Recommended by Emily Russell

  • The Contract
    21 Mar. 2021
    Had the privilege of hearing this play at a digital reading with the Dragon Theatre. Ridgeway creates robust character arcs in this humorous play where the setting -- of sharing a building with a lover -- complicates the relationship between the two. Femme power in this story!
  • Goat Song
    3 Jan. 2021
    Watching this play debut with Alleyway was such a highlight of quarantine! This one-man show is so captivating, I never wanted to miss a line or detail. A seriously important, timely piece.
  • Exhibits in the Zoo
    10 Dec. 2020
    The awards tacked onto this play speak for themselves — this is a story with abundant importance. Harmon's critical perspective of a dark time of our human past is told by a protagonist who faces unique, identity-based challenges as a young boy who is mute. It is a remarkable story told with all of our senses, bringing the theatre into a new understanding about how we communicate as individuals, families, and societies. Despite its heavy themes, the play is characteristic of Harmon's style with wit, laughter, and youth intact.
  • Grand Canyon
    11 Jul. 2020
    I had the privilege of attending a virtual reading of this work and was taken with the beautiful and conflicted fusion of the natural world and the human world — and what we do when facing transcendence beyond the human world in natural, mortal landscapes. This piece teaches us that no place is grand enough to hold our grief (and the lives we lose), but it's the best we've got.
  • Bottle Episode
    11 Jul. 2020
    I had the joy of attending a debut virtual reading of this captivating piece, and was especially taken by the humanizing of the bottle. Emotive imagery and tongue-in-cheek descriptions give the bottle a humanlike experience of mortality, eternal sunshine, and the emptying feeling we hold as we approach it.
  • Bartleby & Bess (5-10 minute play)
    3 Jul. 2020
    Simple and poignant imagery make this short piece a wonderful, soulful interaction between what was and what is for two people separated by distance and time.
  • CREATIVE LITTLE GARDEN
    3 Jul. 2020
    An endearing piece with real-world discussions in a captivating setting. It makes audiences consider how we spend our money, time, and space in a world where all are limited.
  • SISTERS THREE & the tree
    3 Jul. 2020
    A fascinating short piece that manages to characterize each individual, while also telling a story of collectivism. Magical feminine energy reigns!
  • Parts of Parts & Stitches
    11 Jun. 2020
    Sachdeva's play tells the gripping historical story of Partition with high personal stakes relevant to any contemporary audience. Oases of love are built beautifully into the story, and punctured by violent realities. Altogether, the play is of nations and persons, their bloodiness and their worthiness. Captivating, particular, and moving.
  • the end and the end and the end
    27 May. 2020
    An increasingly-real slate of apocalyptic fears is woven together expertly in this captivating and witty play, where mayhem and chaos reign. Through the overlapping tales of our individual and collective dooms, Carie perfectly crafts short lines which conjure raw feelings of fear, disbelief, preparedness, and injustice. It's over a hundred times, and still too soon.

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