Recommended by Brian Cern

A clean and tidy two hander that reveals itself like wounds behind a tattered dress.
I wish there was more! The characters are developed to the point where I would live to get to know them, and understand their relationship more.
Genuine emotion, with lots of room for actors to flex their wings.
I'm looking forward to a bright future for Ms Thomas!

This fires on all the right notes. A coming of age/flashback story that honors the past, without over-romanticizing it. Touching notes of family, self-discovery, and faith that are honest to at the core, and authentic without being caricatures. The historical events in the back ground only serve to enhance the validity of the emotion.
Also expertly handled, and this is a rarity, the explanation of Jewish customs. Many times, I've notice, Jewish traditions can be over explained for non Jews. Karp handles this by placing everything in its proper context. Show, rather than tell. Well done!

Some of the most fully dimensional characters that I have ever seen.
Of all the compelling storylines, of all the grasps at defining an identity, perhaps the most compelling and resonant may be that of "who are you when the none of the letters apply?"
It strikes at the core of the issue, and I hope to be afforded to opportunity to direct this someday.

Fun and thought provoking, the the notion of Norton traveling the country to solve an areas weather issues bright outright laughter.
But in the comedy, there is a real human core, of two people connecting through tragedy.
A delightful read, I very much enjoyed.

What a fun ride! Original and humanizing in the story,"Demons Helping Demons" manages to find common ground between all characters, regardless of their plane of existence.
Without revealing too much, I find that it's not the horror/comedy that it sets its self up to be a b breath of fresh air. In avoiding those pitfalls, it allows the humanity of the non-humans to shine.
Well crafted and engrossing, I would love to see this put up on stage.

The Dawn Chorus as a harbinger of a dissociative break. To shield herself from the trauma that is her waking life, Edie disappears into the world of birdsong, allowing her body too do what needs to be done to shield her from the utter hell that is her waking life. Will Edie ever realize what happened to her husband? Probably not, but that shouldn't keep her from enjoying her final years in peace. Buster skillfully crafted monologue handles this schism well, without treating is as a convenient device, and without downplaying the trauma. Well done!

We all have that dichotomy between the life we dreamed of, and the one we ended up with. And that's good, that's wonderful. Because the dreams always fail to count for the all the adventures that make up life. Those little things that may divert our path, and pull us away from where we thought we'd be. What O'Neil-Butler does with "Unicorns" is to remind us of this. The Dream is still there, to visit, to remember... But it is idealized, and that we should never fail to celebrate the mundane that measures out this life.

An interesting treatise on finding one’s place in the world as one ages, it echos familiar themes of identity.
Compounding the matter, our protagonist is a playwright. He struggles with the not to unfamiliar issues of cold rejection. Yet, as opposed to looking at this as trying to live on in the world, he sees this as hastening his demise.
Yes, it can be a little depressing and backwards at times, it is still a point of view worth exploring. That way, perhaps we can find ways to bring people like The Creative back into the fold.

Rude, crude, not for kids, deeply satirical, and just about the dang funniest play I've read in ages! Should anyone do an adults-only festival, please let me know. I will fly to wherever you are! Like most of her shows, Morgan takes the simple premise and brings it to a whole new (normally unseen) level. Very well done!

When dealing with hot-topic issues, there is a tendency to treat some of the characters as cartoons. Crossing the line from "these people represent a different point of view" to "LOOK HOW BAD THESE PEOLE ARE!" The strength in Morgan's script, I feel, is that she treats the characters that she inherently disagrees with as fully actualized people. There is a reason they behave a certain way- Even if it's just ignorance and fear wrapped in a boa of bigotry. It's not the story that we see on the news, but the "Why." And that's where the healing will begin.