Recommended by Jason Parrish

  • Jason Parrish: Doublewide by Stephen Spotswood
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    Florida Rep chose this play to be read as part of our '16 PlayLab Festival, soon after a premiere. I cannot say enough good about this play. It is an important story for this moment in American history and speaks to the struggles so many people are dealing. It could be described as an issue play, but it isn't at all. It is a moving family story about giving your children more than you had and leaving the world a better place than you found it. It has a powerfully hopeful message and the characters remain positive against terrible odds.

    Florida Rep chose this play to be read as part of our '16 PlayLab Festival, soon after a premiere. I cannot say enough good about this play. It is an important story for this moment in American history and speaks to the struggles so many people are dealing. It could be described as an issue play, but it isn't at all. It is a moving family story about giving your children more than you had and leaving the world a better place than you found it. It has a powerfully hopeful message and the characters remain positive against terrible odds.

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  • Jason Parrish: The Firestorm by Meridith Friedman
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    Florida Rep selected this play for a reading in out 2015 PlayLab Festival. It is a great script. Full of nuance, suspense, and raises a lot of sadly relevant questions about race and politics. The dialogue is fresh and the characters layered and believable. Looking forward to working on it.

    Florida Rep selected this play for a reading in out 2015 PlayLab Festival. It is a great script. Full of nuance, suspense, and raises a lot of sadly relevant questions about race and politics. The dialogue is fresh and the characters layered and believable. Looking forward to working on it.

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  • Jason Parrish: Split in Three by Daryl Lisa Fazio
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    SPLIT IN THREE was read as part of Florida Rep's inaugural festival of new works on 2014, and was selected immediately for a world Premiere to close our 2014-15 season. We've spent the past year nurturing it's development.

    The play is powerful, very funny, crisply and honestly written, full of heart, hope, and humanity. It is an important story about family dynamics, sisterhood, and America's checkered past with civil rights. It's a very personal story set against the backdrop of America's civil rights struggle.

    Most importantly, Daryl's play introduces three AMAZING, complex roles for...

    SPLIT IN THREE was read as part of Florida Rep's inaugural festival of new works on 2014, and was selected immediately for a world Premiere to close our 2014-15 season. We've spent the past year nurturing it's development.

    The play is powerful, very funny, crisply and honestly written, full of heart, hope, and humanity. It is an important story about family dynamics, sisterhood, and America's checkered past with civil rights. It's a very personal story set against the backdrop of America's civil rights struggle.

    Most importantly, Daryl's play introduces three AMAZING, complex roles for women (and two for men).

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