Recommended by Elan Garonzik

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    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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    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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    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.

    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.

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    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.

    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.

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    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.

    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.

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    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.

    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.

  • Elan Garonzik: THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT by Monica Cross
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    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.

    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.

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  • Elan Garonzik: FINDING HELP (a 10 minute play) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
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    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.

    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.

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