The Five Stages: 5 Short Plays About Life, Death, and Love by
13 Dec. 2023
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Brenton Kniess has a knack for the unexpected. None of the five plays contained in The Five Stages goes quite the way you expect them to, and in subverting our expectations, Kniess disarms us and allows us to feel the messages and ideas being conveyed. There is a great amount of power and poignancy to the writing in these plays -- Clockwork and Luck of the Draw are standouts from the collection, speculating and imagining horrific scenarios while also expressing a belief in the resilience of the human spirit and the power of love. Excellent, impactful work. ”