Recommended by Asher Wyndham

  • What we need at the end of the day…
    27 Sep. 2017
    Are there some people -- like those on their deathbed -- who don't deserve forgiveness? Are there limits to forgiveness? Are you a terrible person if you can't forgive a terrible person? This powerful short play leaves you asking some important questions on forgiveness, empathy, and responsibility for family members.
  • Reading Babar in 2070
    26 Sep. 2017
    How long should parents/adults withhold the truths about the world? When should story-telling "get real" for children -- when should it be used as a teachable moment on tough issues? What starts as delightful turns into a thought-provoking play, a bit disturbing actually.
  • Recess
    23 Sep. 2017
    If you enjoyed Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, you might enjoy this short play. Adult actors play both adults and kids, switching back and forth many times, brought together in an unusual setting, exploring the past and dealing with the present. Its sometimes silly, sometimes serious. A wonderful challenge for actors and a director.
  • Chain Link
    23 Sep. 2017
    Communication via "telephone" cans on a string, separated by a chain link fence, is an effective way to show the difficulty for people of different backgrounds to connect. Without being heavy on exposition about time and place, this a play that can be produced again and again, on stages today and in the future.
  • DragOn
    3 Sep. 2017
    Mother Ru would be so proud of this queen. Austgen doesn't bleep it up in this play; it's fabulous and funny on every page, and it's endearing! Queens (and wannabes) unite on a stage in a neighborhood near you--and produce this play! Slay!
  • Awnings
    13 Aug. 2017
    A memorable short play that'll definitely make a splash with your audience--the romance, sweet and sexy, is delightful. I need to stand under an awning in the rain more often.
  • Rugburn
    3 Aug. 2017
    The Joker, Stephen King's sewer-clown... Add Rugburn to the list of evil clowns. Rugburn is a sick pleasure just like when you put your hand in a bowl of hamburger meat in a dark horror house during Halloween. If you're choosing Halloween plays, choose this one; it'll creep out your audience members, for sure. I recommend taking a buddy with you when you see this play.
  • Operation Keep the Kitten Alive
    3 Aug. 2017
    Weaver captures authentically kid speech and behavior with hilarious outcome in this play about a babysitter trying keep two kids from busting their surgical stitches. The play has thumb wrestling and plenty of roughhousing that'll keep a director busy.
  • Hotter Than Thoreau
    23 Jul. 2017
    Zaffarano does a perfect job capturing what's hot and what's not hot about gay culture. The hook-up is at times steamy hot (it'll melt your butter) and other times it's awkward, really awkward -- it's a totally believable hook-up. The playwright showcases the superficiality of some gay men on and off Grindr. But she also shows what's truly possible for gay men looking for love, not lust, that true intimacy and intensity that's possible when you stop being fake, stop being some commodity for consumption. Well done.
  • The April Meeting of the Friends of the Gibsonton Regional Library
    22 Jul. 2017
    A clever, brutal attack on right-wing idiocy in Trumpland. Makes you wonder why many 'Christian' conservatives see so much 'inherent good' in a man so vile.

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