Recommended by Claudia Haas

  • alex getting better
    7 Apr. 2024
    Lang’s evocative, nuanced play shows us that memory may be imperfect for some but a memory of trauma is real to all. Denial, acceptance, wishing it away are all devices to try and heal. But Lang proves that healing is not easy. It comes at a cost. But that doesn’t mean one shouldn’t strive to cope, understand and try to pickup the pieces. The language is teen-speak, the reality is raw and the play unveils truths that should be heard.
  • JONNA/JACK (award-winning one-act play)
    7 Apr. 2024
    Can the past create hope for the future! Are there soulmates? Rose creates a grand sweeping story in a short one act that speaks of love, redemption and what is everlasting. Not a small feat for a large and expansive play.
  • Something is Rotting on the Stage of Glenmark
    7 Apr. 2024
    You’ll never look at the Ghost in Hamlet the same way again. Same goes for Hamlet, an audition, a Shakespeare quote. I could go on. Let’s just say Preuss’s play is life-altering. In the most wickedly, funny way.
  • Vegetables are Revolting!
    7 Apr. 2024
    Until you read this pease on vegetables, you don’t know squash. It’s all here: the corny, the stringy, the starchy. The ending is a priceless groaner. Enjoy! Better yet - produce it!
  • The Beatrix Potter Defense Society
    6 Apr. 2024
    “This is more than creating drawing. You are creating worlds. Characters. Stories. A place of your own where you can right the wrongs you see.” A lovely two-hander where we get a glimpse into the early Beatrix Potter, her passions and how she changes the life of a woman with similar passions but has put away her dreams. A look at two women in different stages of life who have much to offer each other and the world. Witty wordplay, unexpected twists, and a fresh look at female friendship makes for a charming play with a welcome feminist twist.
  • A Lesson in Physics
    5 Apr. 2024
    You know those ships in a bottle and you wonder how it got in there? Duprey offers a solution. According to the laws of physics, it should work. Entertaining and original and maybe scientific - a play for fun, science, and an oddball but engaging romance.
  • Portals
    5 Apr. 2024
    “How can I leave the unknown?” How many of us have struggled with that? Wild has higher stakes than we may be used to but the universal truth of safety with the known versus the unknown is a force to be reckoned with. Friendship, fear, blazing new trails - Wild’s play offers new perspectives.
  • IT'S ELEMENTAL (10-minute comedy, 4 characters)
    5 Apr. 2024
    Rose hits the nail on the head in all ways with this play. By crafting this for young actors and audiences, she acknowledges that they are our future and hope. By making the play wickedly funny, timely, and crafty, she gives her actors ample room to play with their characters while sending an important truth to all audiences. I love that the gods wrap their message in humanity.
  • A Short Play: In Which Christopher Robin is All Grown Up
    5 Apr. 2024
    There are so many ways to lose someone and get lost yourself. Tennant has found them all. Childhood magic and memories of war are so tightly bundled up, it’s hard for the characters to see one without the other. A portrait of a family, growing up, growing apart, and a bear that won the hearts of an entire population, the play encompasses so many universals - while asking, “what is a life?”
  • Incident at 2 AM
    5 Apr. 2024
    A series of phone calls builds until the tension is overwhelming. Without giving too much away, Hansen sets up a series of possibilities that will have you on edge even after the play ends. Theatrical and nerve-wracking.

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