Recommended by Emma Carter

  • Emma Carter: The Matriarchy by Prisca Jebet Kendagor
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    I LOVE this play. In so many dystopian futures we see women still struggling to survive in a world run by men. This play flips that on its head. Here we see many strong women with agency, with power, and so many men and women of color calling the shots in a beautifully imperfect world. It made my heart happy to see characters who had "made it" and whose issues are now not fighting tooth and nail for their own rights but for the rights of a newly marginalized group that once suppressed them. Someone produce this please.

    I LOVE this play. In so many dystopian futures we see women still struggling to survive in a world run by men. This play flips that on its head. Here we see many strong women with agency, with power, and so many men and women of color calling the shots in a beautifully imperfect world. It made my heart happy to see characters who had "made it" and whose issues are now not fighting tooth and nail for their own rights but for the rights of a newly marginalized group that once suppressed them. Someone produce this please.

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  • Emma Carter: The Thought Doesn't Count by Emily Hageman
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    I'm not sure what else I can say that hasn't already been said! I was the stage direction reader for this play at the Midwest Dramatist Conference 2017 and it was my absolute favorite piece of the whole conference. The characters felt real. Their pain, their love, their rapport, all so relatable and recognizable. I never realized a ten minute play could be so powerful.

    I'm not sure what else I can say that hasn't already been said! I was the stage direction reader for this play at the Midwest Dramatist Conference 2017 and it was my absolute favorite piece of the whole conference. The characters felt real. Their pain, their love, their rapport, all so relatable and recognizable. I never realized a ten minute play could be so powerful.

    ”
  • Emma Carter: AFK by Kevin King
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    I directed this piece as part of the Kansas City Horror Play Festival and it was such fun to bring it to life! The dialogue is clever, the characters are relatable. A gem of a play.

    I directed this piece as part of the Kansas City Horror Play Festival and it was such fun to bring it to life! The dialogue is clever, the characters are relatable. A gem of a play.

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  • Emma Carter: No One Is Forgotten by winter miller
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    I saw a reading of this at the Unicorn Theater in Kansas City, Missouri last week. It was both hilarious and haunting.

    I saw a reading of this at the Unicorn Theater in Kansas City, Missouri last week. It was both hilarious and haunting.

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  • Emma Carter: Death of a Driver by Will Snider
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    I saw a reading of this play at the Unicorn in Kansas City, Missouri and I found it both heartbreaking and hilarious.

    I saw a reading of this play at the Unicorn in Kansas City, Missouri and I found it both heartbreaking and hilarious.

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  • Emma Carter: Trigger Happy by Ron Simonian
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    I saw this play performed at The Living Room Theater earlier this year and very much enjoyed it. It's the kind if play that keeps popping back up in my life as I navigate social interactions, continually inviting me to re-evaluate my stance on issues of political correctness, trigger warnings and the like.

    I saw this play performed at The Living Room Theater earlier this year and very much enjoyed it. It's the kind if play that keeps popping back up in my life as I navigate social interactions, continually inviting me to re-evaluate my stance on issues of political correctness, trigger warnings and the like.

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