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Adam Richter

Recommended by Adam Richter

  • The Lesson [a 1-minute play] by Steven G. Martin
    5 Mar. 2021
    “ Oh, my. What an emotionally complex play. In the seemingly simple lesson of tying a tie are generations of wisdom and mistakes that get passed down. You have to wonder when the cycle will stop — or indeed, whether the unspoken event of the day is really the time and place for a paradigm shift. Steve Martin specializes in richly layered characters who reveal so much in such a small amount of time, and he's done it again here. ”
  • Lunch by Dominica Plummer
    3 Mar. 2021
    “ The sense of relief that both Ally and Rose carry through the play due to the end of the pandemic is nicely offset by a creeping sense of dread. This wonderful dark comedy by Dominica Plummer has many laugh-out-loud moments and some poignant lines but you just can't shake the feeling that something is going to go terribly wrong.
    "Lunch" is a great comic showcase for two female actresses. ”
  • DoorDashed by Emily McClain
    3 Mar. 2021
    “ In this time of isolation, we take human connection wherever we can find it. Emily McClain tells a lovely and at times painful story of two people who bond over one of the most 2020 rituals of all: food delivery. Erica is just trying to survive and Marcus is simply doing his job, but it's heartening to see that by play's end, that's not entirely true for either one of them (hope I didn't spoil it.)
    Audiences will identify with these characters, and their plight, once theater comes back IRL. Bravo! ”
  • How to Talk to Your Child About BDSM by Daniel Prillaman
    1 Mar. 2021
    “ What an ingenious an instructive way to introduce our kids to bondage talk. The parents are hilarious in their role play and as they try in vain to protect little Mason from their kinks. I loved the frank (sometimes too frank, DAD!) discussion the parents had with the kid whose nightmare subsides in the real-life horror show of catching his parent sin the act. Something tells me Mason will be OK, but his tastes will probably be vanilla when he gets older. ”
  • Unforgivable by Philip Middleton Williams
    1 Mar. 2021
    “ A brilliant one-minute play with a tantalizing setup and a perfectly funny (and perfectly appropriate) punchline at the end. ”
  • The People You Meet in Heaven by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    28 Feb. 2021
    “ A delightful and thoughtful one-minute play with a fantastic ending. One feels for Lincoln, Proust and Gandhi. ”
  • The Graveyard Shift (A One-Act Radio Play) by Morgan Hemgrove
    28 Feb. 2021
    “ This comic sci-fi drama says a great deal about how we treat the unfamiliar. The sound effects are fantastic but what makes the play is the back-and-forth between Doug and Ralph and and their relationship with the mysterious man. This had me hooked from the very beginning. ”
  • Marcus and Sextus Take A Bloody Walk Around London by Dominica Plummer
    28 Feb. 2021
    “ If I ever get to London, I want Marcus and Sextus as my tour guides. I loved how Dominica Plummer so deftly blended history and comedy in this wonderful and poignant piece. ”
  • Shoelaces (10 minute play) by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
    26 Feb. 2021
    “ Elisabeth Speckman sets us up for what feels like a meet-cute romantic comedy, then changes the setup to a dark stalker thriller, then — I don't want to spoil anything here — throws the chess board over and completely shatters our expectations. This is a taut, layered play that would be an actor's delight. This would be a great addition to a 10-minute play festival. ”
  • This Year by Greg Lam
    24 Feb. 2021
    “ Even though the world is ending, some of us still have work to do. Greg Lam takes this conceit and runs with it in a very funny 10-minute play that puts all of the horrors of the past year into a comic perspective and adds new twists. "This Year" is a brilliant satire of our world and the meaningless work we do to get through each day. ”

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