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Michael C. O'Day

Recommended by Michael C. O'Day

  • Analyze Zoom by Nandita Shenoy
    23 Jul. 2021
    “ A smart and delightful addition to the newborn genre of zoom plays, with which we've chronicled these strange months of quarantine. Shenoy's dissection of the "Cuomosexual" phenomenon is hilarious, and rooted in a firm understanding of the way we project onto others the qualities we most desperately wish to cultivate in ourselves. And it totally nails the difference between New Jersey and Connecticut! ”
  • The Thyme of the Season by Duncan Pflaster
    23 Jul. 2021
    “ The autumnal sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pflaster's play is both a loving and learned pastiche of Shakespearean comedic tropes and a probing examination of their gender politics. And it remembers that the fairies - however charming and sexy they may be, and Pflaster leans into the sexy here - are supposed to be SCARY. If you've ever wished that Shakespeare had written a grand Hallowe'en fairy tale (without having to risk the curse of the Scottish Play), enjoy! ”
  • you know, that Bakery out in Bensonhurst by Gina Femia
    22 Jul. 2021
    “ I live a half a mile away from this bakery. In a metaphorical sense, of course, we all do, but I literally live in this neighborhood and I can attest - this play is REAL. It's also heartbreaking and funny and beautifully constructed, but most importantly of all, it's vividly and pungently real. ”
  • She's Blown Away by Vince Gatton
    22 Jul. 2021
    “ One of the only plays about young love I know that young people actually should read (as should everybody else). A beautiful, bittersweet meditation on boundaries, consent, self-control, and their importance in this ever more bonkers world of ours. ”
  • Status Update by Vince Gatton
    22 Jul. 2021
    “ A beautiful, heartrending two-hander, and one of the best pieces I know about middle age - about being old enough to have experienced gut-wrenching loss but still young enough to rock out to Violet Femmes, about trying to impart some sort of knowledge to your children when you're still a confused, scared kid yourself. ”

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