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Rachel Bykowski

Recommended by Rachel Bykowski

  • Cora by Katherine Varga
    2 May. 2019
    “ This play is THE definition of theatricality. The last time I remember getting shivers like this from reading a play is the hat parade scene from Caryl Churchill's Far Away. Varga beautifully personifies love, happiness, horrors, and devastation in a way that only a heart is strong enough to handle. ”
  • Stitched with a Sickle and a Hammer by Inna Tsyrlin
    1 May. 2019
    “ Inna Tsyrlin painful depicts a gruesome side to the World War that is often lost to history. She demonstrates the strength of women and the difficult choice that is made between shouting the truth or just going along with the play. The whole gulag is a play within a play as the prison guards hope to put on a little performance to fool the Americans. In fact, everything in the play is a performance for each characters' life. It's when they break character and go off script that the truth of heartbreak and devastation sets in ”
  • She Moves in Her Own Way by Olivia Matthews
    30 Apr. 2019
    “ A beautiful story about family and chasing dreams. It's an important coming of age story for both teens and adults. When a teen realizes her own way to happiness and the parent needs to finally let go and realize their child is a separate individual with their own dreams and ambitions. It is a wonderfully choreographed play that needs to be seen on stage for the magic of dance and basketball to play out. ”
  • I Don't Drink At Parties (a monologue) by Olivia Matthews
    30 Apr. 2019
    “ A monologue that screams so much truth about the BS that women have to go through. It makes a statement about the reputations women and men receive and how women must carry the burden of their title, while men get a pass. The line, "no one likes to think about it..." speaks volumes to the silent screams that fill every college party. ”
  • Bury the Rest by Skye Robinson Hillis
    29 Apr. 2019
    “ A heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by gun violence. The plays pits beliefs vs. pride against each other to show the violent outcomes. At the center of the story is the theatrical arc of the character Lucy. I don't think I have ever seen the anguish of losing your identity to an entire movement portrayed so dynamically. The tragedy is no one gets to know the true Lucy better than the audience who shares this brief stage time with her. ”
  • Bird of Passage by Colby Halloran
    13 Nov. 2018
    “ I had the wonderful opportunity to see a reading of this lovely play at The Chameleon Theatre Circle's New Play Festival. The play takes you on a delightful journey as a writer tries to discover her next story with the help of the ghost of a famous writer who haunts her new rental. This play delves into the meaning of "haunting" and how do we confront the ghosts of our pasts that keep us from moving on? ”
  • Issei, He Say (or the Myth of the First) by Chloé Hung
    24 Sep. 2018
    “ Amazing play but a passionate writer who starts from their heart for their stories. I had the honor of seeing a staged reading of this play with NNPN and the relationships between the characters still remain on my mind. A painful history follows the Chu family as Lucy from a young age must learn how to grow from this pain and show her family how to love, understand, and forgive ”
  • What About the Children? by Sharai Bohannon
    23 Sep. 2018
    “ A necessary piece that explores the difficult question of, "what happens when it's your life partner that is part of the problem?" Bohannon does an amazing job of describing that it is not just political differences, but what we are facing now is a lack of empathy. And empathy is what we NEED right now. ”
  • Ripped by Rachel Bublitz
    21 Sep. 2018
    “ My heart ACHES for Lucy. Bublitz dives unapologetically heart first into the discussion of consent and rips (sorry for the pun) all the “well meaning” “not all men” “he said she said” arguments to shreds. Especially now, this play needs to be read, taught, inhaled ”
  • Falling Skies by Brayden Frascone
    21 Sep. 2018
    “ A moving, honest play about two people from completely different walks of life deciding to meet under the shared night sky. It is a painful journey for both characters as they try to piece together the life of the one person they loved. Brayden paints a beautiful depiction of what it means to live with the family you are born with and the family you make yourself. This play left me with the feeling of "home" does not look the same to everyone, but it's where you feel safe and loved. ”

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