“ Here's a fun one. Two bro-dudes are hanging out at the bar having a few brews. But what lies beneath the surface of these two best buds? A yearning for their friendship to blossom into something deeper? Or... maybe just a desire for more beer and a better sports team. Sometimes the face beneath the mask looks exactly like the mask.

A lot gets explored in this excellent one-minute comedy. ”

“ Wow! Fantasy isn't a genre that gets a lot of love in theatre these days. But Daniel Prillaman has a vision and any theatre willing to stage this (and its sequels) will earn my utmost respect. More likely, they'll keep producing musical versions of 80s and 90s flicks. But the inner D&D nerd in me hopes they'll come around and tell tales of knights and swashbucklers and kingdoms in peril. A fella can dream.

Anyway, this is good stuff. You should give it a read. ”

“ Look, my attention span is nothing to brag about. If I even manage to finish reading a full-length script, it should be considered high praise. I not only finished Marianas Trench, but I'm eager to dive into the second part of Scott Sickles' Second World Trilogy, Pangea.

Yes, I entered into this foolishly hoping it would read like a staged adaptation of The Meg 3: Megsistential Dread. Instead, it's a political thriller that, at times, feels like The Diary of Anne Frank, only standing in the road before us instead of in the rearview mirror. I'm glad it's getting produced. ”

“ Sometimes, the creepiest thing a horror writer can do is to present a fairly innocuous-seeming situation. We, the audience know what kind of show we're watching and know there's a sharp turn coming, but can only watch as the saps on stage, oblivious to the "horror genre" label slapped onto the reality they're living in, stumble toward dangers we can only guess at. DC Cathro gives us a young child and a teenager meeting in a junkyard after dark on Halloween, adds a subtle sense of dread, and spins it into a satisfyingly chilling conclusion! ”