Recommended by Kyle J. McCloskey

  • Kyle J. McCloskey: Overwinter by Mackenzie Raine Kirkman
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    A wildly imaginative play about mortality and possibility! Expansive questions are posed with a subtle, yet beautiful theatricality. I must echo fellow recommenders on Kirkman's bold stage directions acting as both witness to the truth of the play and compelling narrator. An excellent new play.

    A wildly imaginative play about mortality and possibility! Expansive questions are posed with a subtle, yet beautiful theatricality. I must echo fellow recommenders on Kirkman's bold stage directions acting as both witness to the truth of the play and compelling narrator. An excellent new play.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: The Rockefeller Special - FULL LENGTH by Ryan Stevens
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    A bombastic, fuck-tastic takedown of the Patron Saint of Capitalism. Ryan doesn't let up for a second, crafting a mirage of muck stuffed with pocket oil, Teddy Roosevelt, and cheese (sweet glorious cheese). Fast, loose, and ugly, I can't wait to see this play performed.

    A bombastic, fuck-tastic takedown of the Patron Saint of Capitalism. Ryan doesn't let up for a second, crafting a mirage of muck stuffed with pocket oil, Teddy Roosevelt, and cheese (sweet glorious cheese). Fast, loose, and ugly, I can't wait to see this play performed.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: Selkie by Krista Knight
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    Dark and enthralling, this play is a wonderful modernization of the Selkie and its possibilities. I for one would like a Selkie Chorus in every play. great characters that allow folks to sink and swim in a fantastical yet grounded modernization.

    Dark and enthralling, this play is a wonderful modernization of the Selkie and its possibilities. I for one would like a Selkie Chorus in every play. great characters that allow folks to sink and swim in a fantastical yet grounded modernization.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: STAFF RETREAT by Gina Femia
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    An extraordinary look at a corroded, yet familiar Art Instituion. Femia swirls delicate, painful truths through rich dialogue and excruciating confrontation. An essential play for the moment, please please please produce this play.

    An extraordinary look at a corroded, yet familiar Art Instituion. Femia swirls delicate, painful truths through rich dialogue and excruciating confrontation. An essential play for the moment, please please please produce this play.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Alanna Coby
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    An extraordinary play about white supremacy, complicity, language, and evolution of violence, Alanna crafts a time and space bending play PERFECT for the moment. This is one of the funniest plays I’ve ever encountered and I implore you all to give this wildly theatrical story the respect (and productions) it deserves. Produce this play!

    An extraordinary play about white supremacy, complicity, language, and evolution of violence, Alanna crafts a time and space bending play PERFECT for the moment. This is one of the funniest plays I’ve ever encountered and I implore you all to give this wildly theatrical story the respect (and productions) it deserves. Produce this play!

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: Paint Thinner by Jacob Menke
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    Jacob continues to prove he is a master of character and evocative language. A wonderfully bold mosaic of a young person in crisis, I can't recommend this play more. Jacob is a writer that deserves to be felt, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read his play!!!!

    Jacob continues to prove he is a master of character and evocative language. A wonderfully bold mosaic of a young person in crisis, I can't recommend this play more. Jacob is a writer that deserves to be felt, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read his play!!!!

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    MECHS!!!!! THE WAR PROLIFERATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR!!!!!! QUESTIONS OF NATIONALISM!!!!! I mean genuinely what else more could you want? I am so excited to see this in person but will settle for the EXCELLENT audio recording on Spotify. Read and produce this play!!!!

    MECHS!!!!! THE WAR PROLIFERATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR!!!!!! QUESTIONS OF NATIONALISM!!!!! I mean genuinely what else more could you want? I am so excited to see this in person but will settle for the EXCELLENT audio recording on Spotify. Read and produce this play!!!!

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: rosaline by Ryan Stevens
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    A lovely meditation of grief, this is a wonderful play for TYA audiences and adults alike. Never shying away from the horror of adolescent loss, instead, it offers compassion and grace to characters often excluded from these spaces. I would recommend this play especially to any young folk looking for dynamic, well-crafted monologues. A triumph.

    A lovely meditation of grief, this is a wonderful play for TYA audiences and adults alike. Never shying away from the horror of adolescent loss, instead, it offers compassion and grace to characters often excluded from these spaces. I would recommend this play especially to any young folk looking for dynamic, well-crafted monologues. A triumph.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: The Last Living Gun by Ryan Stevens
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    This play fucking WHIPS!!! An astonishing entry into the "Western" genre, Ryan creates a magnetic epic about American Exceptionalism and our fetishization of violence. I wish I had all the money in the world to give this play the magnificent production it deserves, but also it doesn't need it. THE SCRIPT IS THAT GOOD!!! Produce this play!!!!

    This play fucking WHIPS!!! An astonishing entry into the "Western" genre, Ryan creates a magnetic epic about American Exceptionalism and our fetishization of violence. I wish I had all the money in the world to give this play the magnificent production it deserves, but also it doesn't need it. THE SCRIPT IS THAT GOOD!!! Produce this play!!!!

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: a home what howls (or the house what was ravine) by Matthew Paul Olmos
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    A magnificent exploration into the ongoing colonial expansion project of Southern California, Matthew creates a lush world inhabited by bold characters and rich themes. This play is a robust, poetic letter to those erased by colonial expansion of the modern world. Read this Play. Produce this play. Celebrate the artistic achievement that is this play.

    A magnificent exploration into the ongoing colonial expansion project of Southern California, Matthew creates a lush world inhabited by bold characters and rich themes. This play is a robust, poetic letter to those erased by colonial expansion of the modern world. Read this Play. Produce this play. Celebrate the artistic achievement that is this play.

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