Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: You Enter the Tavern

    I love this! I don't know a thing about DnD (other than what I've learned from this play and its one-act predecessor, Adventurers Anonymous), but background knowledge really isn't a prerequisite to enjoy this story of five women in recovery who gather weekly for a DnD campaign. I love the complexity of the characters as they slowly peel back their layers and wrestle with their own demons, as well as the fact that the story can - and often does - turn from hilarious to heartbreaking on a dime.

    I love this! I don't know a thing about DnD (other than what I've learned from this play and its one-act predecessor, Adventurers Anonymous), but background knowledge really isn't a prerequisite to enjoy this story of five women in recovery who gather weekly for a DnD campaign. I love the complexity of the characters as they slowly peel back their layers and wrestle with their own demons, as well as the fact that the story can - and often does - turn from hilarious to heartbreaking on a dime.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

    I was not prepared for this! This short comedy/horror play will keep you on your toes as things get revealed and then circle back in a delightfully surprising way. Come for the silly jokes (“I work the graveyard shift at the graveyard”), stay for the crazy surprises.

    I was not prepared for this! This short comedy/horror play will keep you on your toes as things get revealed and then circle back in a delightfully surprising way. Come for the silly jokes (“I work the graveyard shift at the graveyard”), stay for the crazy surprises.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Vegetables are Revolting!

    THE PUNS. I was not prepared for the absolute deluge of wordplay this short contains. This play is pure silliness. What a delight!

    THE PUNS. I was not prepared for the absolute deluge of wordplay this short contains. This play is pure silliness. What a delight!

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Table for Thirteen

    I love this monologue. Jesus is booking a table at a restaurant for the Last Supper - well, two tables. (Leonardo needs a table for one, so he can paint them all.) So much fun, and so many smart jokes! This is the rare piece that would work equally well on a stage, over Zoom, or on the radio/podcast. This Jesus is a triple threat. Love it.

    I love this monologue. Jesus is booking a table at a restaurant for the Last Supper - well, two tables. (Leonardo needs a table for one, so he can paint them all.) So much fun, and so many smart jokes! This is the rare piece that would work equally well on a stage, over Zoom, or on the radio/podcast. This Jesus is a triple threat. Love it.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: OUR FAKE HISTORY

    What a great play for young audiences! In addition to correcting some historical inaccuracies that have entered the collective conscious, it also reminds the audience to always think critically and consider the source - Just because something is written down doesn't mean that it's true. This would be a perfect play to mount at a high school, as there are lots of roles for teens and a great take away message.

    What a great play for young audiences! In addition to correcting some historical inaccuracies that have entered the collective conscious, it also reminds the audience to always think critically and consider the source - Just because something is written down doesn't mean that it's true. This would be a perfect play to mount at a high school, as there are lots of roles for teens and a great take away message.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Ask Me Anything

    What a delight. A job interview gets very personal - bafflingly so - as the man being interviewed struggles to be accommodating even as he can’t understand how any of these questions are pertinent. Hilarity ensues as the questions become more and more rapid-fire, and the final button is perfection. A fantastic, hilarious short comedy.

    What a delight. A job interview gets very personal - bafflingly so - as the man being interviewed struggles to be accommodating even as he can’t understand how any of these questions are pertinent. Hilarity ensues as the questions become more and more rapid-fire, and the final button is perfection. A fantastic, hilarious short comedy.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: The Fake

    People are so quick to believe what they see on social media, and in this short, Jason exploits that and heightens it to high stakes (and hilarious) levels. This entertaining two-hander is also a cautionary tale about taking what you see and read on social media with a grain of salt. Very clever!

    People are so quick to believe what they see on social media, and in this short, Jason exploits that and heightens it to high stakes (and hilarious) levels. This entertaining two-hander is also a cautionary tale about taking what you see and read on social media with a grain of salt. Very clever!

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: For Richard, for Poorer

    This is adorable. What a fun challenge for the actors (one carrying the whole play with his words, the other playing almost his entire part with wordless reactions). I love these two and their affirmations and the fact that they started eating cake early. Just a delightful piece.

    This is adorable. What a fun challenge for the actors (one carrying the whole play with his words, the other playing almost his entire part with wordless reactions). I love these two and their affirmations and the fact that they started eating cake early. Just a delightful piece.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Kangaroo (Ten Minute)

    What I like about this short play is it shows someone grappling with a problem, trying to decide what to do, and by the end, things are clearer, but far from resolved. It feels very true to life, this talking through a problem with a good friend who offers sound advice and helps figure out a plan of action. While on the surface this play is about a woman trying to figure out if she and her partner are too sexually incompatible to work, it's also a wonderful study on friendship as well.

    What I like about this short play is it shows someone grappling with a problem, trying to decide what to do, and by the end, things are clearer, but far from resolved. It feels very true to life, this talking through a problem with a good friend who offers sound advice and helps figure out a plan of action. While on the surface this play is about a woman trying to figure out if she and her partner are too sexually incompatible to work, it's also a wonderful study on friendship as well.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: The Book of Miriam

    I love Tom Moran's writing, and I love Biblically-inspired comedies, and this short play contains both! This play puts a clever spin on why some parts of the books of Moses are so baffling as well as why women deserve more of a seat at the table of religious authority. Plus it contains a delightful mash of modern and biblical language, like "Oh, comest thou on!" Great stuff!

    I love Tom Moran's writing, and I love Biblically-inspired comedies, and this short play contains both! This play puts a clever spin on why some parts of the books of Moses are so baffling as well as why women deserve more of a seat at the table of religious authority. Plus it contains a delightful mash of modern and biblical language, like "Oh, comest thou on!" Great stuff!