- ✔ Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
- 13w, 6 musicians
- PRS Silent Sky 2.28.20
- An interesting script, but not a good choice for us; somewhat didactic (though nicely balanced gravity and humor).
- ✔ __Heddatron_ by Elizabeth Meriwether
- 5w, 8m
- PRS My Sister in This House 6.5.19
- The reading was fun, but the show had too many problems and not enough to recommend it.
- ✔ The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
- 4w
- PRS Isaac's Eye 2.6.19
- Interesting topic, but too much an "insider" show, a play about a playwright writing a play.
- ✔ This by Melissa James Gibson
- 2w. 3m
- PRS Rocket Man 3.28.18
- Interesting characters, lively dialogue: a perfectly nice play, but one that lacked the depth and challenge we typically look for.
- ✔ Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
- 3w, 2m
- PRS Rocket Man 3.21.18
- Wild characters and a fun reading, but the treatment of the topics seemed both dated and inappropriate for the current day (class, incest, sexual harassment).
- ✔ Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit
- 8w, 2m
- PRS Minotaur 10.11.17
- Though issues remained relevant, there were drawbacks related to its 1961 publication, especially in terms of the women's roles.
- ✔ A Delicate Ship by Anna Ziegler
- 2m, 1w
- PRS GCW 3.22.17
- We liked the structure and the language a lot, the story line not so much.
- ✔ Vanity Fair by Brian Vinero
- 6w, 6m
- PRS GCW 3.15.17
- Not quite meaty enough for us, plus large cast and design demands; local playwright who sent us the script
- ✔ The Rover by Aphra Behn
- 10m, 7f
- PRS Pestle 6.15.16
- Too much rape/racist language; would need major editing
- Good language and characters
- ✔ Constellations by Nick Payne
- 1m, 1f
- Suggested by Emma Gochberg
- Scanned
- PRS N3RD 2.5.13
- Jungle stole it in 2016
- ✔ The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey
- 1f
- Sam French
- Scanned
- reading 02.26.14
- fringe 2015?
- brought through by originator to the G in Jan 2016
- ✔ The Maids by Jean Genet
- slightly too artsy
- Would like to read My Sister in this House for comparison
- PRS 1.13.16
- ✔ Moliere Impomptu by ?
- why not just do Moliere?
- ✔ Natural Selection by Eric Coble
- Suggested by Andy
- Cultural problems: would rather find another Coble script
- ✔ The Human Terrain
- ✔ Serpent's Tooth by Stephen Fechter
- given to us BY Stephen Fechter
- would like to set up a playreading with us
- underdeveloped, horror film-ish
- ✔ Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall
- Scanned
- Too long, good, but too talky, not enough action.
- ✔ Red Noses by Peter Barnes
- Comedy about the black plague
- scanned
- Suggested by Ben and Noe
- many characters, potential large cast
- SPRS 4.26.15
- beautiful idea, way too long, too hard to produce
- ✔ Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu
- 2m, 2f, 2any
- Sam French
- Scanned
- reading 10.9
- happy and light
- too fluffy, not enough bite
- company re-read on 11.9.14
- ✔ Star Stuff by Gabriel Gomez
- tiny musical
- by Amy's friend
- in response to And the Universe Didn't Blink
- preliminary 15 min. play scanned, need longer version
- first draft
- reading 6.9.14
- ✔ Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
- Cast: 16
- Public Domain
- too messy. better classics to be had
- reading: 6.11.14
- ✔ Race by David Mamet
- 3m, 1f
- Sam French
- our first choice for Mamet
- there are better plays about race
- reading 6.18.14
- ✔ Fox Haven by Lindsay Harris Friel
- scanned
- 3m, 3f
- needs a little formatting to distinguish stage directions
- reading 2.27.14
- ✔ Kindness by Adam Rapp
- Not meaty enough
- Scanned
- ✔ Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh
- Doesn't measure up to Inishmore
- ✔ Book of Liz by Amy and David Sedaris
- Not meaty enough
- ✔ Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp
- Tries too hard?
- ✔ Hands Around by Arthur Schnitzler
- Dated and boring
- ✔ Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl
- OMGSOLONG
- ✔ Kitty Kitty Kitty
- Not deep enough
- ✔ Mary Stuart
- SNOOZE
- ✔ FUBAR by Karl Gajdusek
- Meh.
- ✔ Tiny Alice
- Too much work, not enough return
- ✔ Dawn
- Um. What?
- Scanned
- ✔ Slasher
- All action, no plot
- ✔ Triumph of Love by Marviaux
- There are better examples of Restoration and/or Commedia to be had.
- ✔ Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
- Emilie Du Chatelet handles the balance of humanity and sciences better.
- ✔ The Acid Test by Anya Reiss
- Suggested by Godot audience member
- scanned
- PRS 9/14/11
- Not so much for us, maybe
- ✔ Blue Room
- Not dynamic enough
- ✔ Cherry Smoke
- MOVIE.
- ✔ Fever/Dream by Sheila Callaghan
- SPRS 10/30/11
- Sam French
- Scanned
- Too Much. Not interesting to us.
- ✔ Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
- Suggested by Val
- On Broadway currently
- Not better than and too close to 44.
- ✔ Woyzeck by Georg Buechner
- Cast: 10
- Public Domain
- Suggested by Carin
- Last produced by UofM 2008, movement production at the Southern 2010, nimbus 2011
- Scanned
- ✔ The Terrible Girls
- Original Piece
- Suggested by Lindsay
- Scanned
- No bueno.
- ✔ The Hand that Moves
- Suggested by Andrew Troth
- Original Piece
- PRS T Bone 3.14.12
- Scanned
- Strange juxtaposition with puppetry and real actors, 2 dimensional characters.
- ✔ Wuthering Heights; Restless Souls by Jeroen Olyslaegers
- Suggested by Kit
- Scanned
- SPRS 5.19.12
- ✔ The Psychic by Sam Bobrick
- 4m, 2f
- Sam French
- Scanned
- reading 10.3
- ✔ Jack's Precious Moment by Samuel D. Hunter
- suggested by Andy
- 1-2 females, 3-4 males.
- PRS 06/18/13 (Emilie cycle)
- ✔ Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
- read for UofM reading 07/25/13
- 3 females
- ✔ Farragut North by Beau Willimon
- Suggested by Grant
- scanned
- PRS 10.30.13
- problem with female character
- ✔ Radiance by Alan Alda
- 4m 3f
- Scanned
- it's a snore
nov 26 2010 ∞
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