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Tom Moran

Recommended by Tom Moran

  • Tax Preparation for Dogs (3 short plays about the hard-of-hearing) by John Busser
    25 Apr. 2023
    “ What a ridiculously silly and entertaining play. Busser takes an absurd premise and runs with it to great effect; I laughed out loud at least four of five times reading it, so I can only imagine the hilarity of this being staged. And it's a well-structured piece to boot, with two parallel scenes followed by a reversal, and an appropriately goofy coda. Well done. ”
  • CRISIS ON A BENCH (a ten minute play) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    24 Apr. 2023
    “ A well-crafted, tight piece with not a throwaway moment in it, and a ringing endorsement of the power of the pep talk. ”
  • The Actress - One Act Play by Ryan Kaminski
    23 Apr. 2023
    “ A well-crafted little mystery with solid and unexpected twists. Despite the contemporary setting, it has a very noir feel to it: it's basically femme fatale versus femme fatale, which is a nice spin on the usual format, plus means two strong roles for women. Overall an absorbing piece with a worthwhile payoff(s). ”
  • Magna Mora by Brian Cern
    22 Apr. 2023
    “ A charmingly intimate two-hander about the fate of the universe. Cern creates a surreal world and populates it with real characters, and structures it around a deeply personal question with cosmic multiversal consequences. Fun to read, and engaging right up through the highly appropriate denouement. ”
  • Doughnut Hole by Donna Hoke
    21 Apr. 2023
    “ A charming, funny slice-of-senior-citizen life. Believable, far-ranging, naturalistic dialogue spoken by well-thought-out characters helps this play really stand out. ”
  • Satan At Walmart (A Ten-Minute Play) by James McLindon
    20 Apr. 2023
    “ It's hard to live up to a title like that, but McLindon pulls it off. Putting the Prince of Darkness in the middle of a low-rent love triangle is a great idea and McLindon wrings it for every laugh you can imagine, and then some. Great fun to read and it would be equally fun to see on stage. ”
  • Heist! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
    19 Apr. 2023
    “ Feriend keeps the one-liners zipping along in this frenetic two-hander. She wisely leaves all of the other characters assumed, which makes this an easy play to stage and also wrings a lot of laughs from the two actual characters continually reacting to the unseen/unheard. Lots of fun to read and would be just as entertaining on stage. ”
  • April 11th, 2028 by Joe Swenson
    18 Apr. 2023
    “ Narratives about the world falling apart seen from a limited point of view are always powerful, and this is no exception. This tight, potentially Zoom-appropriate piece ratchets up the tension effectively and leaves the audience wanting more. ”
  • A Short Visual Aid of Life in America During the Year of Our Lord, 2020 by Daniel Prillaman
    17 Apr. 2023
    “ Baseball and absurdism are perhaps strange bedfellows, but they get along swimmingly in this zippy, funny, trenchant piece that nicely analogizes the sh*tstorm that COVID inflicted upon us. Probably not the easiest play to stage, but it leaps right off the page, especially the entirely unexpected and entirely appropriate twist. ”
  • The Furniture Store by Daniel Prillaman
    17 Apr. 2023
    “ A fascinating meta-absurdist piece that's a joy to read and I'm sure would be just as enjoyable to watch. I do enjoy when the stage directions get roped into the fun. ”

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