Recommended by Kenneth N. Kurtz

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Competition Postponed Due to Weather

    A fine little moment wherein mother and daughter discover purpose, and a fine piece of warmly poetic prose as well. Now I want to read a lot more DC Cathro's work.

    A fine little moment wherein mother and daughter discover purpose, and a fine piece of warmly poetic prose as well. Now I want to read a lot more DC Cathro's work.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: It Jungle Out There

    It more than jungle out there, It full of wit and charm and funny too. In little more than ten pages, John Busser prove best friend Tarzan ever have.

    It more than jungle out there, It full of wit and charm and funny too. In little more than ten pages, John Busser prove best friend Tarzan ever have.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: It's the Thought... That Kills!

    John Busser has written another gem of pure style, and one you can't ignoire.

    John Busser has written another gem of pure style, and one you can't ignoire.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: PICKUP (a 5 minute play)

    I love plays with twists, and in Pickup Marj O'Neill-Butler has written a little beauty, and it's the kind of twist that serves 'em right.

    I love plays with twists, and in Pickup Marj O'Neill-Butler has written a little beauty, and it's the kind of twist that serves 'em right.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Home-Style Cooking at the Gateway Cafe

    Mr. Williams serves up his usual warm home-style writing with the jarring zing of an ever so up-to-date twist.

    Mr. Williams serves up his usual warm home-style writing with the jarring zing of an ever so up-to-date twist.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Commemorative Edition

    Some plays can hit very close to home. As a gay man whose teenage years were the 1950s, this play really spoke to me, but did it with charm as well as truth. Thank you DC Cathro.

    Some plays can hit very close to home. As a gay man whose teenage years were the 1950s, this play really spoke to me, but did it with charm as well as truth. Thank you DC Cathro.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: George Orwell’s 1989: A “Swift” 10 Minute Adaptation

    This delicious comic satire fascinates in that it is both timely and timeless at the same time. That's a neat trick that Steven Hayet plays to perfection.

    This delicious comic satire fascinates in that it is both timely and timeless at the same time. That's a neat trick that Steven Hayet plays to perfection.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Straight on 'Til Morning

    As far as I can tell, NPX has three plays in its library inspired by Peter Pan. In "Straight On 'Til Morning" Rachel Diamond has created a hauntingly lovely prequel to the tale. With "Wendy Unwritten" Kate Ramsburg provides a modern urban sequel full of longing for a wished-for past. Both plays celebrate the feminine side of the growing up conundrum. Third play is mine which best sums up that conundrum with its title: "Panegyric." Read all three...You'll enjoy them.

    As far as I can tell, NPX has three plays in its library inspired by Peter Pan. In "Straight On 'Til Morning" Rachel Diamond has created a hauntingly lovely prequel to the tale. With "Wendy Unwritten" Kate Ramsburg provides a modern urban sequel full of longing for a wished-for past. Both plays celebrate the feminine side of the growing up conundrum. Third play is mine which best sums up that conundrum with its title: "Panegyric." Read all three...You'll enjoy them.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Poured Over

    Matt Harmon does dark so well, and in this short play it's more than the coffee. Poured Over is dark comedy at its best and a wonderful put down for all of those driven crusaders that plague our lives, especially during office coffee breaks.

    Matt Harmon does dark so well, and in this short play it's more than the coffee. Poured Over is dark comedy at its best and a wonderful put down for all of those driven crusaders that plague our lives, especially during office coffee breaks.

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Quit While You're Behind

    This is indeed a superb ten minute play, a distillation of all of the pain and poetry of Miller's Death of a Salesman into a remarkable set of stage directions and a powerful final speech.

    This is indeed a superb ten minute play, a distillation of all of the pain and poetry of Miller's Death of a Salesman into a remarkable set of stage directions and a powerful final speech.