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Brian James Polak

Recommended by Brian James Polak

  • Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin by Dianne Nora
    2 Aug. 2023
    “ This play is fast and funny and smart. It's a small play with a big scope. I love it. ”
  • The Ancestry Dot Com Play by Alyssa Haddad-Chin
    15 Jul. 2023
    “ So many laugh out loud moments in this great play! I love how the handles questions of identity as well as the varying ways in which people seek to identify themselves and how that intersects with the relationships in their lives. This play is funny and complex and I love it. ”
  • The Question Game by Ashley Lauren Rogers
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ This great play has me thinking quite a bit about catharsis because it brilliantly withholds any obvious variation of such thing. The Question Game is a fantastic take on a parent/child reconciliation and satisfies on many emotional levels. Such confrontations don't unfold and wrap up perfectly in life and this play avoids simplistic and predictable plot points yet left me filled up in the end. ”
  • bloody noses by Matilda Corley Schulman
    6 May. 2023
    “ I recently had the great pleasure of reading and watching a production of "bloody noses." Matilda's writing is absolutely riveting. This play is vital punch to the face and a work I hope the theater community pays attention to. ”
  • Comedy Plus Time by Matt Schatz
    11 Mar. 2023
    “ Comedy Plus Time is hilariously funny and infused with heart and humanity. I love Matt Schatz's writing because it never fails to both move me and make me laugh. This play, like all of his plays, is clever, entertaining, and glass-explodingly surprising. ”
  • Apples in Winter by Jennifer Fawcett
    10 Mar. 2023
    “ I love everything about this play. I admire the structure, layering of metaphor, and the complex struggle of the character. Such a fantastic piece of theater. ”
  • God Will Do The Rest by Nicholas Pilapil
    5 Mar. 2023
    “ This is an excellent multi-generational play about family and all it's wonderful complications and contradictions. I loved every single page of it. ”
  • MONTAG by Kate Tarker
    4 Mar. 2023
    “ I was absolutely riveted reading this brilliant play. It is tense and funny and dramatic and moving. I wish I had the chance to see it during its recent run in NYC. I keep thinking about the line "Everything in this room is a weapon or a shield." ”
  • The Beginning of Something Else by Mabelle Reynoso
    23 Dec. 2022
    “ I found this play so moving. It reminded me to say the things that need to be said while the people I love are still alive. Mabelle created a beautiful short play packed with so much honest emotion. I love it. ”
  • Tragedy Averted by Alexandra Petri
    22 Oct. 2022
    “ This brilliant play is so damn funny. ”

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