Recommended by Joe Swenson

What a fantastic short play! The ambiguity, the rising tension, the mystery, and finally the song. Quick progressing dialogue speaks to Nathan Christopher’s artistry and gives the play a sense of familiarity and authenticity! Fantastic work!

What a trip! Rachael Carnes takes you on the Zoom ride where nothing is off limits and technically there aren’t any limitations. The dialogue lends itself to a frenzied pace where you are forced out of your mainstream box. My favorite line was about the toaster needing to be unplugged between uses. Fantastic play!

This play is beyond awesome. Whatever word you can come up with that is beyond awesome, that's this play. The characters are clever and absolutely consistent with their assigned roles in life. Adam has built a fun, comedic triumph where good or unfinished beats evil or evades the inevitable. I laughed out loud reading this multiple times and even better, I smiled through most of it. Excellent work by Adam Richter!

The final installment in the series, Philip Middleton Williams takes you on an unexpected journey. In this final chapter of Clyde and Dan's relationship, he introduces an emotion/event/situation as a character. Grief announces themselves as a necessary part of the relationship between son and father but declares that he's there for the son in an unexpected way.

Philip takes us on this journey of discovery, relationships, and has us rooting for Dan all along the way. Beautifully done. Expert dialogue. I'm rooting for Philip's brilliance and can't wait to read/see more!

Philip's 6th show in the series bends the concept of reality and in doing so once again shows that Dan and Clyde aren't done conversing yet. The beautiful discoveries, memories, and story knows no bounds. Yet throughout this very real feeling show, Philip has cleverly put in a moment of dread that hangs throughout (the bottle). While the dialogue continues forward, as an audience member.

The poetic ending leaves comfortable in knowing the full intention of the Dan's spiritual moment with his father.

The 5th installment in a series and Philip address the inevitable from the previous show and more. With Clyde in hospice, Philip's attention turns to the brothers, Steve and Dan. The relationship, hierarchy, and expectations bring the brother's dialogue to points of tension surrounded by grief and their own expectations of each other, while each deals with their own trials and grief in other aspects of their relationship.

Philip even throws in moments of discovery for the two brothers, even in their 60s, as if to say to the audience or those with siblings, relationship growth never stops!

The call back at the end of this short play got me all emotional. In this short play Philip takes on the incredibly tough task of the situation that Clyde finds himself in. Dan, though is there, he's there to see it all the way through, to be the beacon, and once again Philip delivers authentic dialogue around a difficult situation.

Throughout this short play, I was in awe of the gentleness that Philip gives to Dan in his relationship with Clyde. Absolutely beautiful, well written, and impactful!

Once again Philip has captured your imagination with the 3rd story in this installment and once again he delivers poignant dialogue that hits you in the mouth. The tension in this beautiful play is palpable as Dan and Clyde try to unwrap their relationship. A father who loves his son, knows there's some responsibility to take, unwilling to completely take it. A son who loves his dad, knows his father should shoulder some of the blame for his situation, unwilling to completely place it.

If you don't know this by now. Philip Middleton Wiliams is a dialogue genius!

It's in what isn't said that you realize who this story is really about. Philip does a wonderful job creating the ultimate bonding, or what should be the ultimate bonding experience for both of Clyde's boys. Clever, impressive strategic purpose driven dialogue, coupled with amazing visual representations. You get it all and more in this short story.

As show number two chronologically in the series, it all makes sense. 1+1+1 = more than you thought it would mean and Philip doesn't disappoint.

From the nostalgia feel to the immersive dialogue, Philip expertly paints the differences in relationship these boys have with each other and with their father. It's such a beautiful that I had to read it twice. As the starting line for the series, Philip gives us so much, but without telling us. Throughout the series I kept coming back to this first show and saying, "yeah, that makes sense." A testament to the expertly delivered dialogue, the fully developed, well layered characters, and strategic plot development. Amazing!