Recommended by Keenya Jackson

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    I'm excited to see this play get produced. This play is beautiful and haunting and so relatable. That's the way that family secrets tend to be. This secret is revealed in a way that allowed me to see each character's point of view. The characters each have their own struggle and each one is valid. The topic of mental health, and how our society dealt with it decades ago, made me question how it's being managed today. Throughout the play we learn to care about this family, while watching to see if they can heal from family and societal traumas.

    I'm excited to see this play get produced. This play is beautiful and haunting and so relatable. That's the way that family secrets tend to be. This secret is revealed in a way that allowed me to see each character's point of view. The characters each have their own struggle and each one is valid. The topic of mental health, and how our society dealt with it decades ago, made me question how it's being managed today. Throughout the play we learn to care about this family, while watching to see if they can heal from family and societal traumas.

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    Above the Fold transports us right into the middle of a reporters room. It is so well written, that it fills your senses with the anxiety of getting the story and smelling the coffee to keep them going. The characters each have their own intention, so the stakes are high. But at the heart of the story, is the compassion that characters learn for a woman whose life was drastically taken.

    Above the Fold transports us right into the middle of a reporters room. It is so well written, that it fills your senses with the anxiety of getting the story and smelling the coffee to keep them going. The characters each have their own intention, so the stakes are high. But at the heart of the story, is the compassion that characters learn for a woman whose life was drastically taken.

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    The Cure allows us to go on a journey with a woman who has last her son. The journey is moving in a real way because we aren't sure if the mother is truly heartbroken or just anger or both. But what I adore about the journey is that we are learning about her son along with her. It's a journey of truth and heartache and love.

    The Cure allows us to go on a journey with a woman who has last her son. The journey is moving in a real way because we aren't sure if the mother is truly heartbroken or just anger or both. But what I adore about the journey is that we are learning about her son along with her. It's a journey of truth and heartache and love.

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    Every neighborhood deserves to have a Pear-Shaped man. Or at the least the opportunity to see or read this play. The Pear-Shaped Man is a great mix of comedy, horror and action. It is also relatable, addressing some hard hitting questions about our society in an easy manner.

    Every neighborhood deserves to have a Pear-Shaped man. Or at the least the opportunity to see or read this play. The Pear-Shaped Man is a great mix of comedy, horror and action. It is also relatable, addressing some hard hitting questions about our society in an easy manner.

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    liberi tutti weaves commonality so beautifully between the characters and their spaces. The play deals with grief and loss, but it comes from a place of love. The love is what rings true and it keeps the characters a float. Also, the settings, the way they change and transform (bombings, floods, quiet peace etc.) each setting has an arch. We watch as the characters and their surroundings grow and transform throughout the story.

    liberi tutti weaves commonality so beautifully between the characters and their spaces. The play deals with grief and loss, but it comes from a place of love. The love is what rings true and it keeps the characters a float. Also, the settings, the way they change and transform (bombings, floods, quiet peace etc.) each setting has an arch. We watch as the characters and their surroundings grow and transform throughout the story.

  • Keenya Jackson: The Illinois Five by Teresa Miller
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    The Illinois Five is one of the realest plays I've ever read. The emotional turmoil that the characters go through is heartbreaking. And it's because of circumstances that they didn't have total control over. It's about trying to move on when your home has been taken from you. How can a person become whole again? Or can they become whole? And what the transformation does to a person.

    The Illinois Five is one of the realest plays I've ever read. The emotional turmoil that the characters go through is heartbreaking. And it's because of circumstances that they didn't have total control over. It's about trying to move on when your home has been taken from you. How can a person become whole again? Or can they become whole? And what the transformation does to a person.

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  • Keenya Jackson: Stark Naked by Quinn D. Eli
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    Stark Naked is a play that drops you right into the middle of crazy and you can't look away. I love fully developed characters, and these characters have light and darkness hitting each of them at different angles at a mile a minute. It is a ride. The play is dark, sexy and hilarious. It makes you question how much any of us can really take before we break. The break is what hit my spirit while reading this. I can't wait to see this production.

    Stark Naked is a play that drops you right into the middle of crazy and you can't look away. I love fully developed characters, and these characters have light and darkness hitting each of them at different angles at a mile a minute. It is a ride. The play is dark, sexy and hilarious. It makes you question how much any of us can really take before we break. The break is what hit my spirit while reading this. I can't wait to see this production.

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  • Keenya Jackson: Scraps by Quinn D. Eli
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    Scraps is the perfect ten minute play. It pulls you into this strange, comical world and as it unfolds you begin to question everything about society, race, theatre and yourself. We uncover so much about each character . And the story left me hungry for more of this in theatre.

    Scraps is the perfect ten minute play. It pulls you into this strange, comical world and as it unfolds you begin to question everything about society, race, theatre and yourself. We uncover so much about each character . And the story left me hungry for more of this in theatre.

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  • Keenya Jackson: GTFOH by Nikki Brake-Silla
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    Love this play. Each character makes a point of view. They are right and wrong and you just want their love to win. The play also questions gender roles and identities in a way that I haven't read or seen on a stage before.

    Love this play. Each character makes a point of view. They are right and wrong and you just want their love to win. The play also questions gender roles and identities in a way that I haven't read or seen on a stage before.

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  • Keenya Jackson: In Defense of Ourselves by Nikki Brake-Silla
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    This play demonstrates how layered Black leaders were/are and the impact that they've left on our world. It shows them as human beings with flaws and greatness and everything in between. And we watch how they were made to navigate through a society that didn't accept or appreciate them then and still doesn't today.

    This play demonstrates how layered Black leaders were/are and the impact that they've left on our world. It shows them as human beings with flaws and greatness and everything in between. And we watch how they were made to navigate through a society that didn't accept or appreciate them then and still doesn't today.

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