“ This play packs a punch! Dark Twist refers to the pipe tobacco smoked by the dean of faculty at St. Edmund’s School, but more to the point, Philip Middleton Williams has given us a tale about the dark twisted experience of Jeff and Richard, two alumni returning to the schools after 20 years to teach. The tradition, the hazing, the agony of their high school experience – I felt it all as Jeff and Richard reconnected, shared their memories, and, in surprising fashion, confront the dean. Bravo! ”

“ Scott spins a spell-binding tale about garden gnomes and monsters and... spells. I can imagine him laughing out loud as he wrote this – I know I was as reading it. How does he deliver something so entertaining, unexpected, and ultimately satisfying in about ten pages? I’ll never look at a garden gnome the same way again. Brilliant! ”

“ What absurdity can isolation create? And in only four days! Rachael’s play is a madcap exchange between two isolated individuals who have had the quarantine squash most of their ability to have rational conversation. Yet one or two rays of brilliance shine through, e.g., consider this: “What if cows gave root beer instead of milk? …Where would we get the ice cream for root beer floats?” A fun read! ”

“ Wow. Doug DaVita has delivered an ambitious, sprawling saga that will hook you from open curtain and suck you in as it spans years and boundaries. The inner turmoil for each character is palpable, especially so for Phillie/Philip. His complex and mostly painful relationships with, it seems, everyone in his life – Barbie and Keith, his mom, a lecherous priest and bad-tempered nun – they’re all gut-wrenching. And Phillie, to the dismay of others, finds catharsis by writing and publishing his story. Brilliant. ”