Recommended by Ryan Stevens

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    Sports in America have always been more than just people throwing a ball around -- they're part of a place's identity, and a rare instance of American culture encouraging community and communal experience. It's also a damn heartbreaker. York's play captures the heartache of being attached to the home team, no matter how many times it lets you down, because you know you can't easily walk away. A wonderfully human story on ambition and belonging.
    Go Cubs.

    Sports in America have always been more than just people throwing a ball around -- they're part of a place's identity, and a rare instance of American culture encouraging community and communal experience. It's also a damn heartbreaker. York's play captures the heartache of being attached to the home team, no matter how many times it lets you down, because you know you can't easily walk away. A wonderfully human story on ambition and belonging.
    Go Cubs.

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    We've all been there, haven't we, folks? Mundane humiliation begets mountainous hunger for retribution -- Velandra artfully captures the true feeling of being wronged, and the frustration of only having so many ways to make it right before things turn annoyingly "illegal." Smart characters and sharp dialogue, it's a winner!

    We've all been there, haven't we, folks? Mundane humiliation begets mountainous hunger for retribution -- Velandra artfully captures the true feeling of being wronged, and the frustration of only having so many ways to make it right before things turn annoyingly "illegal." Smart characters and sharp dialogue, it's a winner!

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    Such a smart and humanist version of the post-apocalyptic perspective. A laser-focused depiction of a few scared, lonely people at the end of the world. Not a line of dialogue wasted, not a stage direction out of place.

    Such a smart and humanist version of the post-apocalyptic perspective. A laser-focused depiction of a few scared, lonely people at the end of the world. Not a line of dialogue wasted, not a stage direction out of place.

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    by Mackenzie Raine Kirkman

    An incredibly confident, singular, and riveting play. Like slowly realizing you're in a bad dream but not being able to wake up. Great theatrical fundamentals bolstered the tremendously queasy atmosphere!

    An incredibly confident, singular, and riveting play. Like slowly realizing you're in a bad dream but not being able to wake up. Great theatrical fundamentals bolstered the tremendously queasy atmosphere!

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    A wonderfully well-constructed, laugh-out-loud funny and deeply relatable look at the life of retail workers. It's fast, frenetic, and full of characters you'll swear you've known and worked with before, and the dignity under pressure depicted in these workers is remarkable.

    A wonderfully well-constructed, laugh-out-loud funny and deeply relatable look at the life of retail workers. It's fast, frenetic, and full of characters you'll swear you've known and worked with before, and the dignity under pressure depicted in these workers is remarkable.

  • Ryan Stevens: Cabin 6 Is Not Okay by Abe Johnson
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    This script kicks ass. Such a smart and playful spin on the one-person show form, while also being an engrossing character study and a skin-crawling piece of horror theatre. Johnson's genre moves are imperceptibly subtle until they're jumpscare-loud, and the pace of progression is basically perfect. I gotta see this show!

    This script kicks ass. Such a smart and playful spin on the one-person show form, while also being an engrossing character study and a skin-crawling piece of horror theatre. Johnson's genre moves are imperceptibly subtle until they're jumpscare-loud, and the pace of progression is basically perfect. I gotta see this show!

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  • Ryan Stevens: SPELLBOUND by Corvyn Appleby
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    A very apt title - for the characters and for the audience. It's like an exquisite piece of glasswork; the language and playful theatricality are so lovely to behold, with a clear sense that the atmosphere and sense of memory is *so* precarious. This short play will stick with you far longer than its runtime.

    A very apt title - for the characters and for the audience. It's like an exquisite piece of glasswork; the language and playful theatricality are so lovely to behold, with a clear sense that the atmosphere and sense of memory is *so* precarious. This short play will stick with you far longer than its runtime.

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  • Ryan Stevens: [the feminine urge to disappear] by Anna Watts
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    A fascinating linguistic and formal excavation of femininity, corporate culture, and modern language itself. You can feel the dynamism this show would have onstage rippling out the page and the bright pink text!

    A fascinating linguistic and formal excavation of femininity, corporate culture, and modern language itself. You can feel the dynamism this show would have onstage rippling out the page and the bright pink text!

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  • Ryan Stevens: The Warren Commission Spectacular by Courtney Taylor
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    An absolutely hilarious and deviously smart send up of an overlooked black eye on American History. Taylor finds so much stage magic out of the circumstances around an 800+ page government document, and the terrible fallout it's wrought. This would tear it up on stages of all sizes!

    An absolutely hilarious and deviously smart send up of an overlooked black eye on American History. Taylor finds so much stage magic out of the circumstances around an 800+ page government document, and the terrible fallout it's wrought. This would tear it up on stages of all sizes!

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  • Ryan Stevens: Britney Approximately: A Pop Greek Tragedy by Megan Tabaque
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    This script is just dripping with fun and creative radiance! I love a show with a big cast and bigger ideas, and Tabaque's Greek/Pop mashup is thrillingly ambitious in how it blends all of its elements into one cohesive whole. This is a slam dunk script for any college theatre program, or really any theatre that dares to cultivate young artists, all of whom will find something to sink their teeth into here.

    This script is just dripping with fun and creative radiance! I love a show with a big cast and bigger ideas, and Tabaque's Greek/Pop mashup is thrillingly ambitious in how it blends all of its elements into one cohesive whole. This is a slam dunk script for any college theatre program, or really any theatre that dares to cultivate young artists, all of whom will find something to sink their teeth into here.

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