Recommended by Beth Kander

  • Beth Kander: The Waiting Room by Sharai Bohannon
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    This play will make you laugh right up until it sucks the breath out of you and makes you cry. A whole lot of emotion, humor, and regret packed into a tight one-act play.

    This play will make you laugh right up until it sucks the breath out of you and makes you cry. A whole lot of emotion, humor, and regret packed into a tight one-act play.

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  • Beth Kander: Truth Be Told by William Cameron
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    Taut, expertly crafted, and ultimately so achingly human, this play will get you in the gut. Highly recommend.

    Taut, expertly crafted, and ultimately so achingly human, this play will get you in the gut. Highly recommend.

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  • Beth Kander: Hyannis by Kari Bentley-Quinn
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    As atmospheric as it is authentic, HYANNIS reels you in from moment one. The characters are loveable and infuriating and terrific; the themes of addiction and fortitude and forgiveness are universal without being generic. Highly recommend.

    As atmospheric as it is authentic, HYANNIS reels you in from moment one. The characters are loveable and infuriating and terrific; the themes of addiction and fortitude and forgiveness are universal without being generic. Highly recommend.

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  • Beth Kander: The Communist Revolution: A Ninth-Grade European History Project (There Will Be a Practical Demonstration) by Grace McLeod
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    At turns challenging and charming, this show draws its audience in and then won't let them off the hook. There's plenty of self-examination, well-earned laughs, and hard truths. Highly recommend.

    At turns challenging and charming, this show draws its audience in and then won't let them off the hook. There's plenty of self-examination, well-earned laughs, and hard truths. Highly recommend.

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  • Beth Kander: Those Days Are Over by David Hilder
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    This show feels like the close-knit, complicated family it portrays: intimate, funny, frustrating (in the best ways), heart-wrenching, cathartic. Highly recommend.

    This show feels like the close-knit, complicated family it portrays: intimate, funny, frustrating (in the best ways), heart-wrenching, cathartic. Highly recommend.

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  • Beth Kander: Guadalupe in the Guest Room by Tony Meneses
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    I saw this play at Creede Rep and LOVED it. The device for conveying language barriers is terrific; the grief is palpable and so too is the joy. The humor in the telenovela scenes is not only a great release for the characters and relief for the audience, but also stellar showcase pieces for the right actors. Highly recommend!

    I saw this play at Creede Rep and LOVED it. The device for conveying language barriers is terrific; the grief is palpable and so too is the joy. The humor in the telenovela scenes is not only a great release for the characters and relief for the audience, but also stellar showcase pieces for the right actors. Highly recommend!

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  • Beth Kander: SOPHIA HAYDEN DESERVES BETTER by Stephanie Alison Walker
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    I was so lucky to get to see an early online presentation of this new work. A fascinating (and clearly unfairly overlooked) historical figure, a riveting time in American history, and big questions about autonomy and integrity and feminism all come together beautifully in Stephanie Alison Walker's smart, sad, and surprisingly funny play.

    I was so lucky to get to see an early online presentation of this new work. A fascinating (and clearly unfairly overlooked) historical figure, a riveting time in American history, and big questions about autonomy and integrity and feminism all come together beautifully in Stephanie Alison Walker's smart, sad, and surprisingly funny play.

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  • Beth Kander: The Persuadables by Hallie Palladino
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    I was fortunate enough to catch a reading of this show at Prop Thtr recently. Smart writing with complicated characters; writing right now about things going on right now is a tricky tightrope to walk, but Hallie Palladino handles it gracefully in this clever, eerily insightful script.

    I was fortunate enough to catch a reading of this show at Prop Thtr recently. Smart writing with complicated characters; writing right now about things going on right now is a tricky tightrope to walk, but Hallie Palladino handles it gracefully in this clever, eerily insightful script.

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  • Beth Kander: PLAINCLOTHES by Spenser Davis
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    Taut, fast, and unflinching, this funny and sharp-eyed play does a better job stealing its audiences' attention than most of its thieves do stealing the merch.

    Taut, fast, and unflinching, this funny and sharp-eyed play does a better job stealing its audiences' attention than most of its thieves do stealing the merch.

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  • Beth Kander: Compelling Spencer by Ian August
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    This absurd, abstract short comedy slices is a surprisingly and refreshingly honest love story.

    This absurd, abstract short comedy slices is a surprisingly and refreshingly honest love story.

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