles for women!

    A razor-sharp comedy in the road movie tradition with plenty to say about dictatorships, spying, the military, and everything else shaped by Hollywood. And two great central roles for women!

  • Jerry Polner: TINY HOUSES

    The unreality of a war and a plane crash and a storm of foreign languages puts Stefanie Zadravec’s dark comedy TINY HOUSES into its own world. But in this gem of a story, the characters underneath it all are still loving and flawed people trying to find their sense of purpose. Read it!

    The unreality of a war and a plane crash and a storm of foreign languages puts Stefanie Zadravec’s dark comedy TINY HOUSES into its own world. But in this gem of a story, the characters underneath it all are still loving and flawed people trying to find their sense of purpose. Read it!

  • Jerry Polner: Gideon

    Two women who desperately need to take the next step find out what direction they’re going in. If you’ve ever realized that you have to decide what the future will be, you’ll recognize the dark, madly funny, fine-edged world of Gideon.

    Two women who desperately need to take the next step find out what direction they’re going in. If you’ve ever realized that you have to decide what the future will be, you’ll recognize the dark, madly funny, fine-edged world of Gideon.