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Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

  • To You & Me & the Ocean by Melanie Coffey
    17 Apr. 2024
    “ I love Melanie Coffey's writing. This short play is set in a climate-changed future, and I love how she gives us just enough context clues and exposition as the play goes along for us to figure out the gist of what is happening, both because I hate being spoon-fed, and because when we understand something is bad, sometimes not knowing exactly what it entails is scarier, allowing our imaginations to run wild - and right now our planet is hurtling toward the scariest thing we could dream up. Just lovely work! ”
  • FERTILE GROUND by Jennifer O'Grady
    15 Apr. 2024
    “ Wow this play is great! I love how messy and complicated all of the characters are, as we watch things become more and more tangled. The scenes in prison with Willa gave me big Silence of the Lamb vibes. A wonderful piece about the angels and devils inside us all. ”
  • Squash Coffee by Matthew Weaver
    15 Apr. 2024
    “ Josh is getting married! He asks the most important people in his life for their blessing - They're all dead, though. This unique premise delivers a short play that is sweet and sad all at once. It takes place in the fall, and it captures that feeling perfectly that I always got every fall when I was younger: Excited nervousness of new beginnings, coupled with sorrow for what was over. So great on so many levels. ”
  • Quit Delivering Heart-Shaped Pizza to the Bears by Matthew Weaver
    15 Apr. 2024
    “ I love these mischievous bears! They are on a very strict diet, but their nimble Dickensian child thief fingers enable them to get the money (and phones) needed to order heart-shaped pizza after heart-shaped pizza. This is a fun, silly, family-friendly short that reminds me of the Muppets' brand of humor, where there are jokes for both kids and grown-ups to laugh at. ”
  • Faith, Trust and... by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    5 Apr. 2024
    “ A seedy, noir-ish Peter Pan taking place after the events of the movie, this play turns familiar characters on their heads and shows us another side to them. I loved learning what happened to the Darling children after their first trip to Neverland. If Martin Scorsese had written Hook, it would probably be something like this. ”
  • Good King What's-His-Name (a 10 minute holiday play, for Zoom or live) by David Hilder
    4 Apr. 2024
    “ This comedic short gives us the story behind the Christmas carol, as (good) King Wenceslas and his page, Jackie, recount what happened on the feast of St. Stephen. Jackie's frustration with the king comes through in quips and asides, and King Wenceslas himself is portrayed with great effect as a complex character, a well-intentioned guy whose privilege blinds him to certain things. They're a fun duo to watch. I'd listen to a hundred more of their stories. ”
  • If I Were an Elephant, Where Would I Hide? (a herd of short plays for youth performers) by Matthew Weaver
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ I could not adore this more. I truly could not. A series (a herd) of short plays for kids all centered around elephants, these plays are adorable, hilarious, and the kind of bonkers insane creative stuff (a recipe for an elephant! A detective that hunts guilty elephants! A kid hallucinating elephants everywhere!) that falls out of the minds of children when they’re playing. This is a collection of shorts that would be beloved by kids and grownups alike. ”
  • Inez Cupcakes Starring in: "Math Problems" by Steven G. Martin
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ What a great play for young audiences with a lesson on acceptance (both of oneself and of others) and some math facts as well. I love that the teacher is seen as an all-knowing, larger than life figure by the kids, which is how teachers are so often seen by their students in elementary school. ”
  • A Pirate Carol by Daniel Prillaman
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ A rival to the Muppets in the search for the best Christmas Carol adaptation. I loved so much about this: the recurring cow jokes, the self-aware side remarks, the flipping of the script (in so many ways!) on a story we all know so well. What a joyful, silly piece of theater which would be a very special experience both for those who watch it and those who perform it. ”
  • Fridge by Jennifer O'Grady
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ This short is about a woman's frustration with her refrigerator that doesn't work correctly, and it's hilarious, but it's also about what it means to be broken and discarded and unwanted despite our best efforts, and by the end you will find yourself wondering exactly when you became so emotionally invested in the story of this woman and her fridge - which is the mark of excellent writing. ”

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