Recommended by Eric Pfeffinger

  • Honey Brown Eyes.
    5 Apr. 2018
    This play does, so well, so much of what drama's supposed to do: it creates, with visceral immediacy, completely unimpeded vicarious identification with people from different circumstances in an entirely separate part of the world. A thoroughly uncompromising vision of what war does to people, but the experience of it is never needlessly punishing. A remarkable achievement that demands to be staged.
  • Since Africa
    4 Apr. 2018
    A culture-clash drama of good intentions gone awry and second chances derailed -- sensitive and surehanded and wise.
  • Outrage
    7 Mar. 2018
    Audacious and unruly in all the best possible ways: an exuberant play that both flaunts and mocks its own erudition.
  • THE GHOSTS OF LOTE BRAVO
    7 Mar. 2018
    Grim and lyrical, this is a play with a conscience and with a grasp of the theatrically magical. It has one foot in the hyperreal and one in the supernatural, but its dramatization of human connections, and the depths of human feeling, is transcendent.
  • Baton
    5 Nov. 2017
    This cunning and surprising play uses the troubling spectre of police brutality as a jumping-off point to launch an uncompromising exploration of the stubborn complexity of accountability, moral identity, and human relationships. You find yourself still talking about its implications days after you leave the theater.
  • The Great Leap
    8 Jun. 2017
    A culture-clashing intersection of sports and politics, dramatized with heart and humanity and humor. These characters stick with you long after you leave the theater.
  • Widower
    18 May. 2017
    Professional wrestling and pest control figure prominently in this hard-bitten, sun-bleached coming-of-age tale which is inflected by more than a touch of dark absurdity. Opportunities for raucous physicality are juxtaposed here with great, chewy dialogue.
  • FULL BLOOM
    18 May. 2017
    A literate, lyrical, and troubling exploration of the gendered effects of objectification: smart and moving and multidimensional.
  • Two Degrees
    26 Apr. 2017
    Cunningly and painlessly integrates hard-core science into a very human, very dramatic story of relationships with real and immediate stakes. An ingeniously accessible way to spur conversations about climate change within audiences with diverse political outlooks.
  • Permanent Collection
    19 Apr. 2017
    A well-crafted and deftly wrought exploration of cultural identity, divertingly dramatized through characters who speak with erudition about Rousseau and African artifacts even as they don't realize how confined they are within their own silo of cultural experience. A clever and engaging conversation-starter.

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