Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

  • Maria and Little Joey Have a Baby
    27 Mar. 2021
    This short play is fun! A mobster’s daughter runs away from home and has a baby - father unknown- while hiding out. Little Joey finds her and tries to convince her to go home. Engaging, tense, and mysterious (who’s the father??), “Maria and Little Joey Have a Baby” will keep you hooked from start to finish!
  • Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped to a Merry-Go-Round
    26 Mar. 2021
    I read this one based on the title alone, and boy am I glad I did. This short play is darkly funny, and the characters feel real and relatable even though they're talking about duct taping six dead bodies to a merry-go-round. I would love to see this live, for audience reactions alone. This play is weird and wonderful.
  • TBA
    25 Mar. 2021
    What a beautiful play this is! A reclusive writer on the cusp of his big break is working on a book of short, autobiographical stories which are going to make him a star - until things start to go wrong. "TBA" explores the fine line between fact and fiction in such an interesting way, and it doles out information in tiny, tantalizing morsels as the play progresses. Before I knew it, I had reached the end. It hooked me from start to finish!
  • Children's Letters To Satan
    25 Mar. 2021
    Well, this is delightful. It's a collection of children's letters to Santa, only they spelled Santa wrong and they ended up getting delivered to someone very different. If I saw this live, it would be one of those shows where I'm secretly wishing for it to last forever. SO funny.
  • The Asylum of Bridesmaids
    25 Mar. 2021
    This short spoof on Animal Planet is so much fun! I love the flowery description of bridesmaid action/activity that the voice over provides, juxtaposed with the much less majestic reality of what the bridesmaids are actually doing. Anyone who has ever found themselves at the same bar as a bachelorette party will be able to appreciate this one!
  • Written in the Stars (10-Minute)
    23 Mar. 2021
    I love the dialogue in this short play. Melody DeRogatis does a great job keeping Aris from seeming like a caricature as she explains to Benny that they should stop dating because their star signs are incompatible. I also really liked the note it ended on. Such a funny, sweet play!
  • AN ESTUARY
    23 Mar. 2021
    There are so many surprises in this lovely play! Every time I thought I knew where it was going, it went somewhere totally different. What a beautiful, bittersweet story about family and identity and lost opportunities. I loved it!
  • The Poet, The Spy, and the Dark Lady
    21 Mar. 2021
    There are a lot of stories out there about Shakespeare, but this is one of my favorites. Emily McClain weaves fact, circumstantial evidence, and fiction into a completely engaging story about a trio of lovers - who just happen to be William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Emilia Bassano. We see the struggles they each go through individually when they're apart, and how well the complement each other artistically when they're together. I did a lot of googling when I finished reading this, to try to find out how much of it is true. This is historical fiction at its best!
  • The Matrimony Experiment
    21 Mar. 2021
    This short play about two strangers who are about to get married as part of a social experiment (and for a whole lot of money) is fantastic. Their situation is slowly revealed as they make small talk while waiting for their turn in the court room, and you end up feeling for and rooting for these two seemingly incompatible people. I want a sequel so I can find out what happens to them!
  • Rooted (monologue)
    21 Mar. 2021
    This monologue is great. Willow is so relatable and the way she talks through her problem feels so true to life. Plus the surprise ending is fantastic.

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