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Theater Review: ‘Summer Shorts 2’

Life, the possibilities it holds and the price it exacts—this theme is constantly present in Series A of “Summer Shorts 2: A Festival of New American Short Plays.” The quality of the works presented varies, but each has something to make it worth seeing.
Theater Review: ‘Summer Shorts 2’
Teenager Robert (David Beck) and 50-something Anne (Mary Joy) in a New York park, sitting opposite the site of the notorious 1969 Stonewall riots in On A Bench. Carol Rosegg
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Involving and amusing

NEW YORK—Life, the possibilities it holds and the price it exacts—this theme is constantly present in Series A of “Summer Shorts 2: A Festival of New American Short Plays.” The quality of the works presented varies, but each has something to make it worth seeing.

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Teenager Robert (David Beck) and 50-something Anne (Mary Joy) in a New York park, sitting opposite the site of the notorious 1969 Stonewall riots in On A Bench. (Carol Rosegg)
Judd Hollander
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Judd Hollander is a reviewer for stagebuzz.com and a member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle.