Recommended by Miranda Jonté

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    This play is an unexpected HOOT.It is a credit to Martin's skills in timing and rhythm that though I read the synopsis and knew the drill, I was laughing out loud on the first page. Hired Hype is, simply, a delight, and big, clean humor can be a tough find these days. A crowd (and reader) pleaser, hands down.

    This play is an unexpected HOOT.It is a credit to Martin's skills in timing and rhythm that though I read the synopsis and knew the drill, I was laughing out loud on the first page. Hired Hype is, simply, a delight, and big, clean humor can be a tough find these days. A crowd (and reader) pleaser, hands down.

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    I adore the cleverness of the title. As someone who is a sucker for the horror genre, this feels like an arm (no pun intended) of RL Stine's GOOSEBUMPS. A little shocking and scary for the younger set, and absolutely spot on perfect in tone. Fun, horror, twist. I'd include this in a Halloween line up with glee.

    I adore the cleverness of the title. As someone who is a sucker for the horror genre, this feels like an arm (no pun intended) of RL Stine's GOOSEBUMPS. A little shocking and scary for the younger set, and absolutely spot on perfect in tone. Fun, horror, twist. I'd include this in a Halloween line up with glee.

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    What I love about Kane's work is her facility with natural, easy dialogue, and how clear the relationships are because of it. Sisters Lauren and Jocelyn's predicament leads to an all-points-hit conversation that only people who know each other well, can have, and believably so in the span of fifteen minutes. Each of their stories is sprinkled with facts, history, and personal choices, which avoids the obvious exposition & gives us interesting, separate siblings whose futures I'm now invested in.

    What I love about Kane's work is her facility with natural, easy dialogue, and how clear the relationships are because of it. Sisters Lauren and Jocelyn's predicament leads to an all-points-hit conversation that only people who know each other well, can have, and believably so in the span of fifteen minutes. Each of their stories is sprinkled with facts, history, and personal choices, which avoids the obvious exposition & gives us interesting, separate siblings whose futures I'm now invested in.

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    In this pink and green borealis-lit play, our four protagonists seeking solace in solitude & the pursuit of answers, find themselves together on a rock where lights from above, as well as bodies & fainting, occur with regularity. What is the point? What if it's not the answers, but the questions, that illuminate the ties that bind? Gatton's got a knack for the magic and the sci-fi, and for tying it all in a big twilight zone, marrow-gratifying bow of the love we didn't know we so deeply needed.

    In this pink and green borealis-lit play, our four protagonists seeking solace in solitude & the pursuit of answers, find themselves together on a rock where lights from above, as well as bodies & fainting, occur with regularity. What is the point? What if it's not the answers, but the questions, that illuminate the ties that bind? Gatton's got a knack for the magic and the sci-fi, and for tying it all in a big twilight zone, marrow-gratifying bow of the love we didn't know we so deeply needed.

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    Absolutely ridiculous in the way that delightfully zany capers are. Quick and clever, a bit of 'who's on first,' energy with thoroughly likable characters. And the running joke on society is delicious.

    Absolutely ridiculous in the way that delightfully zany capers are. Quick and clever, a bit of 'who's on first,' energy with thoroughly likable characters. And the running joke on society is delicious.

  • Miranda Jonté: 37 Origami Bees by Sam Heyman
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    Ahahahaha! How many times have we in life wanted the floor to swallow us up, or be able to disappear after we realize the mistake, the gaffe, the misunderstanding, was ours? Heyman creates in 60 seconds, a perfect encapsulation of human nature, a mistake we can all make- and probably have- and gives Harold a model exit of the penny dropping. Clever, endearing, and fun.

    Ahahahaha! How many times have we in life wanted the floor to swallow us up, or be able to disappear after we realize the mistake, the gaffe, the misunderstanding, was ours? Heyman creates in 60 seconds, a perfect encapsulation of human nature, a mistake we can all make- and probably have- and gives Harold a model exit of the penny dropping. Clever, endearing, and fun.

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  • Miranda Jonté: There's Nothing to See Here So Just Move Along Already! by Scott Sickles
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    12.27.24 I love a good murder (or is it) and a couple with an ambiguous relationship. What Scott is so good at is finding and keeping the love between people, no matter their current status. In Bill & Pats we have a playful, knowing, respectful relationship, professionally & personally, which makes their distance so bittersweet for the audience. Toss in a FABulous cause-of-death reveal so goony-bird-loony, and a fully rounded story you have. Brava.

    12.27.24 I love a good murder (or is it) and a couple with an ambiguous relationship. What Scott is so good at is finding and keeping the love between people, no matter their current status. In Bill & Pats we have a playful, knowing, respectful relationship, professionally & personally, which makes their distance so bittersweet for the audience. Toss in a FABulous cause-of-death reveal so goony-bird-loony, and a fully rounded story you have. Brava.

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  • Miranda Jonté: In My World, an Entire Entenmann’s Cheese Danish is One Serving by Christopher Soucy
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    12/27/24 There is something to be said for caring for someone they way they need, not the way we want. Soucy offers a beautiful illustration of meeting someone where they are; in Mark, we get a concerned coworker who listens to his distressed friend. Debbie needs a break. A quiet. A rest. Mark hears her; instead of bootstrap speeching or solving, he gives her what she asks for: an ear and a nod.
    Sometimes all you need to do is pull up a chair and pull out a fork.

    12/27/24 There is something to be said for caring for someone they way they need, not the way we want. Soucy offers a beautiful illustration of meeting someone where they are; in Mark, we get a concerned coworker who listens to his distressed friend. Debbie needs a break. A quiet. A rest. Mark hears her; instead of bootstrap speeching or solving, he gives her what she asks for: an ear and a nod.
    Sometimes all you need to do is pull up a chair and pull out a fork.

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  • Miranda Jonté: Red Light/Red Skies by Elizabeth Watson
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    12/27/24
    I love this gorgeous storytelling. Reading it again, I'm still moved by the arc of Quinn and Theo's discoveries, assessments, and acceptances. Life (and death) is sometimes not fair, and we grieve for those with so much ahead. But what if in their leaving, they find peace? What if, in learning you're with the one who caused your death, you offer love? A beautiful meditation on going with the flow, being present and that everything is okay, even if it seems not to be. And drive safely.

    12/27/24
    I love this gorgeous storytelling. Reading it again, I'm still moved by the arc of Quinn and Theo's discoveries, assessments, and acceptances. Life (and death) is sometimes not fair, and we grieve for those with so much ahead. But what if in their leaving, they find peace? What if, in learning you're with the one who caused your death, you offer love? A beautiful meditation on going with the flow, being present and that everything is okay, even if it seems not to be. And drive safely.

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  • Miranda Jonté: THE LINGERING SCENT OF ORANGES by Steven G. Martin
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    What a glorious, twinge-ridden love letter to sisters, to the discovery that life is meant to be lived, that love is shown by breaking out the good china during a noon visit; were I to do an evening of love stories, I'd include this one: the love between sisters, and the love of oneself. Go, Melinda, go!

    What a glorious, twinge-ridden love letter to sisters, to the discovery that life is meant to be lived, that love is shown by breaking out the good china during a noon visit; were I to do an evening of love stories, I'd include this one: the love between sisters, and the love of oneself. Go, Melinda, go!

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