Recommended by Christine Foster

  • Christine Foster: THE UNOPENED VALENTINE (ten-minute play) by Dwayne Yancey
    “

    This is such an intriguing piece on memory and regret. Do you really want to know what you don't know?
    Will the discovery only make your emotional state more painful? If you don't investigate the mystery now, could you leave it for another time or is it better to destroy the possibility (and the knowledge) now and get it over with? One of the lovely things about the play is the resolution of this puzzle, which fully engages the audience's imagination.

    This is such an intriguing piece on memory and regret. Do you really want to know what you don't know?
    Will the discovery only make your emotional state more painful? If you don't investigate the mystery now, could you leave it for another time or is it better to destroy the possibility (and the knowledge) now and get it over with? One of the lovely things about the play is the resolution of this puzzle, which fully engages the audience's imagination.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: Augusta's Diamond Ring by Donna Latham
    “

    I love this format, storytelling is after all the original theatre, bold and engrossing
    and the perfect marriage of imagination, plot and character and this charming tale
    does it right - with homage to Dickens, Aleichem, Poe, Washington Irving along the way!
    Such fun, Should be in every Halloween Festival.

    I love this format, storytelling is after all the original theatre, bold and engrossing
    and the perfect marriage of imagination, plot and character and this charming tale
    does it right - with homage to Dickens, Aleichem, Poe, Washington Irving along the way!
    Such fun, Should be in every Halloween Festival.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: A BIT OF HAVOC AT HENNESSEY'S (from the TAPAS COLLECTION) by Vivian Lermond
    “

    The local character and voice of (really, really) small town Maine,
    is beautifully captured here, along with the preoccupations of the denizens
    who know each other's history down to the last breath...or think they do.
    Intriguing, well told and satisfying.

    The local character and voice of (really, really) small town Maine,
    is beautifully captured here, along with the preoccupations of the denizens
    who know each other's history down to the last breath...or think they do.
    Intriguing, well told and satisfying.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: Bottom of the Order by Victoria Z. Daly
    “

    A perfectly observed, absolutely believable, hair-raising recreation of the control and manipulation of a teen by his bullying father. Insightful and realistic and complete in itself, it's also open-ended, leaving us imagining all sorts of additional past abuses, as well as wondering what the future will hold for the currently absent mother.

    A perfectly observed, absolutely believable, hair-raising recreation of the control and manipulation of a teen by his bullying father. Insightful and realistic and complete in itself, it's also open-ended, leaving us imagining all sorts of additional past abuses, as well as wondering what the future will hold for the currently absent mother.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: Persephone by Jennifer O'Grady
    “

    Most ten minute plays don't deliver full characterizations, or layers, or complexity, or even proper "big" themes very well - but this one does all four brilliantly, proving just what can be done in such a short piece. If it's "moments" that push and propel our feelings in theatre, they have to be well chosen. They are here, and they lead us on a dramatic,moving and satisfying journey.

    Most ten minute plays don't deliver full characterizations, or layers, or complexity, or even proper "big" themes very well - but this one does all four brilliantly, proving just what can be done in such a short piece. If it's "moments" that push and propel our feelings in theatre, they have to be well chosen. They are here, and they lead us on a dramatic,moving and satisfying journey.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: Tap Test - (covid zoom play) by D. Lee Miller
    “

    A great premise, delightfully delivered. And what fun to get all those
    twists in five minutes - a very timely smile!

    A great premise, delightfully delivered. And what fun to get all those
    twists in five minutes - a very timely smile!

    ”
  • Christine Foster: These aren't meant to be worn (5 minute play) by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
    “

    An insightful piece about perception, relationships, and memory that creates and maintains a completely believable and original world of its own. Imaginative, poetic and satisfying.

    An insightful piece about perception, relationships, and memory that creates and maintains a completely believable and original world of its own. Imaginative, poetic and satisfying.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: LOSIN' IT by Vivian Lermond
    “

    An introspective and charming piece that warmly captures the personality of the speaker, would play like a dream and leave a smile on the audience's face.

    An introspective and charming piece that warmly captures the personality of the speaker, would play like a dream and leave a smile on the audience's face.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: THE COUPON by Scott Mullen
    “

    A fresh and original idea, perfectly constructed. It delights as it builds to a
    a clever ending, with tons of opportunity for actors to create likeable, zany characters along the way.

    A fresh and original idea, perfectly constructed. It delights as it builds to a
    a clever ending, with tons of opportunity for actors to create likeable, zany characters along the way.

    ”
  • Christine Foster: Lesson #7: Past Participants (a one minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
    “

    Who said language drills have to be routine and repetitive? What if the lesson becomes an unexpected class in jealousy and revenge?

    Who said language drills have to be routine and repetitive? What if the lesson becomes an unexpected class in jealousy and revenge?

    ”