Recommended by Hannah C Langley

  • Willed Bodies
    8 Apr. 2018
    "Willed Bodies" dissects human love, attraction and the concept of grief with guts—literally. Wellman authentically captures the strange and beautiful ways medical science saves lives without letting us forget the cost. In the dryness of the Arizona desert, beyond the noise of the fans keeping things cool, the most unlikely pairs of people try their best to open up and share their hearts with the ones who need them most.
  • Pirate's Weekend: Three Nights in a Harbor
    21 Jan. 2018
    Do you like pirates? Musicals? Romance? Shakespearean disguise and confusion? Then you will love Metz's "Pirate's Weekend: Three Nights in a Harbor". This musical romp will have you reeling with laughter and squealing with joy! The millennial, feminist answer to male-dominated nautical classics such as "On The Town", "Pirates Weekend" will make your rum-filled heart sing from beginning to end!
  • Infatuation
    18 Aug. 2017
    I was honored to see the playwright perform a scene from INFATUATION at Ojai Playwrights Conference and I was so taken by her words and her wit that I NEEDED to read the entire play for myself.

    The play did not disappoint. A smart romantic comedy about desire, love and the difference between the two. Palladino addresses sexual harassment in the workplace in a real and vital way without creating an after-school special. The play remains human without forgiving the harasser.

    Excellent play. Read it. Produce it. And maybe even let yourself fall in love...
  • MATCH
    1 Aug. 2017
    I had the privilege to see a reading of this fabulous play at EST LA. It was phenomenally fast-paced and funny as well as touching. It approaches the inevitability of death with grace and a sly smile. I'd love to see it fully-staged one day soon!
  • SUPERWOMEN?
    22 Jun. 2017
    This imaginative, hilarious and heartwarming story of sisters gives you everything you could want. With beauty, grace and a breakneck comic pace, the Superwomen of Aja Houston's world make you believe world peace is possible. So read it. Run it. Produce it. This play should be seen over and over again on the American stage.
  • Longing
    31 May. 2017
    Gordon captures what it is like to be paralyzed by choice and trapped by circumstances when a young woman comes of age in her play, "Longing"!
  • Welcome to Matteson!
    28 May. 2017
    The last time I read this play was months ago but the issues it touches on and the images it impresses into the soul stick forever. This play about the intersections of class, race and gentrification culture is an all-around winner.
  • Southernmost
    6 Sep. 2016
    This play in one word is: Love. Mary Kamitaki takes you on a journey to a place that is often imagined but never truly seen. She takes us straight into the beating heart of a family that is so beautiful, true and flawed it will take your breathe away.
  • You Are The Blood
    5 Sep. 2016
    This play perfectly balances the dark and the light, tragedy and comedy, our humanity and our inhumanity. A hilarious and frightening exploration of blood ties, "You Are The Blood" makes you laugh, cry and cringe—in all the right ways.
  • That Long Damn Dark
    5 Sep. 2016
    Gripping, gritty, and always, always ghostly—that's an Ashley Rose Wellman play in a nutshell. With every play, Ashley Rose manages to reanimate the dead and your love of live theatre. Produce this now and get butts in seats.

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