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Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

  • KiKi Pineapple Starring In: "Saving the World!" by Steven G. Martin
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ I love this. Like all the best plays for young audiences, this short both entertains and has a lesson baked in. It is sweet and fun and weird, just like kids, and it would delight kids and grownups alike. ”
  • Moon Logic by David Lipschutz
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ The silliness of this play is delightful. I love the way the narrator teases and mocks Sir Llewellyn, even teaming up with the princess to mock him at times. The videogame structure is a blast, and David Lipschutz mines it for all possible comedy. This is that rare short play which can be enjoyed both by kids and by their parents - and everyone in between. ”
  • Cows 'N' Moon by Christopher Plumridge
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ This short is a fun spin on a well-known nursery rhyme (with some moon facts folded in)! I love that every character is uniquely themselves - My favorite is Diddle, the concert violinist cat, who I heard with Antonio Banderas's voice, like a musical sibling of Puss in Boots. This play is too much fun. ”
  • A Daffodilly-Ding-Dong by Christopher Plumridge
    3 Apr. 2024
    “ Well this is adorable. A short play for young audiences, A Daffodilly-Ding-Dong includes jokes for kids AND for grown ups as well (my favorite was the calling out of the fact that the flowers and the human child were all the same size). What a delightful short! ”
  • Hey Babe by Sam Heyman
    2 Apr. 2024
    “ I'm always in awe when I come across creepy ten minute plays. To build a world that makes an audience squirm in only ten minutes is a feat, and Hey Babe is a great example of it. I love how it goes from feeling slightly off, to definitely unsettling, to flat-out creepy. Great work! ”
  • Published! A Shonen-Inspired Musical by Sam Heyman
    7 Mar. 2024
    “ I don't know a thing about Shonen, and I am here to tell you that you don't have to in order to enjoy this musical. It's a wonderful vehicle for young actors with great songs and a lot to say about what it means to be an artist and whether or not a "winner" can ever truly be proclaimed in a subjective field like the arts. ”
  • THE WEIRD SISTERS by Charles Scott Jones
    4 Mar. 2024
    “ I really enjoy stories where everyone becomes friends by the end, and that's maybe not QUITE what's going on in this short, but it's in that vein, and I'm here for it. I loved the banter and learning insights into each woman's marriage to Henry slowly as the play went on. Henry himself is a character you'll find yourself hating, even as he never makes an appearance on stage, turning up only as a voice offstage. What a fun, fresh short play this is. ”
  • She said YES: A Trilogy by Debra A. Cole
    4 Mar. 2024
    “ Oooh I love this! Three monologues are presented independently and then swirled together. They're powerful on their own, especially as your emotions start to shift as the twist slowly appears, but hearing them delivered together, alternating lines, is magic. What a great concept. ”
  • My Vagina Has A First Name by Dana Hall
    4 Mar. 2024
    “ Some plays have perfect titles. This short is sweet and silly and surprising. I love the friendship between the women and the twist toward the end. Very cute! ”
  • Funnie: The Most Lamentable Comedie of Jane the Foole by Jessica Moss
    29 Feb. 2024
    “ LOVE IT. This play is about a woman in King Henry VIII's court who wants to be a comedian, but it's also about sexual harassment and the weighing all women of all time have always had to do between standing up and speaking out and letting things slide, knowing it will be way worse for them than for the men behaving badly. A wonderful commentary on what it's like to be female and the exhaustion of tap dancing backwards and in heels, wishing and praying and striving, while men are able to take and use what they want. ”

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