Recommended by Joe Swenson

I’m in awe of this play. It’s brilliant from beginning to end. I’ve never read a play that I was more impressed with visually. The relationships are so palpable, so real, and the dialogue serves to hold their bonds with an authentic experience for the audience. The unique flow to the story keeps your attention from the first placard to the fading numbers. Astounding. Deserving of all the success for sure and deserving of more. I’m going to sit down and read it again. It’s that good.

Rachel has built a pair of remarkable characters. I think we all wish we had the confidence of Vivienne, but are too often Helen’s. The forethought and purpose behind Vivienne’s dialogue had me thinking that there might’ve been a 3rd option. The ambiguous ending after a high paced act/react, was perfect. Rachel’s writing is so sublime that when you expect a twist she waits and when you least expect it, she hits you with it. Fantastic script.

What a fantastic play. Ellen cleverly hides the direction this play ends up going. While you're rooting against the brother initially, Ellen does an amazing job of slowly eroding that position up until the end! Beautiful piece.

Such a fun little ride. Cole has outdone himself on this one. It's funny, has a fantastic, unexpected arc to it, and as you come down out of the arc and into the close, he creates a fun ambiguous ending. Here's the real deal though, should this only be a 9 page play? I can see this growing some legs and getting into full one act, possibly bigger. The characters are fun, the storyline is fun, there's a world of entertaining opportunities behind what Cole has created.

Brophy navigates through an absurdist political play with a rawness that guarantees impact. Carefully woven in are unforgettable relationships, and a pace that has many dynamics to it. I would entertain the idea of seeing a staged version of Brophy's The Orangutan Eight, mostly out of desire to see an authentic portrayal of this uniquely intriguing show. Open your minds and digest what CM Brophy has to offer.

Oh my, what a powerful piece of art. I was enthralled by the multi-cultural descriptions and nuances. It's a story that centers around women, relationships, existential ideals, and it's so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. It's more than the words though, this play is well conceived through staging, through the dynamics of tension and love and loss. Two worlds in different times, crossing dimensions to connect the dots and tell an incredible story.

What a fun, slippery, wag the tail style play Dominica has written. It's equal parts funny, poignant, and downright absurd (in a good way). How fitting that the former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld finds a way to negotiate his state of existence with the Grim Reaper in the flesh, err, bones.

This a succinct, delicious, morality play that deserves an audience. Excellent work!

This show is great. A father and a son and a sacrifice. What more could you want? Well for starters, I could want a laugh. Check. I could want to poke light-hearted fun at an absurd moment in the history of the Old Testament. Check. I could want some father/son bonding. Check. I could want a show that resonates in so many different realms of my life. Check Check Check.

I loved all of the different ways John explores the concept of sacrifice through Isaac's eyes. Great show!

One of those shows you have read twice. So, I read it twice and what DC is adept at doing in this short piece is building a story that is literally a step and a half to the side of the bigger story. You learn about the tragedy through the eyes and simultaneously as Candace and Paul experience it all while looking for their inconsequential cat. This is fantastic, but to really see/feel the true brilliance of DC intentions, you have to read it twice.

This is very touching. What an incredibly crafted show and as an audience member you're hoping for one little moment, one moment of change. Lindsay does an incredible job of not allowing that moment of change though and we are all better for it. Forcing Francis to find hope and life in Selena. It's brilliant and creative.