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Elana Gartner

Recommended by Elana Gartner

  • Rift, or White Lies by Gabriel Jason Dean
    9 Apr. 2024
    “ I got to experience this play from the time that it was a multi-week text communication with audiences and then again staged at Luna Stage. This is a powerful, important play examining the relationship between two brothers on opposite sides of ideologies. They make the decision to try to understand each other for the purpose of a book, but also to help repair their relationship. In the process, the audience learns about what else binds them together. A poignant, timely, phenomenal play that all audiences will identify with! ”
  • The Abbey of the Holy Lonesome by Andra Hunter
    25 Apr. 2023
    “ This play is beautiful and lyrical filled with mystery and spirits. A gripping plot with twisted magic and a complicated family history. Excellent dramatic parts for women. ”
  • Nothing But Thunder by Duncan Pflaster
    5 Oct. 2022
    “ This script is a very humorous approach to some of the Greek tales. As is his style, Pflaster takes on the tales with a queer spin but remains authentic to much of the original tales. A Greek chorus that doubles as many of the other characters brings female voices to life while the audience's narrator is a slave to the Greek God, Dionysus. Dionysus' ethics and morals are constantly called into question and Hades is, naturally, sneaky. A Greek tale for the modern age. ”
  • Teenage Dick (vaguely from Richard III) by Mike Lew
    21 Jul. 2022
    “ I first read "Teenage Dick" and then saw the virtual production of it at Huntington Stage. As a person with a disability, I was very grateful that Mike took wonderful thought and pains to portray people with disability not just with accuracy but with the ability to be jerks. Inspired by Richard III, this play excellently explores the dark hallways of high school where ambition is everything and being class president is more important than keeping secrets. This play should definitely be seen everywhere by all ages. ”
  • DEAD AND BREATHING by Chisa Hutchinson
    21 Jul. 2022
    “ I first read this play and then saw it onstage. "Dead and Breathing" is an amazing script, navigating the concerns and pressures of dying with great humor. The relationship between the two characters is phenomenal. Some wonderful reveals throughout the script! A great script for unique casting. I would love to see it again on a bigger stage. ”
  • Orange by Aditi Kapil
    21 Jul. 2022
    “ As a person with a disability, I truly appreciated that this was written from the perspective of someone with autism. Her adventure with her cousin who is trying to take advantage of her disability to get out of her familial obligations and run off with her boyfriend is true to form and painful to watch as it unravels. There are wonderful emotional arcs for all of the characters. This is a great play to put on stage! ”
  • Draw the Circle by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
    21 Jul. 2022
    “ This is a fascinating examination of the journey of gender transition of an Indian/Muslim from the point of view of everyone else. There were points in some of the monologues that I found myself surprised at the points it was making that I had never thought about and entirely grateful to be challenged to consider them. This is a play that needs to be seen right now. It is very timely, exposing cultural challenges on many levels. ”
  • Life of the Party by Tara Anderson
    25 Feb. 2022
    “ This unique immersive play shines a light on how women use their relationships opportunistically and don't recognize the values of friendship that exists. Anderson wonderfully weaves otherwordly ghosts and voices into a sales event gone wrong. A fun and mysterious experience for an audience! I have seen it performed both in person and on Zoom. ”
  • That Must Be the Entrance to Heaven or, The Dawn Behind the Black Hole by Franky D. Gonzalez
    21 Feb. 2022
    “ I saw a reading of this play at Latinx Playwrights. Franky's characters and structure draw the audience in and create sympathy for even unsympathetic seeming characters. Each one has depth and vulnerability. Throughout the play, the stakes rise until the inevitable challenge must be faced. Franky weaves poetry and cosmic nature into the relationships and language. This will come alive on the stage and be a big meal for all technical people involved but it will be worth it when the audience responds. ”
  • Dirt Sticks by Kira Obolensky
    1 Dec. 2021
    “ Kira Obolensky's beautiful and mysterious tale weaves easily from scene to scene, uncovering secrets and relationships. As the past is reunited with the present and the characters learn some truths, some are unburdened while others find a new path forwards that they never anticipated. Lovely language and characters! ”

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