Recommended by Claudia Haas

  • Claudia Haas: Ride by Gabby Wilson
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    Wow - Wilson gets these three teens right and puts a cherry on top. In less than ten-minutes, a lot of truths about high school sports unfold. You want to know more about them - their pressures, their fears, their earlier relationships - but you can imagine. Wilson hands out a lot of clues. Defeat does not always bring out kindness.

    Wow - Wilson gets these three teens right and puts a cherry on top. In less than ten-minutes, a lot of truths about high school sports unfold. You want to know more about them - their pressures, their fears, their earlier relationships - but you can imagine. Wilson hands out a lot of clues. Defeat does not always bring out kindness.

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  • Claudia Haas: Three Love Stories by Dakota Pariset
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    Pariset has written down all these things you have told yourself, promised yourself, and hoped for yourself over the years. Painful truths, honest realities, and an underlying sweetness that makes you root for anyone looking to be loved and to love.

    Pariset has written down all these things you have told yourself, promised yourself, and hoped for yourself over the years. Painful truths, honest realities, and an underlying sweetness that makes you root for anyone looking to be loved and to love.

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  • Claudia Haas: What the Stars See at Night by Lee Cataluna
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    A magical, hopeful play about wishes and the safekeeping of them. The play’s genre says “young audiences” but it really is for all ages. It’s for anyone who looks at the night sky and wishes.

    A magical, hopeful play about wishes and the safekeeping of them. The play’s genre says “young audiences” but it really is for all ages. It’s for anyone who looks at the night sky and wishes.

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  • Claudia Haas: GET SEXY ON ZOOM, a 10 minute Zoom play by Andrea Aptecker
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    Aptecker zooms in on this new world where a flirtation that may work in-person can be woefully lacking in zoom. Couple that with the awkwardness of our political climate, our “aloneness,” and our desire to stay safe and you have an impossible situation with no winners. Aptecker manages all of this and more - it’s funny, painfully awkward and to the point.

    Aptecker zooms in on this new world where a flirtation that may work in-person can be woefully lacking in zoom. Couple that with the awkwardness of our political climate, our “aloneness,” and our desire to stay safe and you have an impossible situation with no winners. Aptecker manages all of this and more - it’s funny, painfully awkward and to the point.

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  • Claudia Haas: Misfortune by Richie Cannaday
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    Who’d ever think a fortune cookie and Little House on the Prairie could be forever linked? I needed this quirky first date for the laughter and now will wait for the second date where I hope to meet the absent 3rd person in the play. A rom-com that would be a hit with all audiences - not just “prairieheads.”

    Who’d ever think a fortune cookie and Little House on the Prairie could be forever linked? I needed this quirky first date for the laughter and now will wait for the second date where I hope to meet the absent 3rd person in the play. A rom-com that would be a hit with all audiences - not just “prairieheads.”

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  • Claudia Haas: THE FERRIS WHEEL - a short play for both stage and radio by D. Lee Miller
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    From being at the top of the world and to every point in-between, the play skillfully gives us a love story in succinct scenes. Nuanced, heart-holding, funny, and every thing in-between, there are lives lived in a scant ten minutes.

    From being at the top of the world and to every point in-between, the play skillfully gives us a love story in succinct scenes. Nuanced, heart-holding, funny, and every thing in-between, there are lives lived in a scant ten minutes.

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  • Claudia Haas: Two Turtle Doves (a 5 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Syran captures so many midwinter themes here and weaves together a tale of loneliness and heartache. The haunting cooing and gentle sounds of Christmas carols evoke yearning whispers on a long winter’s night.

    Syran captures so many midwinter themes here and weaves together a tale of loneliness and heartache. The haunting cooing and gentle sounds of Christmas carols evoke yearning whispers on a long winter’s night.

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  • Claudia Haas: A Perdrix in a Pear Tree (3 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Daedalus and a wild boar in a Christmas tale? It works beautifully. And it doesn’t need to be Christmas to appreciate this story of care.

    Daedalus and a wild boar in a Christmas tale? It works beautifully. And it doesn’t need to be Christmas to appreciate this story of care.

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  • Claudia Haas: WEDDING BELL BLUES (a 10 minute comedy) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
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    Mothers do love planning weddings. O’Neill-Butler hits all the right notes in this emotional discussion and serves this play up as the perfect wedding cake - delectable and wonderfully rich.

    Mothers do love planning weddings. O’Neill-Butler hits all the right notes in this emotional discussion and serves this play up as the perfect wedding cake - delectable and wonderfully rich.

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  • Claudia Haas: EMOJI ME NOT (from the STILL FEISTY Collection) by Vivian Lermond
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    When he-who-knows-everything is a foot doctor and you’re at an art exhibit of emojis and dogs, anything can happen and does. Lermond gives us a welcome look at revitalizing a marriage and treats us to surprises that both “rock” and are sweet. Brava for fun roles for mature actors.

    When he-who-knows-everything is a foot doctor and you’re at an art exhibit of emojis and dogs, anything can happen and does. Lermond gives us a welcome look at revitalizing a marriage and treats us to surprises that both “rock” and are sweet. Brava for fun roles for mature actors.

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