Recommended by Callan Stout

  • Callan Stout: The Grand Illusion Show by Emily Dendinger
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    I don’t remember when I last read a play where the dialogue popped off the page like this. Each character immediately comes to life with their first line of dialogue. The whole play snaps and crackles and it seduces you to the end. Can’t wait to see it done!

    I don’t remember when I last read a play where the dialogue popped off the page like this. Each character immediately comes to life with their first line of dialogue. The whole play snaps and crackles and it seduces you to the end. Can’t wait to see it done!

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  • Callan Stout: ...and a dog named Jesus by Samantha Cooper
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    A fun weaving together of the unexpected social problems that haunt Seattle underneath the facade of a liberal enclave. Cooper skillfully brings to life unique, complex characters who are trying to hold everything together despite the extreme and often absurd reality they are living in. Tackling the death of print journalism, unemployment, religious exploitation, and the opioid crisis, this play keeps the audience on their toes as it twists and develops, ultimately leading to an explosive ending.

    A fun weaving together of the unexpected social problems that haunt Seattle underneath the facade of a liberal enclave. Cooper skillfully brings to life unique, complex characters who are trying to hold everything together despite the extreme and often absurd reality they are living in. Tackling the death of print journalism, unemployment, religious exploitation, and the opioid crisis, this play keeps the audience on their toes as it twists and develops, ultimately leading to an explosive ending.

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  • Callan Stout: Invincible Ones by Samantha Cooper
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    A lovely play about grief and strength, and the people you need around you to make it through the tough days. Samantha beautifully portrays vulnerable moments of bad-ass women.

    A lovely play about grief and strength, and the people you need around you to make it through the tough days. Samantha beautifully portrays vulnerable moments of bad-ass women.

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  • Callan Stout: A List of Some Shit I've Killed by Matt Barbot
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    A funny, fast-paced look at the events that started the Trojan war told in modern, profane language. This play has the best start to any short play!

    A funny, fast-paced look at the events that started the Trojan war told in modern, profane language. This play has the best start to any short play!

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  • Callan Stout: September Gurls by Stephen Foglia
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    A beautiful weaving of the many lives of a friendship between two women. This play creates the whole world through the relationship of two women as they grow out, and explores the many worlds they inhabit together. A stunning play for two strong female actors to shine.

    A beautiful weaving of the many lives of a friendship between two women. This play creates the whole world through the relationship of two women as they grow out, and explores the many worlds they inhabit together. A stunning play for two strong female actors to shine.

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  • Callan Stout: Hags, Mopes, and the End of All Existence by Jen Browne
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    An absurdist play full of heart about staying in love in old age and facing the end of the world. Jen's writing is all at once whimsical, honest, and surreal. She captures the small disappointments of old age in an intensely human way, and the joy even a small amount of hope can bring, especially when you're starring out at the end of the world.

    An absurdist play full of heart about staying in love in old age and facing the end of the world. Jen's writing is all at once whimsical, honest, and surreal. She captures the small disappointments of old age in an intensely human way, and the joy even a small amount of hope can bring, especially when you're starring out at the end of the world.

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  • Callan Stout: The Mermaids' Parade by Gina Femia
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    Gina was working on this play while we were in a writer's group together. It was such a joy getting to see the story develop over the year. The piece Gina has crafted is at the same time heart wrenching, horrifying, beautiful, and so so deeply human. It's about impossible situations and being rescued by our dreams.

    Gina was working on this play while we were in a writer's group together. It was such a joy getting to see the story develop over the year. The piece Gina has crafted is at the same time heart wrenching, horrifying, beautiful, and so so deeply human. It's about impossible situations and being rescued by our dreams.

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  • Callan Stout: Order Now by Theresa Giacopasi
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    This play is now. This play is this generation. It speaks to so many of the fears and hopes of people living right now. This play needs to be done.

    This play is now. This play is this generation. It speaks to so many of the fears and hopes of people living right now. This play needs to be done.

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