CHILD'S
PLAY
(co-written with Kolby Granville)
(Ten-minute
play. 2f, 1m, 1 either)
A
child's dolls come to life in a play which
is alternately funny and heartbreaking. This
play has been a winner or finalist in multiple competitions including Theatre
Oxford's Ten
Minute Play Contest in Mississippi, the
Ten by Ten
in the Triangle Competition in North Carolina, The 15 Minutes or Less
Festival in
Maine, and The Play in a Day Festival and Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Contest in Arizona. Critics have called it "humorous and
touching".
Productions: Child’s Play has had numerous
productions throughout the US (including
in Arizona, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and
Rhode Island) from
2003-present.
Awards: Winner,
Play in a Day Festival Award,
2003
Winner,
15
Minutes or Less Festival Award, 2004
Finalist,
Fifteen Minutes of Fame Contest, 2005
2nd
Place, Theatre Oxford’s Ten Minute Play Contest, 2005 (It was also
given a
reprise performance there in 2006 in their “Five in Ten” series of five
past
contest winners.)
Finalist,
Ten
By Ten In The Triangle Competition, 2005
Finalist,
Curan
Repertory Company’s Notes from the Underground Festival
Reviews: “Really
cool,
and very funny.” – Tucson Weekly, January 6, 2005
“[All of the actors] … give
five-star performances in the humorous and touching Child's
Play by Ry Herman and Kolby Granville.” – Dave Christner, The Newport Mercury, August 3, 2005
“There was some excellent theater on
display, particularly Ry Herman and Kolby Granville’s Child’s Play …” – Matt Casarino, What’s Up, August 2004