Recommended by L.C. Bernadine

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    How dangerous is Naomi's son, and how devoted to his defense is she able to be, when she's unsure herself what he has or hasn't done? This play simmers with menace and dark humor as its two characters battle their way through egos and lost ambitions to come to the truth--- and to very different decisions about what to do about it.

    How dangerous is Naomi's son, and how devoted to his defense is she able to be, when she's unsure herself what he has or hasn't done? This play simmers with menace and dark humor as its two characters battle their way through egos and lost ambitions to come to the truth--- and to very different decisions about what to do about it.

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    An inventive, hilarious portrait of a small town theater company battling the most eccentric of forces as they interview community residents and attempt to devise a piece celebrating the local (and real!) small town hero Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff--- "an innovation just in the periphery of what's important, that takes someone truly special to show us how necessary it was." MUFFED is an affectionate send-up of the obsessions that drive individuals and bind together communities.

    An inventive, hilarious portrait of a small town theater company battling the most eccentric of forces as they interview community residents and attempt to devise a piece celebrating the local (and real!) small town hero Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff--- "an innovation just in the periphery of what's important, that takes someone truly special to show us how necessary it was." MUFFED is an affectionate send-up of the obsessions that drive individuals and bind together communities.

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    Pointed and humorous, MARY BAILEY'S BUILDING & LOAN begins where "It's A Wonderful Life" ends, putting a twist on this classic film in ways that preserve its familiar terrain while turning it on its head. Clarence the Angel showed George Bailey what Bedford Falls could have looked like with Mr. Potter at the helm; this play dives into what could-have-been if Mary, Violet, Annie and Ma take over the beloved Building & Loan.

    Pointed and humorous, MARY BAILEY'S BUILDING & LOAN begins where "It's A Wonderful Life" ends, putting a twist on this classic film in ways that preserve its familiar terrain while turning it on its head. Clarence the Angel showed George Bailey what Bedford Falls could have looked like with Mr. Potter at the helm; this play dives into what could-have-been if Mary, Violet, Annie and Ma take over the beloved Building & Loan.

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    Enjoyed the Zoom production of this play about the uniquely unscrupulous world of some self-aggrandizing 'global communications specialists' who are engaged in marketing... well, just about everything, constructing their own doomed house of mirrors while debating how to score on vanity metrics, the value of doing good versus the optics of being a do-gooder, and the nature of control.

    Enjoyed the Zoom production of this play about the uniquely unscrupulous world of some self-aggrandizing 'global communications specialists' who are engaged in marketing... well, just about everything, constructing their own doomed house of mirrors while debating how to score on vanity metrics, the value of doing good versus the optics of being a do-gooder, and the nature of control.

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    Emily Hageman describes this play as still in development, but it's already full of beautiful moments that perfectly capture the unique pain of an adult looking to a teenager for connection, and a teenager looking to an adult for the same. Could there be an intersection with greater doubt on each corner? Her characters feel like they’re waiting for the light to change without fully believing it ever will. And when it looks as if it could, their brief arrivals at the comfort and insight they seek send them hurrying in the opposite direction.

    Emily Hageman describes this play as still in development, but it's already full of beautiful moments that perfectly capture the unique pain of an adult looking to a teenager for connection, and a teenager looking to an adult for the same. Could there be an intersection with greater doubt on each corner? Her characters feel like they’re waiting for the light to change without fully believing it ever will. And when it looks as if it could, their brief arrivals at the comfort and insight they seek send them hurrying in the opposite direction.

  • L.C. Bernadine: A Cult Musical by Joshua Fardon
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    I had the total fun of sitting in on a reading of this, and it is as big and twisted as any cult worthy of its name ought to be. Josh Fardon's musical balances the far-fetched with the hair-raisingly familiar, and it's full of songs both dark and hilarious.

    I had the total fun of sitting in on a reading of this, and it is as big and twisted as any cult worthy of its name ought to be. Josh Fardon's musical balances the far-fetched with the hair-raisingly familiar, and it's full of songs both dark and hilarious.

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  • L.C. Bernadine: Finger by DC Cathro
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    There is no sure way to solve for human motivation in any equation, and DC Cathro sets up a great equation here, with a terrific and terrifically unhinged main character unsettling any expectations we might have. (Though who goes in with any expectations about a finger found in a box ?!)

    There is no sure way to solve for human motivation in any equation, and DC Cathro sets up a great equation here, with a terrific and terrifically unhinged main character unsettling any expectations we might have. (Though who goes in with any expectations about a finger found in a box ?!)

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  • L.C. Bernadine: In An Instant: A Digital Play by Zack Peercy
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    A Zoom play across space and time and family, with family turning out to be the most unpredictable part of that cosmic continuum. IN AN INSTANT is carefully constructed and full of surprises, touching and mysterious. Zack knows how to make small spaces huge, and huge spaces feel like a pinpoint.

    A Zoom play across space and time and family, with family turning out to be the most unpredictable part of that cosmic continuum. IN AN INSTANT is carefully constructed and full of surprises, touching and mysterious. Zack knows how to make small spaces huge, and huge spaces feel like a pinpoint.

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  • L.C. Bernadine: The Baseball Gods by Spencer Huffman
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    A beautifully written play about two young friends dealing with hardships they don’t understand or deserve, but who manage grace and goodness through their baseball-fueled connection. So many highly “physical” plays are about violence in one form or another; this one is about love.

    A beautifully written play about two young friends dealing with hardships they don’t understand or deserve, but who manage grace and goodness through their baseball-fueled connection. So many highly “physical” plays are about violence in one form or another; this one is about love.

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  • L.C. Bernadine: Scouts! by Gus Riley
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    Remember those children’s books where an orphan has to secretly raise younger siblings?
    Update that and sprinkle in a bit of the sensibility of the television series 'Shameless', and you’ve got SCOUTS, a hilarious portrait of a teenage boy scout troop gone rogue. Smart, funny and streamlined, this is a great play for young actors who remember what it’s like to still want something to be normal, even when it’s not.

    Remember those children’s books where an orphan has to secretly raise younger siblings?
    Update that and sprinkle in a bit of the sensibility of the television series 'Shameless', and you’ve got SCOUTS, a hilarious portrait of a teenage boy scout troop gone rogue. Smart, funny and streamlined, this is a great play for young actors who remember what it’s like to still want something to be normal, even when it’s not.

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