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Play Title |
Synopsis & Review Quotes |
Author and Contact |
| Listening, Feeling | On her lunch hour, a young, blind woman
communes with her father's paintings in attempt to resolve her long standing conflicts. Out Front magazine called Listening, Feeling "...the evening's brightest jewel...reality enough to extract tears...truly memorable...one wishes to follow these characters into the universe of a longer play." The Rocky Mountain News said: Listening, Feeling "...takes art appreciation to new heights..." |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| The View from the Room | A couple's disintegrating marriage is thrust
to the forefront when the husband is caught spying on their neighbors with his binoculars. The Denver Post called the play "intriguing". |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| No One Asks | Three people in a psychiatric hospital try to communicate and deal with their relationships despite debilitating mental problems. | Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| On the Front Lines |
A hotline is the setting for a lone volunteer's phone
calls with crank callers and a young girl contemplating suicide. The Denver Post said: "poignantly sad...very realistic...haunting". |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Christmas at the Dingles | A play "...about what would happen if the profane and pessimistic English playwright Harold Pinter wrote a Christmas play. ...Christmas with the Dingles, it's a dead-on satire of that style of '60s Gothic realism that will, at least, have the theatre majors rolling in the aisles." The Rocky Mountain News | Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Mel’s Hanukkah Surprise | A comedy that centers around an old man's visit with his
son's family during Hanukkah and how you should watch what you say around someone who is
dead; they may fool you and still be alive.
"...a truly touching slice of life that falls somewhere between Neil Simon and Woody Allen." The Rocky Mountain News |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| War to End All |
A comedy about two soldiers in a futuristic war and how
cellular phone calls from home interrupt them during intense battles with the enemy. The Boulder Camera said: "...builds to a poignant message." The Rocky Mountain News: "...a wild concept..." The Denver Post called the play: "...an adventure in absurdity...interesting and funny..." |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Cooked...Carrots | An absurdist comedy about two men who meet on the
top of a mountain. The Denver Post called the play "...a clever adventure on a mountain top." Out Front Magazine said, "...an absurdly comical abstraction which is most enjoyable." |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Up on the Roof | A homeless man, who makes his
evening home on the rooftops of New York high-rise apartment buildings, is
confronted by a young woman intent on suicide. |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Standup - Falldown |
An absurdist drama about a comedian who is trying for a comeback (or is he?) after being in a mental hospital. |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Mim and Max |
A young man meets a strange young woman who only speaks gibberish. Yet, despite this seemingly insurmountable handicap, they somehow fall in love. The Denver Post called the play "sweet" and "a dance with words." Out Front Magazine said, "...Mim and Max gives us a warm smile." |
Ken Crost kcrost@msn.com |
| Plays by Tyler Smith | ||
| Hod | Friends, family, and foe relive the life of an ex-boxer in narratives that overlap and interweave -- as he lies inert on a barroom floor. | Tyler Smith smiths3@comcast.com |
| Another Song | A musician struggles to decide if he should follow an aspiring singer with whom he has collaborated on the road while his mother reminds him of the disappointments suffered by his musician father. | Tyler Smith smiths3@comcast.com |
| History of Last Night | A man attempts to piece together the memories of the previous drink-filled evening with the woman he loves - who has left under mysterious circumstances. | Tyler Smith smiths3@comcast.com |