Recommended by Kyle R. Thomas

A concise and mature play about love and loss and regret. Mikayla Delos-Santos weaves together four vignettes that writhe in agony at the pain love can cause. This is a play that causes one to look inward, and to make sure we're taking care of the relationships with those we love the most.

Sometimes, despite all your planning, things don't go according to plan. Felice Locker's two-hander is an exploration of pain and regret and desperation. It features very Caryl Churchill-ian dialogue and has a very clever setup that is well planned and executed.

"I think it’s selfish... Suicide... You can’t deal with all the problems in your life so you just pile them onto
someone else’s." Thus begins Jake Talbot's brilliant one-man play about love and loss and regret. The narrative shifts and accelerates and redirects in fluid strides. This play is a beautiful exploration of how we struggle to process trauma, and how we determine what we can and can't live without.

So refreshingly honest and authentic. One of my favorite things about this play is how the story builds. Each moment propels from the last, where there's no going back to how the world was before. This play also includes the best possible use of a narrator, one that keeps things moving and keeps things fun. This play is everything that's right about live theatre.

First of all, the characterizations are outstanding. The characters are so fully-formed and they leap off the page with their idiosyncrasies and insecurities. This play is tightly wound and covers a lot of ground in just 10 pages. And one could say the ending to this play is both surprising and, dare I say it... inevitable.

A compact and concise package that has a whole lot to say. You could take it at face value and be entertained, but this play unpacks much larger and darker themes that have staying power. Once you buy in to what the play is doing, the final line has a chilling and lingering effect.

A beautiful and tender read, where the dialogue flows as freely as the champagne. This play lives at the intersection of happiness and regret. The play really soars when the characters let their lifetime of unspoken desires sit between them. Definite recommend, and I would be interested to see this play extended out to full length.