Recommended by Ricardo Soltero-Brown

  • "The Long Walk"
    7 Mar. 2017
    Containing some of the finest language Gardner has created, the final monologue, the last page, has worlds; it is packed with plenty to savor and think about; fully fleshed-out lives are hinted at and peekabooed throughout the entire script. There are quick but wholly integral lines, immense power is packed into a single sentence here. This is a dream short for actors, regarding both roles, one mainly internal, the other mainly external, both physically and poetically charged.
  • On Arriving at the Refugee Processing Center, UNHCR
    5 Mar. 2017
    Daring and vulnerable for the actor. Heartbreaking and sobering for the rest of us. Perfect for any number of audience.
  • COYOTE HOUR
    25 Jun. 2016
    A play set after a tragedy, but which depicts the toll for all involved. Although the tragedy is both the mystery and heart of the piece, it is lead by sexual intrigue, comic litany, and suburban chaos.
  • The Way of Water
    8 Jun. 2016
    An incredible account and depiction of working class men and their families. I was moved, honored, and improved by playing the role of Jimmy. Conflicted, confused, and controversial, even; this character brought laughs, memories, and questions from our audience.
  • 20-NOTHING : Excerpts
    8 Jun. 2016
    A wonderful and hilarious series of devised vignettes about millennials, nowhere near cynical, but instead satirical, rather enlightening, totally honest, and completely heartfelt.
  • Funeral Party
    8 Jun. 2016
    A moving reveal of the fragile relationship between three characters, one of whom is dead. The complexities of love, and the intricacies of when the past meets the present are displayed by the waggish connection of two friends. Beautiful and subtle, but by no means vague, with a heartbreaking yet inspiring catharsis.

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