Recommended by River Timms

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    This play is actually brilliant. Part of me wants to analyze every line and detail, but the bigger part of me just wants to have it wash over my brain. Truly refreshing. Don’t sleep on this playwright.

    This play is actually brilliant. Part of me wants to analyze every line and detail, but the bigger part of me just wants to have it wash over my brain. Truly refreshing. Don’t sleep on this playwright.

  • Woven Theatre: LIFE JACKET by Caridad Svich
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    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'Life Jacket' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this powerful and poetic play about two friends encountering something in the water, and how they deal with the fallout.

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'Life Jacket' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this powerful and poetic play about two friends encountering something in the water, and how they deal with the fallout.

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  • Woven Theatre: CARL FLUNT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM TRUCKS by Scott Mullen
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    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'CARL FLUNT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM TRUCKS' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this hilarious and heartfelt story about time travel and the choices we make.

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'CARL FLUNT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM TRUCKS' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this hilarious and heartfelt story about time travel and the choices we make.

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  • Woven Theatre: Edge of Town by Kyle J. McCloskey
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    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'Edge of Town' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this powerful play about the struggles of the working class.

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'Edge of Town' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this powerful play about the struggles of the working class.

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  • Woven Theatre: The Last Living Gun by Ryan Stevens
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    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'The Last Living Gun' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this veritable epic of a play.

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'The Last Living Gun' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this veritable epic of a play.

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  • 'Black Hollow' is a wonderful piece about how communities come together in the midst of tragedy, a theme that seems too relevant right now. Hemphill has taken one of the nightmares of American life and transformed it into a play about healing together. The characters are incredibly fleshed-out, each having their own voice and motivations; the interactions between them flow so naturally. Excellent piece.

    'Black Hollow' is a wonderful piece about how communities come together in the midst of tragedy, a theme that seems too relevant right now. Hemphill has taken one of the nightmares of American life and transformed it into a play about healing together. The characters are incredibly fleshed-out, each having their own voice and motivations; the interactions between them flow so naturally. Excellent piece.

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    Man, I devoured this play. Eppler has a way of crafting dialogue and characters that is just so compelling, and his work in 'The Ice Treatment' is no different. This is a story about rewriting one's own narrative, and Blondie does this so well that it's easy to see her as a genuine hero, despite what we already know about the story. I also really REALLY enjoyed the dead astronaut setup and payoff. I want to see this play done everywhere! Take an afternoon and treat yourself to this play.

    Man, I devoured this play. Eppler has a way of crafting dialogue and characters that is just so compelling, and his work in 'The Ice Treatment' is no different. This is a story about rewriting one's own narrative, and Blondie does this so well that it's easy to see her as a genuine hero, despite what we already know about the story. I also really REALLY enjoyed the dead astronaut setup and payoff. I want to see this play done everywhere! Take an afternoon and treat yourself to this play.

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    'Infallibility' is a master class in wit. Barbot takes the absolutely bananas story about the Cadaver Synod and shapes it into a tale about how there may be no true ultimate plan of God. Genesius and Carlo are excellent foundational characters (EXCELLENT choice to use the patron saint of clowns), but what really struck me about the play is how effortless and fluid the scene and character changes are. The action never truly stops as Carlo is thrown from one situation to the next. Modern comedia dell'arte at its best. This is the kind of religion-inspired art that I love.

    'Infallibility' is a master class in wit. Barbot takes the absolutely bananas story about the Cadaver Synod and shapes it into a tale about how there may be no true ultimate plan of God. Genesius and Carlo are excellent foundational characters (EXCELLENT choice to use the patron saint of clowns), but what really struck me about the play is how effortless and fluid the scene and character changes are. The action never truly stops as Carlo is thrown from one situation to the next. Modern comedia dell'arte at its best. This is the kind of religion-inspired art that I love.

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    God, I love plays with wrestling in them. However, instead of taking on the WWE system a la ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,’ Femia has chosen to use wrestling to mirror the tumultuous act of figuring out who you are as a young person. The characters are boisterous and so easy to love. The action clips along speedily, but it never feels rushed. And the final three pages threw me for a loop! Excellent work.

    God, I love plays with wrestling in them. However, instead of taking on the WWE system a la ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,’ Femia has chosen to use wrestling to mirror the tumultuous act of figuring out who you are as a young person. The characters are boisterous and so easy to love. The action clips along speedily, but it never feels rushed. And the final three pages threw me for a loop! Excellent work.

  • River Timms: Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery
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    As soon as I finished this play, I started reading it again. Arberry crafts his characters with such care that one can hate them and empathize with them simultaneously. It’s a jarring and necessary play that generated a familiar dread inside of me. Read it, then read it again.

    As soon as I finished this play, I started reading it again. Arberry crafts his characters with such care that one can hate them and empathize with them simultaneously. It’s a jarring and necessary play that generated a familiar dread inside of me. Read it, then read it again.

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