Recommended by Erin Malone Turner

  • Erin Malone Turner: GRIT by Nick Malakhow
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    WHOA. Such a complex & natural portrayal of teenage friendship, the terrifyingly constant presence of online madness, the isolation that can come with seeking better opportunities as POC, and the shame that can accompany hiding deep-seated truths about oneself. Sasha & Raymond's respective art forms fit them and their personalities so well. This play also depicts the injustice that is all-too-often snaking about within academia and its systems. Lovely characters and storytelling - I hope this play is produced far and wide!

    WHOA. Such a complex & natural portrayal of teenage friendship, the terrifyingly constant presence of online madness, the isolation that can come with seeking better opportunities as POC, and the shame that can accompany hiding deep-seated truths about oneself. Sasha & Raymond's respective art forms fit them and their personalities so well. This play also depicts the injustice that is all-too-often snaking about within academia and its systems. Lovely characters and storytelling - I hope this play is produced far and wide!

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  • Erin Malone Turner: the bandaged place by Harrison David Rivers
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    OOF. This play is a beautifully sharp portrayal of what trying not to give up can look like, mending damaged relationships, healing from pain, the difference between speaking and being truly heard, and the power that art has to shape and heal even the youngest of us. Gorgeous and organic in its representation of Black people. Would love the world to experience this play!

    OOF. This play is a beautifully sharp portrayal of what trying not to give up can look like, mending damaged relationships, healing from pain, the difference between speaking and being truly heard, and the power that art has to shape and heal even the youngest of us. Gorgeous and organic in its representation of Black people. Would love the world to experience this play!

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  • Erin Malone Turner: Nuclear Family by Dayna Smith
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    This show is a heavy, powerful look at a very possible future for our world in which robots are intertwined with human life in varying degrees. It is intense and complicated in organic and intriguing ways exploring bonds, temptation, and choices made from simple curiosity or from the intrinsic needs to love and belong - and whether those needs could ever exist within a mechanical being. I’d love to see this onstage!

    This show is a heavy, powerful look at a very possible future for our world in which robots are intertwined with human life in varying degrees. It is intense and complicated in organic and intriguing ways exploring bonds, temptation, and choices made from simple curiosity or from the intrinsic needs to love and belong - and whether those needs could ever exist within a mechanical being. I’d love to see this onstage!

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  • Erin Malone Turner: or what she will by Charly Evon Simpson
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    This play is a gorgeous diorama of growing up as twins, as well as a heartbreaking perusal of the searing effects of trauma and a family trying to heal and be healed in the aftermath. Simpson uses lyrical language to portray guilt, desolation, and the shocks that life so often inflicts, leaving one to pick up the pieces and move on in unexpected ways. Truly excellent!

    This play is a gorgeous diorama of growing up as twins, as well as a heartbreaking perusal of the searing effects of trauma and a family trying to heal and be healed in the aftermath. Simpson uses lyrical language to portray guilt, desolation, and the shocks that life so often inflicts, leaving one to pick up the pieces and move on in unexpected ways. Truly excellent!

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  • Erin Malone Turner: To Be An Invincible Woman by Dayna Smith
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    This play was a beautifully heartbreaking and insightful look into two remarkable women in a space that allowed them to reconnect and uncover truths and vulnerabilities that life on earth didn't quite allow. Both characters felt organic and connected in their questions, regrets, and hope. An excellent short play!

    This play was a beautifully heartbreaking and insightful look into two remarkable women in a space that allowed them to reconnect and uncover truths and vulnerabilities that life on earth didn't quite allow. Both characters felt organic and connected in their questions, regrets, and hope. An excellent short play!

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