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Messy, tear-drenched spaghetti hugs. References to Chernobyl. Immortal (?) raccoons.

Yup, it's a Terrence & Ling-Ling Adventure.

Daniel Prillaman has brought us another treat of a play set in his delightful world of talking zoo animals, and like the entries before it, "Lady and the Raccoon" both stands on its own and adds to the richness of character and physical humor that serves as its foundation. Easily adapted for an all-ages audience, this play is sure to be a crowd pleaser!

I felt incredibly seen by this monologue from Deb Cole. Whether you grew up knowing your diagnosis or discovered you were neurodivergent later in life, seeing the world and time differently than your peers can be isolating, even paralyzing. “Frozen: A Monologue” conveys this experience vividly - excellent work!

A picnic at the end of the world -- but whose world? That is the question.

The Eighteenth Quinquennial Endlings Picnic stages a compelling, poignant and darkly humorous reunion of animals who are beyond the point of being 'conserved.' There is real history and pathos to the characters brought together by Jillian Blevins, and the play is a powerful reminder of the cost of mankind's whims.

Gaea is truly due for some revenge, and these last holdouts for their species have conflicting feelings about a possible uprising. Excellent work, demanding to be staged.

RELAPSE is a viscerally uncomfortable monologue that packs a punch. There are shreds of familiar family man humor that give way to desperation and tragedy, but Adam Richter manages the mix of emotions well, guiding the piece through each beat masterfully. Excellent!

Today's hostile political climate toward LGBTQIA+ youth, and queer people in general, adds a crucial layer to the work of teaching and being a teacher. Deb Cole understands this, and has developed a piece of theatre meant to immerse educators in a brief, poignant, and all too familiar narrative of casual homophobic violence -- not merely to entertain, but to engage them in grappling with their roles in preventing harm and mitigating unquestioned hate. An important piece of work. BRAVO!

If you’re a playwright and you don’t know anybody in this play, you ARE somebody in this play. The vitriol toward submission fees, the absurd specificity of submission guidelines — the NETFLIX! Submission Opportunities will make you feel seen.

She says what we're all thinking! With "The Honest Interview," Rachel Feeny-Williams skewers the patriarchal and patronizing boys clubs of the tech industry and the business world in general with biting wit and hit-you-where-it-hurts humor. Honesty is a helluva drug, but it may be the key to our salvation.

A chilling turn from Deb Cole - "FIVE" powerfully illustrates how a life of self-negating devotion can drive one to a breaking point. This is a short play of consequence.

I hope when my work is fed into the all consuming maw of the AI menace, they get heartburn from all the meet cutes and reconciliation narratives in my canon! Deb Cole has done it again, with a cutting and referential look at what might be just beyond the technological event horizon. "Uploads" is a winner.

I love the wordplay and cutting humor of this play by Deb Cole - "Southern Family Planning - A Farce" reminds us powerfully and playfully of the cruel joke that is legislation surrounding women's bodies.