Recommended by Emma Gibson

  • Emma Gibson: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green
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    I loved this beautiful, expansive, furious, gorgeous, deeply sad play so much. There are echoes of 'You got older' and yet it is utterly original with an engine fueled with so much imagination and grief that it makes us laugh, cry, and try to save the world. Highly recommend.

    I loved this beautiful, expansive, furious, gorgeous, deeply sad play so much. There are echoes of 'You got older' and yet it is utterly original with an engine fueled with so much imagination and grief that it makes us laugh, cry, and try to save the world. Highly recommend.

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  • Emma Gibson: Dirty Laundry by Mathilde Dratwa
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    This is a fantastic play. Heartbreaking, funny, gorgeously structured and brutally honest in its depiction of death, grief and motherhood. Would love to see this fully realized on stage. Brava!

    This is a fantastic play. Heartbreaking, funny, gorgeously structured and brutally honest in its depiction of death, grief and motherhood. Would love to see this fully realized on stage. Brava!

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  • Emma Gibson: After Ultra by Libby Heily
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    This powerful play about generational trauma is beautifully told by Heily. Focussing on the MK Ultra experiment in the 1950's, After Ultra tells the story of Dot's participation in the experiment and the effect on the generations of woman that follow. A harrowing, sometimes funny, always powerful story that weaves between flashbacks, integrated scenes and characters who we genuinely care about, despite their flaws. Highly recommend.

    This powerful play about generational trauma is beautifully told by Heily. Focussing on the MK Ultra experiment in the 1950's, After Ultra tells the story of Dot's participation in the experiment and the effect on the generations of woman that follow. A harrowing, sometimes funny, always powerful story that weaves between flashbacks, integrated scenes and characters who we genuinely care about, despite their flaws. Highly recommend.

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  • Emma Gibson: Until the Day is Done by Jared Michael Delaney
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    This intense, beautiful play, powerfully speaks to end of life decisions in a profound and moving way. Delaney crafts a riveting small cast play straddling genres of magic realism and mystery. The landscape of Alaska looms large as the story unfolds, and the rich characterizations hold us captivated throughout. Produce this play!

    This intense, beautiful play, powerfully speaks to end of life decisions in a profound and moving way. Delaney crafts a riveting small cast play straddling genres of magic realism and mystery. The landscape of Alaska looms large as the story unfolds, and the rich characterizations hold us captivated throughout. Produce this play!

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  • Emma Gibson: The Forest by Lia Romeo
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    This painful, beautiful play about loss speaks to the great power of theatre to make us feel complex emotions through fiction. This is partly because Romeo crafts her characters with such love and care, but for me, the genius stroke is to make the stage design (the encroaching forest) represent the chaos of the mind, lifting this play into another realm. Deeply moving.

    This painful, beautiful play about loss speaks to the great power of theatre to make us feel complex emotions through fiction. This is partly because Romeo crafts her characters with such love and care, but for me, the genius stroke is to make the stage design (the encroaching forest) represent the chaos of the mind, lifting this play into another realm. Deeply moving.

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  • Emma Gibson: Backwards Forwards Back by Jacqueline Goldfinger
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    A deeply powerful and often harrowing one person account of veteran PTSD. With her poetic language and vivid descriptions, Goldfinger crafts an exquisite play that focuses on trauma, recovery, and the very human need to connect, forgive and move forwards.

    A deeply powerful and often harrowing one person account of veteran PTSD. With her poetic language and vivid descriptions, Goldfinger crafts an exquisite play that focuses on trauma, recovery, and the very human need to connect, forgive and move forwards.

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  • Emma Gibson: The Electric Baby by Stefanie Zadravec
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    I saw this play read at PlayPenn a few years ago and I can honestly say I have never forgotten it. I love the tumbling together of stories, the raw heart of the play. It has been an inspiration and is still up there in my top 5 of all time (yes, I mean it!)

    I saw this play read at PlayPenn a few years ago and I can honestly say I have never forgotten it. I love the tumbling together of stories, the raw heart of the play. It has been an inspiration and is still up there in my top 5 of all time (yes, I mean it!)

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