Recommended by Mak Shealy

  • Mak Shealy: How We Fall by Jac Ford
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    This is not your average reunion play. Ford navigates all of the games of pretend lurking around longterm friendships with biting wit and moments of true tenderness and expertly placed diversions from reality as manifestations of panic / anxiety attacks. The impending hurricane serves to catapult the characters into a storm of their own making -- and what better time and place to bare your soul than after you've been "iced" and survived the first few hours of your 25th birthday. I can't wait to see this play onstage and am excited to keep reading more from Ford!

    This is not your average reunion play. Ford navigates all of the games of pretend lurking around longterm friendships with biting wit and moments of true tenderness and expertly placed diversions from reality as manifestations of panic / anxiety attacks. The impending hurricane serves to catapult the characters into a storm of their own making -- and what better time and place to bare your soul than after you've been "iced" and survived the first few hours of your 25th birthday. I can't wait to see this play onstage and am excited to keep reading more from Ford!

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  • Mak Shealy: Love and the Fear of it All by Andrew Rincon
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    This play is filled with fantastical moments that build to a sweeping crescendo. A collection of all the best bits and the human ones that get caught up on the way. I love reading Rincon’s work!

    This play is filled with fantastical moments that build to a sweeping crescendo. A collection of all the best bits and the human ones that get caught up on the way. I love reading Rincon’s work!

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  • Mak Shealy: Uncovering by Erin Mallon
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    Hilarious & frightening look at the conviction that comes from embedded familial manipulation.

    Hilarious & frightening look at the conviction that comes from embedded familial manipulation.

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  • Mak Shealy: i didn't think you'd be so unhappy by Shara Feit
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    Being thrust into the throes of specific crisis as a young womxn is a strange mix of nostalgic and heartbreaking. I was quick to tears through this beautiful depiction of of a formative experience about young trust. The grounded nature of this playwright's work is complimented by the delicate bouts of whimsy that are woven through. Excellent roles for womxn and absolutely excited to keep reading Shara's plays!

    Being thrust into the throes of specific crisis as a young womxn is a strange mix of nostalgic and heartbreaking. I was quick to tears through this beautiful depiction of of a formative experience about young trust. The grounded nature of this playwright's work is complimented by the delicate bouts of whimsy that are woven through. Excellent roles for womxn and absolutely excited to keep reading Shara's plays!

    ”