Recommended by Adam Richter

  • Adam Richter: Imaginary You (Bascom & Isaac #3)

    This short play is a master class in articulating the inner torment that people who have RSD must go through, and what it's like for the people who love them, watching it all happen from the outside looking in. At the center is an endearing love story — both Bascom and Isaac's, but also Bascom and Fred's.
    Now that I know this is the third installment in the Bascom and Isaac story, I must find Parts 1 and 2. Bravo, Scott!

    This short play is a master class in articulating the inner torment that people who have RSD must go through, and what it's like for the people who love them, watching it all happen from the outside looking in. At the center is an endearing love story — both Bascom and Isaac's, but also Bascom and Fred's.
    Now that I know this is the third installment in the Bascom and Isaac story, I must find Parts 1 and 2. Bravo, Scott!

  • Adam Richter: ZOSHA: A MONOLOGUE

    "ZOSHA" is a slow burn of a monologue as the title character tries, with a frustrating lack of success, to conduct a seemingly straightforward bank transaction. Our frustration at her situation grows with her, especially as we learn more about her.
    What I love about Asher Wyndham's monologues is that his characters live full, complex lives before and after their time on stage. We the audience can see ZOSHA in her complicated entirety, even if the unseen bank manager can not.
    This is a brilliant solo piece for an actress, and I'd love to see it on stage.

    "ZOSHA" is a slow burn of a monologue as the title character tries, with a frustrating lack of success, to conduct a seemingly straightforward bank transaction. Our frustration at her situation grows with her, especially as we learn more about her.
    What I love about Asher Wyndham's monologues is that his characters live full, complex lives before and after their time on stage. We the audience can see ZOSHA in her complicated entirety, even if the unseen bank manager can not.
    This is a brilliant solo piece for an actress, and I'd love to see it on stage.

  • Adam Richter: The Adventures of Pat the Exterminator: Wolfman Wants a Treat

    Pat the exterminator has an unnerving real-word logic to him that confounds the monsters he runs into during his work. In "Wolfman Wants A Treat," we see Pat at his most endearing and sympathetic — but still laugh-out-loud funny. I've enjoyed all of Christopher Soucy's plays about Pat, but this might be the sweetest.

    Pat the exterminator has an unnerving real-word logic to him that confounds the monsters he runs into during his work. In "Wolfman Wants A Treat," we see Pat at his most endearing and sympathetic — but still laugh-out-loud funny. I've enjoyed all of Christopher Soucy's plays about Pat, but this might be the sweetest.

  • Adam Richter: Beast

    I swear, it never occurred to me until reading "Beast" what the central problem with "Beauty and the Beast" is. (I had always thought it was Chip; did he get that name before he had the chip, or did he have a different name? If so, what was it?)
    Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend not only identifies the main problem; she then proceeds to skewer it in a highly inventive, theatrical and laugh-out-loud way. This brilliant satire shows beauty is more than skin-deep, but you'd never know from the Disney version.
    Read (and produce) this instead!

    I swear, it never occurred to me until reading "Beast" what the central problem with "Beauty and the Beast" is. (I had always thought it was Chip; did he get that name before he had the chip, or did he have a different name? If so, what was it?)
    Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend not only identifies the main problem; she then proceeds to skewer it in a highly inventive, theatrical and laugh-out-loud way. This brilliant satire shows beauty is more than skin-deep, but you'd never know from the Disney version.
    Read (and produce) this instead!

  • Adam Richter: Can You Hear Me Now?

    This is a hilarious take on that seminal moment in American lore, as MOREY NORKIN gives us the Bell-Watson conversation then takes it in a wild and unexpected direction. Brilliant parody and razor-sharp satire — two reasons this play should be produced. Bravo!

    This is a hilarious take on that seminal moment in American lore, as MOREY NORKIN gives us the Bell-Watson conversation then takes it in a wild and unexpected direction. Brilliant parody and razor-sharp satire — two reasons this play should be produced. Bravo!

  • Adam Richter: The Adventures of Pat the Exterminator: Pests

    I am SOOO happy to see Pat The Exterminator make an appearance in this play! Christopher Soucy brilliantly skewers — impales? — vampire tropes with every line. Audiences will feast on this terrific play any time of year.

    I am SOOO happy to see Pat The Exterminator make an appearance in this play! Christopher Soucy brilliantly skewers — impales? — vampire tropes with every line. Audiences will feast on this terrific play any time of year.

  • Adam Richter: Gobbler

    We should all face our mortality with the grace and clarity of Gobbler, who, having been spared the ax, wants to LIVE, not merely exist. Matthew Weaver has written a funny and thoughtful play about Thanksgiving, life and the legacy we leave behind. I would love to see this performed.

    It's a perfect holiday short, despite what Spumoni thinks about "icy fingers of death."

    We should all face our mortality with the grace and clarity of Gobbler, who, having been spared the ax, wants to LIVE, not merely exist. Matthew Weaver has written a funny and thoughtful play about Thanksgiving, life and the legacy we leave behind. I would love to see this performed.

    It's a perfect holiday short, despite what Spumoni thinks about "icy fingers of death."

  • Adam Richter: The March Of I'ds (a one minute play)

    A brilliant 1-minute play that runs the course of an entire relationship (or does it?) in 60 seconds. This was great fun.

    A brilliant 1-minute play that runs the course of an entire relationship (or does it?) in 60 seconds. This was great fun.

  • Adam Richter: Alone?

    I fear that anything I say about the plot will give too much away, and that would be an injustice to this compelling, powerful short play. It's a mind-bender of a two-hander that will keep audiences rapt with attention — as I was just reading it on the page. The pacing, characters and plot are expertly executed. I loved it and would love to see it performed.

    I fear that anything I say about the plot will give too much away, and that would be an injustice to this compelling, powerful short play. It's a mind-bender of a two-hander that will keep audiences rapt with attention — as I was just reading it on the page. The pacing, characters and plot are expertly executed. I loved it and would love to see it performed.

  • Adam Richter: SPATSY KLOTZ

    Whatever ride you think you're going to take with this monologue, you're wrong. Charles Scott Jones gives us a solo piece that is unlike any I've ever read, and I was hooked from the start. An actor would have a field day with this piece, and so would audiences.

    Whatever ride you think you're going to take with this monologue, you're wrong. Charles Scott Jones gives us a solo piece that is unlike any I've ever read, and I was hooked from the start. An actor would have a field day with this piece, and so would audiences.