Recommended by Vivian Lermond

  • Vivian Lermond: A Christmas Bedtime Story by Peter Dakutis
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    WOW Peter Dakutis! You delivered one of the best short play Christmas stories I have ever read. A CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORY should be part of every holiday shorts festival! A brilliantly devised piece of writing and utterly superb story telling suitable for our times! Kudos!

    WOW Peter Dakutis! You delivered one of the best short play Christmas stories I have ever read. A CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORY should be part of every holiday shorts festival! A brilliantly devised piece of writing and utterly superb story telling suitable for our times! Kudos!

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  • Vivian Lermond: Destiny by Scott Sickles
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    Sickles does it ... packs a one-act into a 5 minute two-hander featuring two well-defined and distinctively different character voices who give us a delicious taste of real life, love and the realism of relationships. DESTINY is a small gem of a play!

    Sickles does it ... packs a one-act into a 5 minute two-hander featuring two well-defined and distinctively different character voices who give us a delicious taste of real life, love and the realism of relationships. DESTINY is a small gem of a play!

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  • Vivian Lermond: The Oktavist by Vince Gatton
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    Gatton takes us way past plot perfection. Through the sublime subtlety of subtext, he delivers honest, believable characters and a beautiful, unexpected climax. This play deserves production!

    Gatton takes us way past plot perfection. Through the sublime subtlety of subtext, he delivers honest, believable characters and a beautiful, unexpected climax. This play deserves production!

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  • Vivian Lermond: A 3-act, centuries-long love affair (abridged) by John Mabey
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    Don't think you can write a 3-act play in one-minute? Mabey masters it with panache in this fun two-hander! Loved this tasty tidbit of a play!

    Don't think you can write a 3-act play in one-minute? Mabey masters it with panache in this fun two-hander! Loved this tasty tidbit of a play!

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  • Vivian Lermond: Isobel by Christopher Plumridge
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    A poignant, beautiful piece of atmospheric writing! Like Lenny in Of Mice and Men, Olly is mentally challenged and doesn't realize his own strength. But we love him because of his simplicity,innocence and his ability to love unconditionally in a complex, disingenuous world.

    A poignant, beautiful piece of atmospheric writing! Like Lenny in Of Mice and Men, Olly is mentally challenged and doesn't realize his own strength. But we love him because of his simplicity,innocence and his ability to love unconditionally in a complex, disingenuous world.

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  • Vivian Lermond: NELL DASH, The Gruesomely Merry Adventures Of An Irrepressibly Sensible Capitalist With A Vengeance by Doug DeVita
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    What a fast-paced, fun and wonderfully irreverent romp through 19th Century Brit Lit ... a mash up of characters from a divergence of classic Victorian tales, brilliantly interwoven to create one new story worth telling! DeVita has gifted us with a splendid spoof with impeccable plotting, delivering twists and turns and surprises enroute to a most satisfying resolution. Fabulous!

    What a fast-paced, fun and wonderfully irreverent romp through 19th Century Brit Lit ... a mash up of characters from a divergence of classic Victorian tales, brilliantly interwoven to create one new story worth telling! DeVita has gifted us with a splendid spoof with impeccable plotting, delivering twists and turns and surprises enroute to a most satisfying resolution. Fabulous!

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  • Vivian Lermond: The Little Boy's Idea of Heaven Was This (a Monologue) by Lee R. Lawing
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    A beautifully authentic, sincere voice of a young boy who carries the weight of being both human and divine. A thoughtful, poignant piece of writing and a fabulous monologue for a young actor!

    A beautifully authentic, sincere voice of a young boy who carries the weight of being both human and divine. A thoughtful, poignant piece of writing and a fabulous monologue for a young actor!

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  • Vivian Lermond: Suffragist Sixteen by Lucy Wang
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    The ability to capture a moment in time and place us there is no simple skill, but Wang has mastered it in SUFFRAGIST SIXTEEN. Not only are we transported back to the wider scope of a 1912 history-based moment in the women's suffrage movement, but we get to witness it through the eyes of a young Chinese girl who has dreams of success and conquering discrimination and prejudice. Very relevant, especially in these days of hate crimes targeting Asians.

    The ability to capture a moment in time and place us there is no simple skill, but Wang has mastered it in SUFFRAGIST SIXTEEN. Not only are we transported back to the wider scope of a 1912 history-based moment in the women's suffrage movement, but we get to witness it through the eyes of a young Chinese girl who has dreams of success and conquering discrimination and prejudice. Very relevant, especially in these days of hate crimes targeting Asians.

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  • Vivian Lermond: War on Christmas by Kate Danley
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    WAR ON CHRISTMAS is a little gem of a play that offers delicious opportunities for physical comedy! A sure crowd pleaser for the kid in all of us!

    WAR ON CHRISTMAS is a little gem of a play that offers delicious opportunities for physical comedy! A sure crowd pleaser for the kid in all of us!

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  • Vivian Lermond: Fever (Stage Play) by DC Cathro
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    There is nothing I love more than a conflict-driven play with well-crafted characters, and FEVER delivers! Using the impact of Covid as a baseline, Cathro takes us into deeper places to explore fear, loss, and the emotional fatigue of being out of step with the dance of life! Produce!

    There is nothing I love more than a conflict-driven play with well-crafted characters, and FEVER delivers! Using the impact of Covid as a baseline, Cathro takes us into deeper places to explore fear, loss, and the emotional fatigue of being out of step with the dance of life! Produce!

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