Towards the end of May I thought “You know, it would be fun to read all of the Tony nominated plays this year!” which then turned into “I’m gonna read a play for every day in June” and suddenly my 30 plays in 30 days readathon was born!

For someone who lives and breathes theatre, I actually don’t read plays as often as one would think (excluding Shakespeare); plays aren’t as accessible as musicals are, but I do buy a lot of plays, especially whenever I’m in New York since it’s not a NYC trip if I don’t go to the Drama Book Shop multiple times. Because of this, a lot of unread plays have gathered on my shelves, and that was another incentive to me deciding to do this reading challenge. I knew that in doing so I’d get through all of the unread plays on my shelves which meant that I actually had to buy some new plays (I know, I had to, it was a real sacrifice) to make it to 30! I mean, I could’ve read 3 other Oscar Wilde plays, but I wanted to limit it to one unread play per author, so I decided against that.

Anyway, I finished my 30 plays in 30 days readathon on June 29th, and I’m honestly so proud of myself for actually completing the readathon! Yes, plays are typically short, but reading 30 in 30 days, especially during the busiest time of my work year, is quite an accomplishment. It was also so much fun! I got to read a lot of plays that I’ve been wanting to read for years, discovered some new ones and found some new favorites! 

Since I read all of these, I figured I just had to make a post of mini reviews for them, so get comfy and cozy and let’s chat about the 30 plays I read in June!

(Please note that some of the plays I talk about include mentions of death, murder and rape)

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