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Asher Wyndham

Recommended by Asher Wyndham

  • BUZZFEED, DONALD TRUMP, & DEAD BLACK KIDS by Haygen-Brice Walker
    11 Jun. 2018
    “ You will bust a gut laughing at the ridiculousness of these two millenial girls chit-chatting about current events and politics, even when it gets offensive. Don't dismiss this dark comedy as slight, as an entertaining distraction; it's a spot-on criticism of white passivity, insensitivity, and ignorance in Age of Trump and Facebook. The writing is comedy at its best. One of my favorite comedies on NPX. Highly recommended for a festival on political themes. ”
  • In Alabama by J.Lois Diamond
    11 Jun. 2018
    “ So much is achieved in a short amount of time: more than a handful of scenes, including dream sequences, present the life of Juliette, a civil rights activist. Her moral courage to speak against systemic racism and violence against African-Americans in the 1950s -- her fearlessness and her calls for justice and actions of disobedience will definitely be inspirational to many audience members. This play is theatre-for-social-change at its most powerful; it can do more than elicit a talkback; it can force us, especially white people, to fight for a future free of cruelty, injustice, and discrimination. Read this now! ”
  • Grindrd by J. Joseph Cox
    10 Jun. 2018
    “ This play captures something sad about the lives of gay teens not out to family members -- using sex apps like Grindr like some rite of passage, and the only way to make a connection with other people like them because they can't make a connection with a family member. This play is not just about that theme; check out this absorbing drama for the shocking twist that I didn't see coming. And then you'll probably hope like me this incredible scene is part of a full-length. Bravo. ”
  • Autophobia: noun. a fear of one’s self (a monologue) by Lindsay Partain
    10 Jun. 2018
    “ Existenstial trauma -- and autophobia -- with a Beckettian sensibility. There are too many boring monologues that are just story-telling with no particular setting, no action, lack of intensity, lack of character development; you don't get that with a monologue from Partain. This experimental monologue's setting (a room of mirrors) and its philosophizing/stream-of-consciousness is a rarity. Check it out. This would an interesting monologue to see performed in a museum or gallery because its set would be a work-of-art. ”
  • american kids by Emily Kaczmarek
    10 Jun. 2018
    “ A play like this forces us to remember not just those lost to school shootings, but also survivors. Their trauma lasts forever, it changes families, effects how they relate to others in the community. In this play, a play that no one should have to write, wakes us up, makes us wonder about the future -- innocence/childhood/adolesence marked by gun violence, death, and evil. If children are America's future, then many of them will be traumatized just like Jordan. A powerful play that's a smart choice for a festival on gun control. ”
  • 49 Years and a Glass of Chardonnay by Laura Pittenger
    10 Jun. 2018
    “ Marvelous study of two women separated by age and experiences, each with their own desires and dreams, meeting briefly in an ordinary restaurant, and for one woman the appearance of the other becomes a lesson, a truth revealed. A play with a structure, part monologue with a short scene, that I've never read before. ”
  • The Sealing of Ceil by Glenn Alterman
    7 Jun. 2018
    “ Thoroughly satisfying. The whodunit mystery, the unanswered questions, Ceil's sexy extra-marital affair, the vignette structure that breaks with realism -- it keeps you turning the pages -- all the way to the shocking end. The language seemed like it blended William Inge with crime noir. Check out this award-winning play. Even better, produce it. ”
  • The Final Debate by Rachel Bublitz
    7 Jun. 2018
    “ Bublitz's powerful TYA play could do more than elicit empathy -- it could do more than make an audience angry at the sad state of our country under the Second Amendment; it could inspire students in school and their parents to take action, to keep school safety at the top of priorities and demand change from the powerful people in the community. The PTSD-like trauma theatricalized in this play is today's reality for all schoolchildren -- this play reminds you of that. Perfect for a gun control festival. Highly recommended. ”
  • Don't Step in That! by Emily Hageman
    5 Jun. 2018
    “ This will be a lot of fun for one minute festivals across the country but also beginning directing classes. Kids would love to do this in their first theatre class. Clever concept. ”
  • Pepper Pirates for Life! by Matthew Weaver
    4 Jun. 2018
    “ This is play is proof why a theatre should commission Weaver to write short plays. With a comic sensibility that David Ives would appreciate and a theatrical spectacle that would win the evening, his short plays are some of the best entertainments and distractions on the planet, maybe the entire universe. Read it, share it, produce it now. And check out his other plays that have been produced all over the country. ”

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