Recommended by Brent Alles

10/15/24: Got to listen to an audio production of this, and it was great. An inventive way to portray horror and characters that are certainly interesting as the narrative unfolds. A building sense of dread is really employed effectively to draw you in and slowly build the creep factor. Recommended!

10/9/24: Very funny scenario here as a ladies' book club meets Lovecraft with perhaps unsurprising but very humorous results. Loved the byplay between the characters and the touches of horror are still effective as well. Very good horror comedy 10-minute!

10/9/24: A very interesting musing on what death might be like in a speculative future. At the end, do we want something like L.E.M.B. to be with us? Is there comfort in at least having some type of presence with you? That's the central question here mixed in with some humorous quips back and forth between man and machine. An inventive 10-minute that definitely left me thinking after I read it.

10/9/24: A poignant exploration of the frustrations of conception that some couples have to experience. You really feel for this pair and their struggles, and even though there is enough humor to leaven things a bit, the ending leaves you with the uneasy dichotomy of feeling hopeful for what they might achieve but also steeling yourself for another round of bad news. Such is life sometimes, I suppose, and Odom does an excellent job of capturing a slice of it from that perspective.

10/9/24: A tender and moving portrayal here. You're touched by the situation, but you're also inspired at the kindness of Kristi. It was nice to read something that showed the potential for good in humanity and how we can all help each other when needed. Powerful roles here for actors that might portray them. A very well composed ten minute.

This play is all wet. Now that I've got that out of my system (much like toxins that are flushed out when you hydrate), let me praise the humor to the point of lunacy found in Brestman's short. There's certainly a good, important message hidden within the flood of information, but there's also good fun in the messengers who deliver it. This would make a very funny and fluid addition to any ten-minute festival that would have it. Just maybe, uh, put it next to the intermission/bathroom break.

Really enjoyed this piece. There's three great characters here in Nick, Georgia, and Julia. Loved the interplay between all of them as well as that between unseen characters as well. Very well written... several lines made me laugh out loud. The relationship between the couple felt authentic and there was effective development throughout. Good stuff! Definitely put on the "green bracelet" and get ready to play with Nick and Georgia!

The pace is breakneck and breathtaking. Going to assume that the dialogue is authentic to youth of the time period in question, because it definitely feels so. Much like the characters are bombarded by the constant flow of the Internet, we the audience are similarly bombarded with words and imagery until we're also not quite sure what's fantasy and what's reality. Are we "catfished" as well? It's an experience, friend, a definite experience. A raw, edgy, and provocative dark comedy/tragedy here.

Lovely connections made here between the two central characters. A heartwarming tale that leaves one tentatively hopeful for what may lie ahead. There's a knowing, climactic line uttered by Nadia towards the end of the piece that just, well, man, made me want to etch it into stone and be able to recall that whenever I may have a need. It's wonderful to see Nadia and Caleb provide what's needed for each other as the piece progresses. Incredibly moving ten minute! The polar opposite of rotten.

I was ready for the quirky concept to be enjoyable, and it was, but Dear Reader, I was not ready for the depth of the emotion that would be found as the play unfolded. A warm and tender exploration of what it means to be "human" in this increasingly cold and technological age. "Play something... hopeful..." one of the characters utters towards the end of the play; this was indeed the playing of something hopeful as I read the script and viewed a performance of it. Wonderful!