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Max Berry

Recommended by Max Berry

  • Guts by Rachel Greene
    29 Oct. 2023
    “ "Guts" is an incredibly powerful story told through the brilliant setting of a Biggest Loser parody game show. Despite many of the topics on bodies that Greene discusses being serious and often difficult, she fearlessly leans into them with plenty of humor and compassion to get us through. Much like other Rachel Greene plays, this play puts large bodies on stage front and center with a cast of characters that everyone will fall in love with. By the end you'll be left feeling joyful but also questioning your own biases and assumptions about bodies we see everyday. ”
  • JOHN DESERVES TO DIE by Rachel Greene
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ "John Deserves to Die" stands on it's own as a powerful and important story about abuse of power and the extremely harmful ways that theatre is taught in a college setting. Though, being tied so tightly to Mamet and using that to parallel the events of the play, it adds a whole other layer, not only calling out the abusive environments in many rehearsal rooms, but demanding we take a second look at what stories we want/need to tell and saying "We can do better." ”
  • small town icons by SMJ .
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ SMJ captures the dark sides of living in a small town perfectly. "small town icons" gives us a friend group that anyone can, for better or for worse, relate to, and exaggerated it to a truly frightening degree. With every character feeling isolated for one reason or another, SMJ throws them all in a room together with little to no escape and says "figure it out." The ensuing battle of words (among other things) is equal parts heartbreaking and horrifying. ”
  • Here's What I Found by Lee Harrison Daniel
    9 Jul. 2022
    “ "Here's What I Found" says so much in the briefest of moments. From the very first moment these characters share, Daniel gives us everything we need to know about who they are and what they long for. Just from that first second, I'm already desperately hoping that Lena gets to try a grilled cheese. The world is so well developed that we feel how long these beings have been here doing the same thing and by the time Viv shows up, we are desperate to see Lena escape the monotony and find something worth updating for. ”
  • The Fierce Urgency Of Now by Doug DeVita
    19 May. 2021
    “ Devita manages to take the monotonous drone of an advertising office and fill it to the brim with drama and tension. With every character feeling as full and realized as the next, you’ll find yourself caring more about the comings and goings of that world than you ever did before. The relationships are well sewn and well tangled, the stakes are as high as they can be, and of course there’s plenty of sharp humor to bring you back to smiling just as the tension becomes too much. This play is honest, hilarious, and heartbreaking all at once. ”