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ADVENTURES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Barroom Philosophers
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Class Notes
Embarrassment & Death
The Falls of Vincent Millay
Found and Lost: Goals for 2002
Frisco Fred's Cabaret!
Fuck You Cancer
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm
The Hasheesh Eater
Heavy Metal Playground
HER KIND: The Life & Poetry of Anne Sexton
i hate my friends
Jesus Rant
Kiss My Booth
Korean Badass
Low Hanging Fruit
Monkey Poet Stand-Up!
Organic Boxed Chicken Stock
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Party of One
RM3
The Sewers
Shopping as a Spiritual Path
Spotless
Stetson Manifesto
A Strange Black Passion
Super Glossy!
TeleMongol
Terrible Voice
Tesla's White Pigeon
Turn of the Screw
You Go First

 

Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Steven Karwoski
5 Stars
Should be called Flawless! Her physical characterizations were perfect. In all my years of fringing I have never seen such an impeccably flawless performance. I was in awe as an audience member. As a fellow performer, I was humbled and felt I needed to back to acting class.


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Gemma Wilcox
5 Stars
Wonderful embodiment of 3 deeply engaging and likable characters. Morwen is a incredible actress. Don;t miss this play. I saw this play twice i loved it so much!


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Craig Kensek
4 Stars
Spotless (4.5 stars)

2007 seems to be the year of solo products. The actress plays multiple characters in this production, morphing from one to another pretty seamlessly. The energy level isn’t quite as high as “Super Glossy”. Still, it was highly entertaining. See this on a night that you’re not seeing another “single performer” piece. “Ernie” is great! Ernie may be channeling a thin Joe Pesci!


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Rob Hawke
5 Stars
A terrific and deft performance. Emotionally grounded and layered. I was so impressed by both the acting and directing in this funny and moving piece. Bravo!


Play: SPOTLESS
Reviewer: Susan Bettinger
5 Stars
She was terrific. Loved the writing and the performance. Totally engaging. Recomnending it to my friends.


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: The Stingy Fringies
5 Stars
We've seen 14 shows so far this year and this is one of our top 2 favorites. We aren't called stingy for nothing! We're more addicted to Emily than the smack being sold 25 feet away. And we love our smack. But seriously, something about this lovely actress makes us want to clean up our acts, befriend the elderly, and move to Canada. Spotless is simply infectious.


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Damien Thomas
5 Stars
This show is a must see! Emily has created characters with such depth and detail that you immediately build an awareness in your mind that carries you through each transition. A definite "laugh out loud" performance.


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Rachel
5 Stars
Emily brings us such strong characters in this show, each of whom we can all relate to somehow. My favorite is Ernie, the totally rad boss man who "hey hey heys" and tells great stories. Keeping the crowd engaged and involved is a talent of Emily's and this show freaking rules!


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Mia Paschal
5 Stars
"Spotless" is amazing. Beautiful work in every sense: the acting, the direction, the lighting design, the script. Emily Morwen is incredible - she creates three strong, and strongly distinct characters, her mastery of physical theater, her emotional clarity.

Today, the story kept coming back to me. The struggles of each of the characters - whether for love, for serenity, for freedom - and how lovingly and fully rendered they were.

I've seen movies where, a few hours later, I realized that I missed the people portrayed within them, and sometimes that I wished I could know more, spend a little more time with them (for instance, in "Before Night Falls" and "Two Days in Paris"). Same here. Stunning work.


Play: Spotless
Reviewer: Holly Up On Poppy
5 Stars
Emily Morwen has crafted a heartfelt story around three of the most enjoyable characters to hit the stage since I don't know when. My favorite is definitely Ernie, the janitor who thinks he's from the Bronx with a pottymouth but the humility to apologize for it. Emily glides seamlessly from character to character and keeps the audience captivated with her mad acting skills and fantastic miming! Not like "in-a-box" miming, but she works on a bare stage and effortlessly creates the hospital world all around her, from the beds to the mops to a cabinet full of vitamins. Don't miss this show.