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вЂњIвЂ™m still asking those questions after I go home and fall asleep after rehearsal every night.вЂќДЄllenвЂ™s respect for the two women chosen to direct her plays is apparent. To ask вЂWhat if?вЂ™ and вЂWhat about?вЂ™ вЂќ she said. вЂњI want them to get in the car afterwards and have a conversation. Reinhardt hopes вЂњSpacemanвЂќ will prompt the audience to ponder big questions. вЂњThis entire production of MollyвЂ™s has the purest form of her drama and the purest form of her comedy,вЂќ Heather McHenry-Kroetch, director of вЂњBroadway,вЂќ agreed. вЂњPeople should come to think and then come to laugh.вЂќ вЂњYou have these two diverse pieces, one thatвЂ™s very dramatic, makes you think for days, and one thatвЂ™s absolute funny fluff,вЂќ вЂњSpacemanвЂќ director Dawn Taylor Reinhardt said. She took home the Audience Favorite Award at Spokane Civic TheaterвЂ™s 29th PlaywrightвЂ™s Forum Festival for вЂњThe Hostage,вЂќ and she entertained overflow crowds at Ignite TheaterвЂ™s 2016-17 season with вЂњOn Shaky Ground.вЂќДЄllenвЂ™s plays typically mix humor and serious situations, but вЂњSpacemanвЂќ and вЂњBroadwayвЂќ may be her greatest extremes in both genres. However, in recent years, AllenвЂ™s playwrighting вЂњhobby,вЂќ as she puts it, has earned her critical acclaim and regional awards.ДЄllenвЂ™s original comedy, вЂњClosing It Up,вЂќ played to sold-out audiences in the 2018-19 season at Stage Left and went on to win several awards at the Kaleidoscope Festival. Spokane residents recognize Allen from spending drive times listening to her host the radio morning show вЂњDave, Ken and MollyвЂќ on KZZU.

вЂќ вЂSpacemanвЂ™ will make you think and feel a certain way, while вЂBroadwayвЂ™ is all comedy.вЂќ

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вЂњIвЂ™ve told friends to picture the evening like youвЂ™re at home, and first you watch a full episode of вЂThe X-Files,вЂ™ and then afterward, you want a cleanser before you go to bed, so you watch a quick episode of вЂWill & Grace,вЂ™ вЂќ Allen chuckled. Her second play, вЂњBroadway,вЂќ is a hilarious slice-of-life about two small-town actors who room together in New York City to pursue their unlikely dreams of big-stage stardom. вЂњSpacemanвЂќ is a jolting life-or-death battle between a lawyer trying to save her clientвЂ™s life, while the client, a death row inmate, rushes to his own execution. The plays premiered at Stage Left are both short and original but very different from each other, according to Allen, who has served as the progressive nonprofitвЂ™s resident playwright for the past four years.

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Local playwright and radio personality Molly Allen has authored вЂњSpaceman,вЂќ a drama crafted around the highest possible stakes, and вЂњBroadway,вЂќ a comedy in the tradition of a TV sitcom.

In a one-two punch of new works, Stage Left Theater presented the world premiere of two one-act plays on Friday in downtown Spokane.

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