Recommended by Rachel Aberman

  • Rachel Aberman: To The Moon! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
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    This is a super fun and funny piece. Everyone's gotten caught in a lie that went a bit too far, but imagine if that lie sent you to the moon. What a wild *ride* this 10 minute is!

    This is a super fun and funny piece. Everyone's gotten caught in a lie that went a bit too far, but imagine if that lie sent you to the moon. What a wild *ride* this 10 minute is!

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  • Rachel Aberman: Schrödinger’s Highway by John Busser
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    This is a super well-paced piece with an interesting relationship involving two people who, all at once, feel very close and like they still have a lot to learn about each other. Their Shrodinger relationship is right at home in this play of Schrodinger's... It is interesting to think about how the incident depicted here will affect their relationship in the future.

    This is a super well-paced piece with an interesting relationship involving two people who, all at once, feel very close and like they still have a lot to learn about each other. Their Shrodinger relationship is right at home in this play of Schrodinger's... It is interesting to think about how the incident depicted here will affect their relationship in the future.

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  • Rachel Aberman: How to Kill a Water Bear by Paige Zubel
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    Another great piece from a great playwright! I love the symbolism sprinkled throughout this play and how these symbols are used to contemplate, comment on, and depict trauma.

    Another great piece from a great playwright! I love the symbolism sprinkled throughout this play and how these symbols are used to contemplate, comment on, and depict trauma.

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  • Rachel Aberman: Made of Glass by Paige Zubel
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    A heartfelt piece cataloguing the transformation of a family. The play would resonate with anybody, but especially with parents, I think. It is wonderfully crafted and the characters speak with expertly rendered voices.

    A heartfelt piece cataloguing the transformation of a family. The play would resonate with anybody, but especially with parents, I think. It is wonderfully crafted and the characters speak with expertly rendered voices.

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  • Rachel Aberman: Dead Meat by Paige Zubel
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    I was lucky enough to see this piece as a reading before and found it absolutely thrilling. Now, in our time of covid, it's viral, post-apocalyptic setting somehow feels even more relevant. Here, Zubel is the crafter of a unique and terrifying world where BBQs rule, women are zombies, and you really shouldn't trust the meat. The characters are absolutely brimming with humor and the writing as as clever as it gets. And throughout is an overwhelming need to survive and find some semblance of normalcy. I highly recommend this play!

    I was lucky enough to see this piece as a reading before and found it absolutely thrilling. Now, in our time of covid, it's viral, post-apocalyptic setting somehow feels even more relevant. Here, Zubel is the crafter of a unique and terrifying world where BBQs rule, women are zombies, and you really shouldn't trust the meat. The characters are absolutely brimming with humor and the writing as as clever as it gets. And throughout is an overwhelming need to survive and find some semblance of normalcy. I highly recommend this play!

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  • Rachel Aberman: Fireworks by Ross Tedford Kendall
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    A subtle story of workplace anxiety with the emotional energy of a fireworks show. This well-paced show is a testament to the current state of the job market. The characters neatly grow and change across the page, where each beat is accented by a small explosion (some more controlled than others).

    A subtle story of workplace anxiety with the emotional energy of a fireworks show. This well-paced show is a testament to the current state of the job market. The characters neatly grow and change across the page, where each beat is accented by a small explosion (some more controlled than others).

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  • Rachel Aberman: tom weiner is a sociopath by Sarah Jae Leiber
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    This show is a lot of quickly paced fun, and then just as quickly it becomes very real. I enjoyed the characters so much in this, finding each one endearing and their dialogue punchy and easy. The formatting makes it incredibly readable as well and the ending gives so much more than is even promised.

    This show is a lot of quickly paced fun, and then just as quickly it becomes very real. I enjoyed the characters so much in this, finding each one endearing and their dialogue punchy and easy. The formatting makes it incredibly readable as well and the ending gives so much more than is even promised.

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  • Rachel Aberman: The Captain by Kate McMorran
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    As is characteristic in all of McMorran's plays, "The Captain" is deliciously awkward in the way that it slowly unfolds it's female protagonist before you. The delightfully absurd situation these two people find themselves in is at times funny and at times fertile ground for raw humanity. I highly recommend this play and her entire body of work for anybody who wants to laugh at this silly thing called "life."

    As is characteristic in all of McMorran's plays, "The Captain" is deliciously awkward in the way that it slowly unfolds it's female protagonist before you. The delightfully absurd situation these two people find themselves in is at times funny and at times fertile ground for raw humanity. I highly recommend this play and her entire body of work for anybody who wants to laugh at this silly thing called "life."

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