Recommended by Jennifer O'Grady

  • Jennifer O'Grady: Essie and Willie (a monologue)
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    Such a lovely memory piece about love and family, and a fun window onto another time. Wonderful!

    Such a lovely memory piece about love and family, and a fun window onto another time. Wonderful!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: That Wasn't Mistletoe (from HOW MY PRINCE CHARMING TURNED OUT TO BE A FROG) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Sweet holiday play with a fun and funny intermingling of both French and American Christmasy traditions. Made me crave eggnog and buche de Noel!

    Sweet holiday play with a fun and funny intermingling of both French and American Christmasy traditions. Made me crave eggnog and buche de Noel!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: Elves on Strike by Matthew Weaver
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    Hilarious metatheatrical short play that's perfect for the holiday season. Would be a super-fun addition any short play festival!

    Hilarious metatheatrical short play that's perfect for the holiday season. Would be a super-fun addition any short play festival!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: Live, Laugh, Lobotomize by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    A really charming, imaginative and funny short play in which an unhappy human learns a life lesson from a half-human, half-demon shop-owner and a wood troll. Moving, uplifting, and fun!

    A really charming, imaginative and funny short play in which an unhappy human learns a life lesson from a half-human, half-demon shop-owner and a wood troll. Moving, uplifting, and fun!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: The Melatonin Miners by Philip Middleton Williams
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    A wonderfully funny mishmash of "spirit" characters, including Beethoven, W.C. Fields and Carl Reiner, visit (and annoy) poor Steve who just wants to get some sleep in advance of Christmas. A great holiday play for all ages!

    A wonderfully funny mishmash of "spirit" characters, including Beethoven, W.C. Fields and Carl Reiner, visit (and annoy) poor Steve who just wants to get some sleep in advance of Christmas. A great holiday play for all ages!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: CONVERSATION THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN 99.9% OF NEWSROOMS
 by Adam Richter
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    Super-funny and satirical one-minute play that makes us wonder and keeps us thinking. Fun and well done!

    Super-funny and satirical one-minute play that makes us wonder and keeps us thinking. Fun and well done!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: France is Bacon by Julie Zaffarano
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    Zaffarano masterfully uses subtext in this taut and surprisingly funny ten-minute two-hander to explore grief and the fraught relationship between a father and his twelve-year-old daughter as they try to navigate life after loss. I got to hear a recent reading of this moving and ultimately uplifting play and would love to see it produced.

    Zaffarano masterfully uses subtext in this taut and surprisingly funny ten-minute two-hander to explore grief and the fraught relationship between a father and his twelve-year-old daughter as they try to navigate life after loss. I got to hear a recent reading of this moving and ultimately uplifting play and would love to see it produced.

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: CLIPS by Adam Richter
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    A very moving and gripping exploration of the struggling field of print journalism and how tough it can be to keep our dreams afloat while pitted against those with too much power. I got to hear a reading of Richter's ten-minute two-hander and audience members were at the edges of their seats. I'd love to see a full production of this!

    A very moving and gripping exploration of the struggling field of print journalism and how tough it can be to keep our dreams afloat while pitted against those with too much power. I got to hear a reading of Richter's ten-minute two-hander and audience members were at the edges of their seats. I'd love to see a full production of this!

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: THAT MOMENT WHEN ... by Steven G. Martin
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    I love this inventive ten-minute play! So happy to see it published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2023.

    I love this inventive ten-minute play! So happy to see it published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2023.

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  • Jennifer O'Grady: Sleeping with Cicadas: A Fantasia on Bigfoot by Melissa Milich
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    Laugh-out-loud funny ten-minute play with four fun characters and lots of wonderful opportunities for physical comedy. Plus Bigfoot! Great for all ages.

    Laugh-out-loud funny ten-minute play with four fun characters and lots of wonderful opportunities for physical comedy. Plus Bigfoot! Great for all ages.

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