Recommended by Mersedez Hoover

  •

    Had the pleasure of seeing this onstage and truly enjoyed every minute of it! For a ten-minute play it packs a whole lotta punch- such an interesting and philosophical reflection on personhood, technology, and the conceptual idea of the human soul. Anyone who had a big Mary Shelley's Frankenstein phase is gonna love this one. 10/10!!

    Had the pleasure of seeing this onstage and truly enjoyed every minute of it! For a ten-minute play it packs a whole lotta punch- such an interesting and philosophical reflection on personhood, technology, and the conceptual idea of the human soul. Anyone who had a big Mary Shelley's Frankenstein phase is gonna love this one. 10/10!!

  •

    A modern day folk tale. This script is such a lovely blend of ambiguity, surrealism, and deep family traumas that throughout audiences feel incredibly close and wildly distant from the two brothers in question. Jones knows how to write silence, and for those who have seen genuine silence onstage you get what I mean here. Jones draws the audience in, so that watching these brothers find each other again feels like a communal affair. All timer for sure. I give this script Five Big Booms.

    A modern day folk tale. This script is such a lovely blend of ambiguity, surrealism, and deep family traumas that throughout audiences feel incredibly close and wildly distant from the two brothers in question. Jones knows how to write silence, and for those who have seen genuine silence onstage you get what I mean here. Jones draws the audience in, so that watching these brothers find each other again feels like a communal affair. All timer for sure. I give this script Five Big Booms.

  •

    There is something really special about a play about death, but, like, y'know- not really. Not the death of a close loved one, or a family member, just someone you kinda knew once. It's such an odd and liminal place to feel that grief and also not feel it and feel guilty for not feeling it and feel guilty if you feel it too much because, hey, you didn't really know them. This script gets at the very heart and soul of that. Beautifully written, of course, because you always get that from Peercy.

    There is something really special about a play about death, but, like, y'know- not really. Not the death of a close loved one, or a family member, just someone you kinda knew once. It's such an odd and liminal place to feel that grief and also not feel it and feel guilty for not feeling it and feel guilty if you feel it too much because, hey, you didn't really know them. This script gets at the very heart and soul of that. Beautifully written, of course, because you always get that from Peercy.

  •

    This play is so heart breaking and so funny. At many points you feel the deep cringe associated with a teenager not understanding how to talk about something so laughably outside of their depths and somehow saying all the wrong things. It's funny, and sincere, and handles death with such a poignancy that only someone without a soul would read/see/hear this show and not shed a tear. Certified PA Banger. I give this play Five Big Booms.

    This play is so heart breaking and so funny. At many points you feel the deep cringe associated with a teenager not understanding how to talk about something so laughably outside of their depths and somehow saying all the wrong things. It's funny, and sincere, and handles death with such a poignancy that only someone without a soul would read/see/hear this show and not shed a tear. Certified PA Banger. I give this play Five Big Booms.

  •

    From a PA native this play is a Certified PA Banger. A gorgeous script about two people struggling to find the connection they once found so easy. It's been said before, but Zack Peercy is a male playwright who actually, really knows how to write deep and interesting queer women. Incredible. I give this play Five Big Booms.

    From a PA native this play is a Certified PA Banger. A gorgeous script about two people struggling to find the connection they once found so easy. It's been said before, but Zack Peercy is a male playwright who actually, really knows how to write deep and interesting queer women. Incredible. I give this play Five Big Booms.

  • Mersedez Hoover: The Meaningful Action Theatre Company Presents A Workshop Reading Of "Muffed: A Recounting Of Farmington, Maine's 43rd Annual Chester Greenwood Day Devised By The Members Of The Meaningful Action Theatre Company" by Zack Peercy
    “

    This is my favorite Peercy play, by a mile. It's deeply funny, surprisingly sentimental, and fantastically ridiculous. If "It's a Wonderful Life" was about McDonald's breakfast items and not suicide, you get this play. An instant classic, in my opinion, to anyone who has ever felt the weight of legacy or the love of small town America. But not in the "Try that in a small town" way. I give it Five Big Booms.

    This is my favorite Peercy play, by a mile. It's deeply funny, surprisingly sentimental, and fantastically ridiculous. If "It's a Wonderful Life" was about McDonald's breakfast items and not suicide, you get this play. An instant classic, in my opinion, to anyone who has ever felt the weight of legacy or the love of small town America. But not in the "Try that in a small town" way. I give it Five Big Booms.

    ”
  • Mersedez Hoover: FIONA by Zack Peercy
    “

    FIONA is an incredible play. It just really is. As a lover of theater of the absurd, this play certainly dips toes into the water of "plays about nothing yet everything". Whether you focus on the actual action of the play, or the larger statement that seems to tackle the intensity of the playwrighting process itself, you will constantly find new and fantastic things to latch onto. every time you visit it there is something new to fall in love with. I give it Five Big Booms.

    FIONA is an incredible play. It just really is. As a lover of theater of the absurd, this play certainly dips toes into the water of "plays about nothing yet everything". Whether you focus on the actual action of the play, or the larger statement that seems to tackle the intensity of the playwrighting process itself, you will constantly find new and fantastic things to latch onto. every time you visit it there is something new to fall in love with. I give it Five Big Booms.

    ”