Recommended by John Busser

  • John Busser: CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - Monologue

    A heart stopper as well as a breath taker. As well it should be. Speckman's monologue takes an unimaginable event we no longer have to imagine, and puts it in a context we can fathom in personal terms. There should be an obligatory silence after this play is performed to give the audience a chance to think about the words they've just heard. Powerful words indeed.

    A heart stopper as well as a breath taker. As well it should be. Speckman's monologue takes an unimaginable event we no longer have to imagine, and puts it in a context we can fathom in personal terms. There should be an obligatory silence after this play is performed to give the audience a chance to think about the words they've just heard. Powerful words indeed.

  • John Busser: Bridge of No Return

    A brutal look at how we can continue to find new ways to hurt each other while maintaining a stalemate of peace. An eye-opening account of a long-ago real incident most people have probably never heard of but should have, this outrageous episode is presented in the most mundane way, an after-event account, which makes what occurred all the more horrific as the participants formulate a response. Fascinating and infuriating at the same time. Sickles play is a winner.

    A brutal look at how we can continue to find new ways to hurt each other while maintaining a stalemate of peace. An eye-opening account of a long-ago real incident most people have probably never heard of but should have, this outrageous episode is presented in the most mundane way, an after-event account, which makes what occurred all the more horrific as the participants formulate a response. Fascinating and infuriating at the same time. Sickles play is a winner.

  • John Busser: Address (short play)

    It's a shame this isn't written to be spoken by a real politician addressing an audience that is hurting for a happier ending to the story we're currently living through. David's monologue provides a positive light we could all stand to be under right now.

    It's a shame this isn't written to be spoken by a real politician addressing an audience that is hurting for a happier ending to the story we're currently living through. David's monologue provides a positive light we could all stand to be under right now.

  • John Busser: Faded Shorts: 7 short plays about the mystery of life and beyond

    I highly recommend this collection of pieces about life and death, time and space, family and strangers, and of most importance, roller coasters. 7 rapid-fire, surprising, tender and heart-breaking plays that would make a wonderful evening of theater.

    I highly recommend this collection of pieces about life and death, time and space, family and strangers, and of most importance, roller coasters. 7 rapid-fire, surprising, tender and heart-breaking plays that would make a wonderful evening of theater.

  • John Busser: Interventions

    A terrific little jaunt through possibilities. I liked the opportunities this presents.

    A terrific little jaunt through possibilities. I liked the opportunities this presents.

  • John Busser: A Twin out of Time

    I was intrigued from the get go at the concept of this play. But it turned out to also be more tender and heartfelt than I would have thought it could be. A wonderful look at letting go not because we have to but because we're ready for it. A terrific play.

    I was intrigued from the get go at the concept of this play. But it turned out to also be more tender and heartfelt than I would have thought it could be. A wonderful look at letting go not because we have to but because we're ready for it. A terrific play.

  • John Busser: Bazookas

    I had a great time and a number of out loud laughs at this little slice of life about a women and her girls just getting something(s) off her chest. Or on her chest. You decide.

    I had a great time and a number of out loud laughs at this little slice of life about a women and her girls just getting something(s) off her chest. Or on her chest. You decide.

  • John Busser: Rossum's Robot Truckers

    A timely, if not unsettling look at where we are. Efficiency taking precedence over people, who are basically cutting their own throats in the pursuit of that efficiency. This play's look at the uncorking of a technological genie we will never get back in the bottle as long as there are profits to be made is frightening to contemplate. But an important battle is being fought here and Panttaja is taking note of it.

    A timely, if not unsettling look at where we are. Efficiency taking precedence over people, who are basically cutting their own throats in the pursuit of that efficiency. This play's look at the uncorking of a technological genie we will never get back in the bottle as long as there are profits to be made is frightening to contemplate. But an important battle is being fought here and Panttaja is taking note of it.

  • John Busser: The Rapping

    Oh what a blast to read this. I would love to see an audience reaction to this. We love to be scared and especially in groups like in a movie theater or theater. I fun little creeper of a play.

    Oh what a blast to read this. I would love to see an audience reaction to this. We love to be scared and especially in groups like in a movie theater or theater. I fun little creeper of a play.

  • John Busser: 172 PUSH-UPS

    A wonderfully uplifting play that could have gone sour because of the tensions raised. I was hanging on every exchange and watching two people who don't back down from their convictions but are willing to see the other point of view even if they don't agree with it. Very touching.

    A wonderfully uplifting play that could have gone sour because of the tensions raised. I was hanging on every exchange and watching two people who don't back down from their convictions but are willing to see the other point of view even if they don't agree with it. Very touching.