Recommended by Rachael Powles

  • Rachael Powles: More of a Heart

    I've been sitting here for ages trying to find words for what I just experienced. Wow. I've never encountered a story like this before. Heartbreaking and heartwarming all that once, asking challenging questions about the way we understand ourselves and each other. This play should be required reading in college courses in contemporary theatre. I hope to experience it in person someday. Brilliant work!

    I've been sitting here for ages trying to find words for what I just experienced. Wow. I've never encountered a story like this before. Heartbreaking and heartwarming all that once, asking challenging questions about the way we understand ourselves and each other. This play should be required reading in college courses in contemporary theatre. I hope to experience it in person someday. Brilliant work!

  • Rachael Powles: 110 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS

    What an incredible play! Rich in history, vibrant characters, and a heartfelt yet funny story. It inspired me to immediately go read more about Roebling and Crane. High recommended.

    What an incredible play! Rich in history, vibrant characters, and a heartfelt yet funny story. It inspired me to immediately go read more about Roebling and Crane. High recommended.

  • Rachael Powles: Jane Grey

    So many fascinating concepts are explored in this powerfully brief play! Gallant understands that history is too often only told by the victors, and brings the story of Lady Jane Gray into focus by exploring the decisions made when someone is turned into a martyr by time.

    So many fascinating concepts are explored in this powerfully brief play! Gallant understands that history is too often only told by the victors, and brings the story of Lady Jane Gray into focus by exploring the decisions made when someone is turned into a martyr by time.

  • Rachael Powles: PARTNER OF —

    Intense, intimate, and altogether important. A 10-minute play that packs a punch.

    Intense, intimate, and altogether important. A 10-minute play that packs a punch.

  • Rachael Powles: The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed In The Neck And Almost Died (a.k.a. The Selkie Play)

    A beautiful meditation on grief, love, and home that transcends time and space. The stuff myths are made of!

    A beautiful meditation on grief, love, and home that transcends time and space. The stuff myths are made of!

  • Rachael Powles: Cherry Blossom

    Had the pleasure of seeing this play performed by Calderon Theatre Company! Reading it opened the story up even further for me. A darkly funny musing on the end of the world that reminds us of how small we are in the eyes of the universe and how large we are to one another. Eager to see where this script goes next!

    Had the pleasure of seeing this play performed by Calderon Theatre Company! Reading it opened the story up even further for me. A darkly funny musing on the end of the world that reminds us of how small we are in the eyes of the universe and how large we are to one another. Eager to see where this script goes next!

  • Rachael Powles: Cassandra

    A fun and heartbreaking take on a classic tragedy that humanizes the stuff myths are made of. Can't wait for the day it can be placed onstage!

    A fun and heartbreaking take on a classic tragedy that humanizes the stuff myths are made of. Can't wait for the day it can be placed onstage!

  • Rachael Powles: I HATE SHAKESPEARE

    Required reading for any theatre artist exhausted by the classics and aching to put their story into works. I heard Gina read an excerpt of this piece back in April and I'm thrilled to see where she's taken it. Wonderful.

    Required reading for any theatre artist exhausted by the classics and aching to put their story into works. I heard Gina read an excerpt of this piece back in April and I'm thrilled to see where she's taken it. Wonderful.

  • Rachael Powles: Water Lily

    A stunning musing on growth and the unseen space that is life in rural America that raises questions about our nature without passing judgment. As someone who grew up rarely seeing stories like mine onstage, it meant so much to see these characters written with complexity. Cannot recommend this play enough, I hope I can see this performed in person someday.

    A stunning musing on growth and the unseen space that is life in rural America that raises questions about our nature without passing judgment. As someone who grew up rarely seeing stories like mine onstage, it meant so much to see these characters written with complexity. Cannot recommend this play enough, I hope I can see this performed in person someday.

  • Rachael Powles: The Fig Tree

    Esmaeili's silences carry as much power as their chosen words. Over the course of this play, we learn how love and family can transcend time and distance, and memory is a brutal yet beautiful tool. I cannot wait to see this piece produced in full in person someday. It is ripe material for actors, directors, designers, and dramaturgs alike.

    Esmaeili's silences carry as much power as their chosen words. Over the course of this play, we learn how love and family can transcend time and distance, and memory is a brutal yet beautiful tool. I cannot wait to see this piece produced in full in person someday. It is ripe material for actors, directors, designers, and dramaturgs alike.