Recommended by Kenneth N. Kurtz

  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Fable by Doug DeVita
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    A haunted vaudevillian exploration of the true stories that were swiped, swirled and snipped into the musical Gypsy. Mr. DeVita is a master of style. Now I wish he'd direct his attention to Hamilton, which could equally benefit from revelations of truth.

    A haunted vaudevillian exploration of the true stories that were swiped, swirled and snipped into the musical Gypsy. Mr. DeVita is a master of style. Now I wish he'd direct his attention to Hamilton, which could equally benefit from revelations of truth.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: A BUMP IN THE NIGHT ( a 10 minute mystery) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
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    Marj O'Neill-Butler has written a fine ten-minute goose-bump machine. I'd love to design and light this scary little gem.

    Marj O'Neill-Butler has written a fine ten-minute goose-bump machine. I'd love to design and light this scary little gem.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: A Tree Grows in Longmont by Philip Middleton Williams
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    In thia lovely play, my friend Philip leaves the living rooms that cage so many plays and ventures out into the fine eternal poetry of the empty stage. And his final speech is a gem of theatre prose.

    In thia lovely play, my friend Philip leaves the living rooms that cage so many plays and ventures out into the fine eternal poetry of the empty stage. And his final speech is a gem of theatre prose.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: HOW BRENDA LANG INVENTED TIME TRAVEL WITH A MOLDY PIECE OF CHEESE by Scott Mullen
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    This is really funny and utterly wacky "what if?" that should top the list for all ten minute comic play fests.

    This is really funny and utterly wacky "what if?" that should top the list for all ten minute comic play fests.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: All Together Now by Philip Middleton Williams
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    This is a play about finding, fifteen years later, fatherhood. And it's a lovely surprise for both sides of the equation. Philip Williams knows how to write warm and funny and fine and true. How to blend tears with the best of chuckles.

    This is a play about finding, fifteen years later, fatherhood. And it's a lovely surprise for both sides of the equation. Philip Williams knows how to write warm and funny and fine and true. How to blend tears with the best of chuckles.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Every Creeping Thing by David Beardsley
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    What delicious fun this short play is, doing all that a ten minute piece should do with stylish satirical humor. And a fine punch back at today's human dinosaurs,

    What delicious fun this short play is, doing all that a ten minute piece should do with stylish satirical humor. And a fine punch back at today's human dinosaurs,

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Broken Angels by Todd Caster
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    Broken Angels is the kind of history that we musn't be allowed to forget, and I cannot forget the fine production of this play that I saw at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton.

    Broken Angels is the kind of history that we musn't be allowed to forget, and I cannot forget the fine production of this play that I saw at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: Can't Live Without You by Philip Middleton Williams
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    I loved directing the first reading of this fine play, but loved even more seeing its first full production at Boca Raton's Willow Theatre. I have that happy feeling that I will soon be able to see it on many more stages.

    I loved directing the first reading of this fine play, but loved even more seeing its first full production at Boca Raton's Willow Theatre. I have that happy feeling that I will soon be able to see it on many more stages.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: SAINT SOMEBODY [Published] by Rita Anderson
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    I love historical plays, and Saint Somebody is a fine one, hitting just the right balance between now and then in language. I'd love to design it: those three tents hovering like bloody ghosts 'round a Gettysburg clearing. Bravo, Rita Anderson, for a fine story well told.

    I love historical plays, and Saint Somebody is a fine one, hitting just the right balance between now and then in language. I'd love to design it: those three tents hovering like bloody ghosts 'round a Gettysburg clearing. Bravo, Rita Anderson, for a fine story well told.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: The Return of Tartuffe (8-character version) by Brian Mulholland
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    Brian Mulholland is a man after my own heart, a playwright who brandishes rhymed couplets so easily and jauntily as to move this comedy forward on a froth of gentle wit. I think Moliere would be proud. I really enjoyed this play. And I love the idea of resuscitating Tartuffe to make a fool of Cotton Mather.

    Brian Mulholland is a man after my own heart, a playwright who brandishes rhymed couplets so easily and jauntily as to move this comedy forward on a froth of gentle wit. I think Moliere would be proud. I really enjoyed this play. And I love the idea of resuscitating Tartuffe to make a fool of Cotton Mather.

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