Recommended by Elan Garonzik

  • Provenance
    3 Jan. 2021
    A clever, funny cat-and-mouse, particularly when the art forger discovers the art collector's profession, and turns the tables on him. It is all done so deftly and with a light touch, but full of in-character surprises and reversals. This is good fun comedy, making its apt, timely political comments well.
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  • RUSSIA OVER MATTER
    8 Oct. 2020
    Four strangers meet up in an absurdist world that is remarkably like the one we find ourselves in today, pre-election October 2020. One character says, "I hear bombs. But I haven't been receiving alerts on my cell. Are we at war?" The travel choices are Antarctica -- or Russia. The nonsensical in this rich short play is disturbingly like our daily newsfeed. Captures an altered state well.
  • (SHORT COMEDY:) Service
    6 Oct. 2020
    Truly funny and fast paced, with a surprise reversal at the end. Anyone who's had sexually attractive service workers in their house or apartment is going to recognize what's going on here -- though the author adds a humorous twist. A sex farce, all in good fun.
  • Tis True, Ma (Ten Minute)
    1 Oct. 2020
    A heartbreaking piece that pulls you in two ways -- objecting to the mother's prejudices, but also welcoming the gay lovers partnership & how important it is to them to see at Stonewall the openly gay Irish Prime Minister. Short, but packs a punch. Very moving.
  • FAMILY BY NUMBERS Award-winning 10-minute drama
    30 Sep. 2020
    Funny, charming, deeply moving, with a deft pace, and written so leanly -- but every word counts. All the awards and prizes are well deserved. So well done. Thoroughly enjoyable.
  • THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT
    29 Sep. 2020
    Fascinating to consider time within the audience and time of the actors onstage, and to measure with stop watches -- is there a difference? The references to Faustus and The Tempest made me think of other plays and their use of time. For Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the roughly 2+ hours onstage would be the continuous 2+ hours of the characters lives. Skin of Our Teeth covers millennia. Marvelous to read this play and reflect on it.
  • FINDING HELP
    28 Sep. 2020
    Wonderful in setting up sharp conflict quickly, giving the story forward momentum and drive. Clearly delineated characters -- all three of them have laugh-out-loud lines. Rewards the audience with an unexpected but believable reversal right at the end.