Recommended by Diana Burbano

  • The Dragon Fruit Juice War
    25 Jan. 2019
    Hilarious, and charming. I had a group of 12 year olds read this and they LOVED it. A great family friendly short.
  • Break On Through To The Other Side
    2 Jan. 2019
    I could smell the leather, booze and barf, and it took me back to my halcyon days. This play is a tight punk song. Hard, fast and anarchic. These kids are tough and scary. I immediately put Never Mind The Bollocks on after reading it.
  • TOILET PAPER
    2 Jan. 2019
    Oh... This play gave me so much. Mostly fury at the futility, lots of empathy for the situation and a resolve to hide the toilet paper in my home forever. Great, incisive, and TRUE.
  • Orange
    29 Dec. 2018
    A lovely play that has a character who sees and feels things differently from others in her family. Leela is as unique as her vision of Orange County. This play is clear eyed in compassion and honesty. This is a play about people one doesn't often see on stage, and I crave to know them better.
  • UTØYA
    29 Dec. 2018
    Beautiful, delicate, devastating. Rachael has a deft hand at simple, meaningful dialogue. She feels so deeply.
  • SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES
    15 Dec. 2018
    Asher is a wonderful monologist. He may be reviving the art! Wonderful pieces in here for all kinds of performers. A great resource for acting teachers.
  • Hazardous Materials
    4 Dec. 2018
    A gorgeous mystery. It deals with so many issues, homophobia, racism, the holocaust, hoarding, ageism, and never feels cluttered. Unlike the apartment within the play, the prose is sparse and beautiful. And the roles are so, so actable.
  • Hospice: A Love Story
    1 Dec. 2018
    Quite funny, and touching at the same time, this play looks at sibling rivalry and grief in an unexpected setting. Any family dealing with hospice will see themselves in one of the sisters. This play isn't scary or tragic at all, it deals with the subject with a clear and warm eye. A lovely 10 minute.
  • Help! I'm Trapped in a Monologue Written by Matthew Weaver!
    22 Oct. 2018
    Fabulous, funny, self-reflective. Matthew has written a laugh out loud piece that rings true for any writer who had ever wondered why the heck we do what we do.
  • Casta
    25 Sep. 2018
    This play was extremely affecting. In the Latinx world, there is a claim that we do not "See" race. This play is a brilliant illustration of not only how Mexican society saw race, but how they categorized people and othered them. We go on a journey of discovery with the painter as he paints people from a place of truth and observation, and does not look down on them for the color of their skin or their "Lack of breeding." As he paints he questions where he belongs in the Casta.

Pages