Recommended by John Busser

  • John Busser: Target Audience by Sam Heyman
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    02.04.26 - Just saw a side-splitting reading of this short Sam Heyman satire and it was glorious. The cast captured the absurdity of the need of some people to obsess over only seeing new work (itself, not a bad thing, but there ARE limits). The endgame of Patron 2 sounds amazingly plausible in today's entitled culture. I loved it.

    02.04.26 - Just saw a side-splitting reading of this short Sam Heyman satire and it was glorious. The cast captured the absurdity of the need of some people to obsess over only seeing new work (itself, not a bad thing, but there ARE limits). The endgame of Patron 2 sounds amazingly plausible in today's entitled culture. I loved it.

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  • John Busser: Erstwhile (Cat Version) by Brent Alles
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    02.03.26 - I think it's time to put to rest the theory that Brent Alles has drunk one too many times from a tainted well. This is now a confirmed fact. How else to explain the absolute (cough cough hilarious cough cough) bonkers play he just wrote. And knowing he just blasted this genius pun-filled cat-astrophe in less than a day is just the icing on the cake. Read it and see. Alles is a sick man. But in the best way.

    02.03.26 - I think it's time to put to rest the theory that Brent Alles has drunk one too many times from a tainted well. This is now a confirmed fact. How else to explain the absolute (cough cough hilarious cough cough) bonkers play he just wrote. And knowing he just blasted this genius pun-filled cat-astrophe in less than a day is just the icing on the cake. Read it and see. Alles is a sick man. But in the best way.

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  • John Busser: Last First Date Written by Kristin Olinger
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    01.28.26 - First dates are a mine field in the war of the sexes and this one is no exception. Kristin Olinger gives us two soldiers on the field of sexual battle, each probing defenses, making small incursions into potentially hostile territory. It doesn't HAVE to be that way, but often is. Luckily, the only casualty here is a bruised ego and a wasted bottle of wine.

    01.28.26 - First dates are a mine field in the war of the sexes and this one is no exception. Kristin Olinger gives us two soldiers on the field of sexual battle, each probing defenses, making small incursions into potentially hostile territory. It doesn't HAVE to be that way, but often is. Luckily, the only casualty here is a bruised ego and a wasted bottle of wine.

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  • John Busser: The Doorbell by Bruce Deveau
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    01.28.26 - A little paranoia can go a long way, especially in our tech-heavy, everyone's watching society. Bruce Deveau is onto something here and the tension he builds throughout escalates in such a way that I think an audience would be on the edge of their seats waiting for that door to open. Terrific.

    01.28.26 - A little paranoia can go a long way, especially in our tech-heavy, everyone's watching society. Bruce Deveau is onto something here and the tension he builds throughout escalates in such a way that I think an audience would be on the edge of their seats waiting for that door to open. Terrific.

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  • John Busser: The Craving by David L. Williams
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    01.28.26 - Whoa! That turned from darkly comic to black in a heartbeat. An I was fascinated the entire time. David L Williams has crafted a relationship play filtered through Tales From the Crypt and I couldn't be more on board.

    01.28.26 - Whoa! That turned from darkly comic to black in a heartbeat. An I was fascinated the entire time. David L Williams has crafted a relationship play filtered through Tales From the Crypt and I couldn't be more on board.

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  • John Busser: Hello, Ai-mee by Mathew Green
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    01.28.26 - A corker of a play by Mathew Green. I'm all in for a sci-fi whodunit and I love the fact that Jonathan's dialogue is JUST leading enough to put the suspicion onto Ai-mee. What happened during that missing 2 hours? I'd like an audience to get the chance to find out.

    01.28.26 - A corker of a play by Mathew Green. I'm all in for a sci-fi whodunit and I love the fact that Jonathan's dialogue is JUST leading enough to put the suspicion onto Ai-mee. What happened during that missing 2 hours? I'd like an audience to get the chance to find out.

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  • John Busser: Dog Bite? by Christopher Plumridge
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    01.28.26 - HAHAHAHAHAHA! Dogs are masters of the concealed carry. Passerby wasn't as much of a dog person as he thought. Thanks Chris, this made me AND my dog laugh.

    01.28.26 - HAHAHAHAHAHA! Dogs are masters of the concealed carry. Passerby wasn't as much of a dog person as he thought. Thanks Chris, this made me AND my dog laugh.

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  • John Busser: FORGOTTEN AGAIN - ONE MINUTE PLAY by Julie Brandon
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    01.23.26 - Well, THAT was memorable.

    Seriously.

    01.23.26 - Well, THAT was memorable.

    Seriously.

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  • John Busser: WhitAI Written by Kristin Olinger
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    01.21.26 - An intriguing look at the intrusive nature of an AI that may not actually have the best of intentions for it's human contact. Telling Anna what she wants to hear may make her happy, but WhitAI is doing no one any favors here. And THAT is dangerous. Kristin Olinger is sneakily preparing us for a not-so-bright AI inspired future.

    01.21.26 - An intriguing look at the intrusive nature of an AI that may not actually have the best of intentions for it's human contact. Telling Anna what she wants to hear may make her happy, but WhitAI is doing no one any favors here. And THAT is dangerous. Kristin Olinger is sneakily preparing us for a not-so-bright AI inspired future.

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  • John Busser: Helen Keller Walks Into a Bar by Jill Maynard
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    01.21.25 - Wow, buckle up cuz the twist on this one'll give you whiplash! That was a fascinating dark, dark dramedy. It starts out going one frightening way, takes a strange detour and ends up in Loony-Tune Land. Would love to watch the audience reaction to this one.

    01.21.25 - Wow, buckle up cuz the twist on this one'll give you whiplash! That was a fascinating dark, dark dramedy. It starts out going one frightening way, takes a strange detour and ends up in Loony-Tune Land. Would love to watch the audience reaction to this one.

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