Recommended by Robin Rice

  • Robin Rice: A Slice of Chhena Poda by Christopher Plumridge
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    Plumridge turns expectations upside down. What a delight!

    Plumridge turns expectations upside down. What a delight!

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  • Robin Rice: Prelude to the Music Dying by Mike Solomonson
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    Nothing like wrapping a story around a moment in history that absolutely everyone who isn't living under a rock knows about - but hiding that fact until toward the end of the play! The whole brother-sister interaction is popping along, doing what a good play should do, then Mike hits you with a future you know will happen and the stakes literally go sky high.

    Nothing like wrapping a story around a moment in history that absolutely everyone who isn't living under a rock knows about - but hiding that fact until toward the end of the play! The whole brother-sister interaction is popping along, doing what a good play should do, then Mike hits you with a future you know will happen and the stakes literally go sky high.

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  • Robin Rice: Delete by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    A great example of how effective a short, short play can be. Everything extraneous is peeled off so the bare bones of what it means to delete all the "bad stuff" slams you over the head. Also a great example of how to make a metaphor come alive.

    A great example of how effective a short, short play can be. Everything extraneous is peeled off so the bare bones of what it means to delete all the "bad stuff" slams you over the head. Also a great example of how to make a metaphor come alive.

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  • Robin Rice: Maui Wowee! by Gene Kato
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    I know that stories stick longer and sink deeper when serious matters are delivered with laughs. The journeys of the relationships in MAUI WOWEE! could have been served up straight -- but they're so much more resilient with Kato's comic touch.

    I know that stories stick longer and sink deeper when serious matters are delivered with laughs. The journeys of the relationships in MAUI WOWEE! could have been served up straight -- but they're so much more resilient with Kato's comic touch.

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  • Robin Rice: MEMENTO MORI by Donna Latham
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    Delightful and creepy! Ghastly and delectable! This most unusual situation we are plunked into plays out with frighteningly tender reality.

    Delightful and creepy! Ghastly and delectable! This most unusual situation we are plunked into plays out with frighteningly tender reality.

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  • Robin Rice: Things Are Looking Up by Vince Gatton
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    I don't know that I ever got chills reading a play before. It's a 90-degree day in my office, but reading this play, in the moment of realization a chill hit me like a wave. Beautifully observed, wonderfully specific, gorgeously understated. Excellent!

    I don't know that I ever got chills reading a play before. It's a 90-degree day in my office, but reading this play, in the moment of realization a chill hit me like a wave. Beautifully observed, wonderfully specific, gorgeously understated. Excellent!

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  • Robin Rice: You Think You Know by Rachel Feeny-Williams
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    I don't think I could write a farce. Rachel Feeny-Williams has co-opted the field. This fast-paced, emotion-driven, unfolding mystery twists and turns with never a dull moment. Who is who and why and how and when - with an unexpected twist at the end. Nope, I'm not even going to try to write a farce.

    I don't think I could write a farce. Rachel Feeny-Williams has co-opted the field. This fast-paced, emotion-driven, unfolding mystery twists and turns with never a dull moment. Who is who and why and how and when - with an unexpected twist at the end. Nope, I'm not even going to try to write a farce.

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  • Robin Rice: Good Neighbors (from the THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD collection) by Debra A. Cole
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    How we mislead others - our neighbors, audiences.... - and how we mislead ourselves. The reversal creeps up on you, then comes the Oh yes! Realism isn't always straight-forward and honesty isn't always the best or easiest path to take at first - in both life and in a well-written play.

    How we mislead others - our neighbors, audiences.... - and how we mislead ourselves. The reversal creeps up on you, then comes the Oh yes! Realism isn't always straight-forward and honesty isn't always the best or easiest path to take at first - in both life and in a well-written play.

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  • Robin Rice: The Boys Across the Street: A Monologue by Donald E. Baker
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    Will those who need to hear the last line in this monologue ever really hear it? If so, this playwright has accomplished what so many others have tried (and are still trying) to do. It takes you by surprise - a right between the eyes zinger!

    Will those who need to hear the last line in this monologue ever really hear it? If so, this playwright has accomplished what so many others have tried (and are still trying) to do. It takes you by surprise - a right between the eyes zinger!

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  • Robin Rice: The Birds Are Feeding Me by Rex McGregor
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    "The Birds Are Feeding Me" - those words sum up what so many of us experienced during the pandemic lockdown. This play calls up different but intertwined feelings, experiences and attitudes toward our neighbors the birds. I heard this play read and it touched off immediate discussions - a playwright's dream!

    "The Birds Are Feeding Me" - those words sum up what so many of us experienced during the pandemic lockdown. This play calls up different but intertwined feelings, experiences and attitudes toward our neighbors the birds. I heard this play read and it touched off immediate discussions - a playwright's dream!

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