Recommended by James Perry

  • Cry

    Written by Meredith Raithel Perry

    An emotionally resonant short play that feels both contemporary and timeless. It is absurd without becoming hollow, philosophical without becoming academic, and moving without overt sentimentality. This is a piece that actors will love performing and audiences will continue thinking about long after the lights come up.

    An emotionally resonant short play that feels both contemporary and timeless. It is absurd without becoming hollow, philosophical without becoming academic, and moving without overt sentimentality. This is a piece that actors will love performing and audiences will continue thinking about long after the lights come up.

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    McGregor finds real heart in the space between generations, where grief softens into connection. Simple, sincere, and beautifully human.

    McGregor finds real heart in the space between generations, where grief softens into connection. Simple, sincere, and beautifully human.

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    This is a fast-paced comedy that gleefully dismantles the spy genre while sneaking in a pointed critique of bureaucracy, and the ever-changing nature of connection in a digital world. A world where a catfluencer may be the most effective operative in the field.

    This is a fast-paced comedy that gleefully dismantles the spy genre while sneaking in a pointed critique of bureaucracy, and the ever-changing nature of connection in a digital world. A world where a catfluencer may be the most effective operative in the field.

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    Blending quiet humor with emotional and philosophical weight, this play offers rich, grounded material for actors while leaving audiences with a haunting question: is survival enough if you’re not truly living?

    Blending quiet humor with emotional and philosophical weight, this play offers rich, grounded material for actors while leaving audiences with a haunting question: is survival enough if you’re not truly living?

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    This clever, self-aware play transforms a simple bench into a stage for limitless imagination. It’s an engaging reminder that great theatre doesn’t require elaborate settings, only committed performers and a willingness to believe that even the smallest moment can hold something extraordinary.

    This clever, self-aware play transforms a simple bench into a stage for limitless imagination. It’s an engaging reminder that great theatre doesn’t require elaborate settings, only committed performers and a willingness to believe that even the smallest moment can hold something extraordinary.

  • James Perry: Buttermilk by Jordan Flux
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    BUTTERMILK takes a bold theatrical risk, using a meta structure and shifting power dynamics to blur the line between staged performance and genuine tension in a way that’s both ambitious and intriguing.

    BUTTERMILK takes a bold theatrical risk, using a meta structure and shifting power dynamics to blur the line between staged performance and genuine tension in a way that’s both ambitious and intriguing.

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  • James Perry: Chatterbox by Sarah Siegel
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    This play will make some people uncomfortable. Good. That’s the point.

    Bold, funny, and unexpectedly moving, CHATTERBOX transforms a medical crisis into a fiercely imaginative theatrical experience, where humor and heartbreak live side by side. It’s sharp, honest, and unafraid to ask difficult questions.

    This is a play that asks a lot of its audience and gives just as much in return.

    This play will make some people uncomfortable. Good. That’s the point.

    Bold, funny, and unexpectedly moving, CHATTERBOX transforms a medical crisis into a fiercely imaginative theatrical experience, where humor and heartbreak live side by side. It’s sharp, honest, and unafraid to ask difficult questions.

    This is a play that asks a lot of its audience and gives just as much in return.

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  • James Perry: The Age of Poochy by Stephen Bracco
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    In this fearless satire, Stephen Bracco skewers wealth, authoritarianism, performative civility, sexual repression, and neoliberal moral compromise. It doesn’t just bark. It bites. A sharp, unsettling, and very producible piece of contemporary political absurdity.

    In this fearless satire, Stephen Bracco skewers wealth, authoritarianism, performative civility, sexual repression, and neoliberal moral compromise. It doesn’t just bark. It bites. A sharp, unsettling, and very producible piece of contemporary political absurdity.

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  • James Perry: DARK MATTER.................. A Ten-Minute Science Fiction Drama by Donald Loftus
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    What begins as an absurdist drawing-room comedy gradually evolves into a bleak dystopia of captivity and psychological control. This play is perfect for those who prefer their domestic comedies tinged with existential dread.

    What begins as an absurdist drawing-room comedy gradually evolves into a bleak dystopia of captivity and psychological control. This play is perfect for those who prefer their domestic comedies tinged with existential dread.

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  • James Perry: The Sitting by Pamela Kingsley
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    What begins as an awkward portrait sitting becomes a deeply moving encounter about grief, loneliness, regret, and the surprising ways love continues to shape our lives, even from beyond the grave. With just two actors, a single location, and minimal technical demands, this is an intimate, highly producible play that offers rewarding emotional depth for performers and audiences alike.

    What begins as an awkward portrait sitting becomes a deeply moving encounter about grief, loneliness, regret, and the surprising ways love continues to shape our lives, even from beyond the grave. With just two actors, a single location, and minimal technical demands, this is an intimate, highly producible play that offers rewarding emotional depth for performers and audiences alike.

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