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Tamar Shai Bolkvadze

Recommended by Tamar Shai Bolkvadze

  • There Is No Play by Arthur M Jolly
    17 Aug. 2023
    “ This play treats young actors like the actors they are. It trusts them to empathize, explore and represent individuals outside of themselves. But it also lets them give voice to things they may have experienced - or their friends have experienced. It’s so timely, and touching, and infuriating, and still hopeful. I hope high schools across the country give their students the kinds of opportunities to create art and dialog, the way There is No Play does. It’s a gift to the actors and their audiences. ”
  • Stephanie. From the Posters. by Samantha Marchant
    26 Jul. 2023
    “ So impactful. I’m trying to think of anything else I’ve read recently, where fathers are talking about their children, and showing such vulnerability. This would be a great opportunity for two actors to dig in deep. ”
  • All The King's Horses by Doug DeVita
    20 Jul. 2021
    “ All the King's Horses is utterly theatrical. Even in reading it, you can see and hear Anna's world shifting as she remains strong in her desire to understand the people she loves most - people she seems to repel, despite her desperate love. There is one scene, between a mother and daughter, that is so raw, so unvarnished, that it's hard to put out of your mind. ”
  • CANOPY by Rachael Carnes
    3 May. 2020
    “ The way the dynamic is set up, you could watch this play night after night and see something wholly unique and always alive, and the dialog works on so many levels ”
  • Jesus and Hitler Sing a Lullaby by John Servilio
    23 Mar. 2020
    “ This is such a beautiful play. Listening to these two boys talk, you just get such a sense of how messed up grown ups are. It's so smart and impactful. ”
  • Penny for Your Traumas? by Lindsay Partain
    23 Mar. 2020
    “ This is such an inventive and clever piece, while still being absolutely devastating. ”
  • The Hat Box by Eric Coble
    1 Mar. 2020
    “ I'm not particularly looking forward to getting old(er), but if it means that I get to play Aunt Esther in a few decades it will well be worth it. I dare you to read this and not start saying the lines out loud. Not gonna happen. ”
  • Survivors Club by Arthur M Jolly
    1 Mar. 2020
    “ The absolute pleasure of listening to Chocolate Factory survivors characterize their experience in therapy-speak cannot be overstated. ”
  • Bulldozers by Greg Romero
    10 Aug. 2019
    “ This is a bitterly funny play, and a great opportunity to involve the audience. It immediately made me think of Flint, Michigan and those in power treating community members like pawns. This is a powerful play, and offers a lot of ways to tailor the production. It could be done a million different ways, and still retain its heartbreaking wit. ”
  • Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped to a Merry-Go-Round by Dawson Moore
    10 Aug. 2019
    “ I saw this play a few years ago, and it is still as vivid to me now as the night I saw it. It's wrong in all the best possible ways. ”

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