PLAYS BY RY HERMAN
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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


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