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Recess 

Drama

Cast: 1W, 1M

Run time: 10 min.


Synopsis

Two children enact on the playground how they imagine life would be like as adults. But perhaps they are merely practicing for the future, and they are destined to spend their lives together.

 

Production History

  1. Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio, 2020

  2. Askew Theatre Company, May 2020

  3. E.J. King High School, Naval Base, Japan, 2020

  4. Northfield Mount Hermon School, 2019

  5. Brisk Festival, Los Angeles, July 2019

  6. Dover Players 10-Minute Play Experience, North Olmstead, OH, July 2019

  7. Cannon Players, Littleton, MA, June 2019

  8. Wild Card, Short & Sweet Festival, Sydney, Australia, April 2019

  9. 2019 Radius Playwrights Festival, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Great Barrington, MA, February 2019

  10. 8th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival, Seoul Players, Seoul, South Korea, November 2018

  11. 10-Minute Play Festival, Parish Players, Thetford, VT 2016

  12. Singh Theater and Performance Center, Whitinsville, MA, 2014

 

Awards

  • Semi-Finalist, Audience & Pro Jury Votes - Brisk Festival, Los Angeles, July 2019

  • Finalist - Cannon Players, Littleton, MA, June 2019

  • Finalist - 2019 Radius Playwrights Festival, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Great Barrington, MA, February 2019

  • Finalist - 8th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival, Seoul Players, Seoul, South Korea, 2018

  • Honorable Mention - Writing Well Creating Writing Contest, 2016

  • Finalist - 10-Minute Play Festival, Parish Players, Thetford, VT, 2016

  • Winner, Best Original One Act - Singh Theater and Performance Center, Whitinsville, MA, 2014

 

Reviews

“ It'd be easy to call this play cute and sweet, but it's so much more. It's beautiful and profound and lovely and incredibly tender. This may be one of the most romantic plays I've ever read, and I'm not ashamed to admit that my throat is a little tight after reading it. Absolutely masterfully created, and truly magical. It'd be such a pleasure to see this on stage. ” -

Emily Hageman: 23 Feb. 2019

“ Lovely, just lovely. Krantz explores SO MUCH in just 10 minutes here, and yet the play takes its time, moves at its own pace, hovers between innocence and wisdom so well that it's hard to tell which is which. Tear-inducing. I've seen other takes on children playing at being grownups; Krantz teaches a master class in it. A grand addition to any festival or, better still, evening of Krantz plays. ” -

Matthew Weaver: 7 Nov. 2018

“ What a beautiful, heart-wrenching, accessible short play. RECESS is a ten-minute play done right: it gives us so much backstory through action while propelling the play forward to its sweet, satisfying end. The imagination of the young portrayed by the experienced is one of my favorite things to see onstage. Terrifically fun and subtle roles for an actor and actress. Nostalgic, real, honest, and gentle -- a really triumphant short play. ” -

Jordan Elizabeth Henry: 16 Jan 2018

 

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