Recommended by Brian Cern

  • Brian Cern: Passion Therapy

    I don't often laugh out loud while reading comedies, and even less while reading a ten-minute comedy.
    Thank goodness for "Passion Therapy" for breaking that streak.
    Starting from the moment the mild-mannered (almost full on repressed) couple enters the office, the audience is deftly brought along their transformation. Decidedly not for kids (unless you want to answer a whole bunch of questions), it is also an interesting take on what may happen when people allow their feelings to get the better of them.
    I would love to see this staged. I would love to be the one to stage it.

    I don't often laugh out loud while reading comedies, and even less while reading a ten-minute comedy.
    Thank goodness for "Passion Therapy" for breaking that streak.
    Starting from the moment the mild-mannered (almost full on repressed) couple enters the office, the audience is deftly brought along their transformation. Decidedly not for kids (unless you want to answer a whole bunch of questions), it is also an interesting take on what may happen when people allow their feelings to get the better of them.
    I would love to see this staged. I would love to be the one to stage it.

  • Brian Cern: One Last Stroke

    Heartbreaking. It stands on it's own and, unlike most other monologues, it needs no context. Read many times, with many different ages in mind, and how that change the emotion of the piece... Well done.

    Heartbreaking. It stands on it's own and, unlike most other monologues, it needs no context. Read many times, with many different ages in mind, and how that change the emotion of the piece... Well done.

  • Brian Cern: Family is Family

    The thing about the short theatre format is that it teaches you to be concise. To strip away all the extraneous bits and get down to the core, to the bones, of the story. With Family Is Family, Rachel Feeny-Williams manages to do just that. The tragic-comidic relationship between Ken and is Mobster Father-In-Law, is spelled out best by what isn't said. As a director, it is the kind of show I prefer: A dark comedy, where you are left to explore the subtext of everything. Very enjoyable. Highly Recommended!

    The thing about the short theatre format is that it teaches you to be concise. To strip away all the extraneous bits and get down to the core, to the bones, of the story. With Family Is Family, Rachel Feeny-Williams manages to do just that. The tragic-comidic relationship between Ken and is Mobster Father-In-Law, is spelled out best by what isn't said. As a director, it is the kind of show I prefer: A dark comedy, where you are left to explore the subtext of everything. Very enjoyable. Highly Recommended!