Recommended by Bill Savage

  • Backyard Stonehenge
    8 Jun. 2023
    The title grabbed my attention, and it didn't disappoint. Glad to see he didn't try to build a full-size model! But the analogy of building the miniature and concurrently rebuilding their relationship was poignant. I found the notion of him sitting at the bar every night because she worked there, and then getting a DUI presumably as a result, sort of an interesting side story that fades away into the greater conclusion.
  • Andela
    6 Jun. 2023
    Well, somewhere, Gabriel must be saying, "That ain't the way I did it!" I was really fascinated by the possibility of the Scott/Dr. Krissi rekindling, and how the two marriages interplayed. Such wonderful variances among the different personalities. Of course, Andela is something else. Jacquie really did a great job creating a group of interesting characters. The description of Jordan's cold symptoms were classic.
  • DEEP POCKETS
    25 Apr. 2023
    Wow, I think maybe all of us have thought about being in this situation. I love the way these two seem to have stuck together through thick and thin; financial difficulties split up so many couples, but these two have stayed together. The lottery win is like the jackpot for them, and I love the way they compare it to what $50 would have meant in the old days. Their perseverance just bursts out over the airwaves! It's fantastic.
  • The Moonchild
    18 Mar. 2023
    I imagine this could only happen in Paris, right? It is cute, and I did sense loneliness in at least John, and maybe both of them.
  • CONVERGENCE (A Different Christmas Story)
    4 Mar. 2023
    Really an incredible Christmas tale that you don't need to wait for the holiday season to appreciate and enjoy. It's a family story loaded with authentic small town British Christmas tradition, food and conversation, as well as all sorts of interesting goings-on, practically from start to finish. The characters range from sympathetic to lovable to mysterious to despicable. Really a Christmas cracker!
  • LOVE AIN'T
    3 Feb. 2023
    It's all true, of course, but the real question is, will she take it seriously? Who at that age ever listens to the "voice of experience," right?
  • Dragged Out
    1 Sep. 2022
    I got the impression that Edith was, for lack of a better term, relieved that the truth finally came out. I think it was VERY important for these to be the only two characters in the play; anybody else, including Eddie, would have distracted from the one-on-one dynamic. Very interesting how the mother essentially comes around after the life she has known has crumbled. But in a way, I'm not so sure she is that upset about it; frightened, of course, but now she knows her son is probably the best support she has!
  • In Transit (10 min.)
    30 Jul. 2022
    I just HAD to read this play once I saw the train analogy, and I loved the rapid-fire list of the famous trains -- that was worth the read by itself!
    OK, so are they taking the "ultimate" rail trip? Or is one of them? That's what I believe keeps the reader wondering.
    And then you start thinking, is this just the start of a dual "trip?"
    It's such a cute little story ... like the way their names are the same, too.
  • Prism of the People
    17 May. 2022
    An interesting take, bringing a historic, scientific figure in to enable the main character to come to her own realization. A conclusion that gives us hope.
  • CHOP SUEY, a one act play
    25 Mar. 2022
    I couldn't resist a play called "Chop Suey," even though I've never had the stuff! I like these sisterly, period dialogues and this one certainly is full of period references that warm my heart. It's always interesting when one sibling tries to explain to another how "you don't know what it was like for me" i also think plays like this work best if they make the audience wonder which sibling they might be like. This one does that, I think.

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