Recommended by Ashley Lauren Rogers

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    I watched a reading of this play last night as part of Imprint Theatreworks' First Impressions Festival! This was such a beautifully tragic piece that begs to be performed on stage in full. There is poetry in the language and it feels like such a fun challenge to be able to craft a second character with another actor so you both can portray that character accurately... Cannot overstate how much I enjoyed this piece!

    I watched a reading of this play last night as part of Imprint Theatreworks' First Impressions Festival! This was such a beautifully tragic piece that begs to be performed on stage in full. There is poetry in the language and it feels like such a fun challenge to be able to craft a second character with another actor so you both can portray that character accurately... Cannot overstate how much I enjoyed this piece!

  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: JUMP by Gina Femia
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    I can't believe I haven't commented on this. JUMP is the ten-minute play I recommend to readers, writers, and enthusiasts of well-constructed theatre to take a look at. There's a mystery that is simultaneously high stakes yet naturally paced, rooted in a very human need to grieve yet love and celebrate, and enjoy life. I <3 this play and can't recommend more highly

    I can't believe I haven't commented on this. JUMP is the ten-minute play I recommend to readers, writers, and enthusiasts of well-constructed theatre to take a look at. There's a mystery that is simultaneously high stakes yet naturally paced, rooted in a very human need to grieve yet love and celebrate, and enjoy life. I <3 this play and can't recommend more highly

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  • I got to see the recording of the Parsnip Ship adaptation of this play. It is phenomenal, with complicated characters, and I felt incredibly touched throughout. Read it, see it, produce it!

    I got to see the recording of the Parsnip Ship adaptation of this play. It is phenomenal, with complicated characters, and I felt incredibly touched throughout. Read it, see it, produce it!

  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: Things I Don't Want to Talk About: a hero(ine)'s journey by Gina Femia
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    This play is so damn good! It's equal parts fun and intense and deeply touching.

    This play is so damn good! It's equal parts fun and intense and deeply touching.

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  • I really enjoy this piece. There's so much in this ten minute piece, and elicited a lot of emotions from me as I was reading it. Would love to see it staged myself.

    I really enjoy this piece. There's so much in this ten minute piece, and elicited a lot of emotions from me as I was reading it. Would love to see it staged myself.

  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: Breaking & Entering by Liz Morgan
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    This play has such amazingly complicated and realistic characters. This play is a gift to actors and filled with a very real mixture of comedy, tragedy, and prescience. Read it, produce it, WOW.

    This play has such amazingly complicated and realistic characters. This play is a gift to actors and filled with a very real mixture of comedy, tragedy, and prescience. Read it, produce it, WOW.

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  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: Love is a Blind Squirrel by Jen Browne
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    I love the absurdity in this piece, it's fun, and it works for a lot of different audiences, age groups and on so many different levels!

    I love the absurdity in this piece, it's fun, and it works for a lot of different audiences, age groups and on so many different levels!

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  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: Tinker Rising by Hollis Beck
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    I had the pleasure of being Fight Director for a workshop reading of this piece!

    Tinker Rising blends the comedic and camp aspects of classic superhero and comics culture with a very authentic queer love story that is complicated, emotionally satisfying, and fun as hell!

    I had the pleasure of being Fight Director for a workshop reading of this piece!

    Tinker Rising blends the comedic and camp aspects of classic superhero and comics culture with a very authentic queer love story that is complicated, emotionally satisfying, and fun as hell!

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  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: Mahogany Brown and the Case of the Disappearing Kid by Gina Femia
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    Mahogany Brown is a gut punch in the most glorious ways. The subject matter is bleak but the stylistic way it tackles said subject matter mixed with Femia's sense of humor make this a play a must-read, must-see, and must-perform.

    Mahogany Brown is a gut punch in the most glorious ways. The subject matter is bleak but the stylistic way it tackles said subject matter mixed with Femia's sense of humor make this a play a must-read, must-see, and must-perform.

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  • Ashley Lauren Rogers: We Are A Masterpiece by Gina Femia
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    I was lucky enough to see this live. Gina masterfully crafts a story about multiple people affected by the AIDs crisis without pulling focus from the gay community affected most by it. We Are a Masterpiece is a satisfying and cathartic gut punch that is well worth your time to read and absolutely worth consideration for production.

    I was lucky enough to see this live. Gina masterfully crafts a story about multiple people affected by the AIDs crisis without pulling focus from the gay community affected most by it. We Are a Masterpiece is a satisfying and cathartic gut punch that is well worth your time to read and absolutely worth consideration for production.

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