“One-Shot” works as a time capsule of the long-gone independent video store, a tribute to the power of cinema, and a quietly devastating queer love story. It’s to Rosendorf’s credit that all three characters feel compassionately and thoroughly drawn. I resonated (too much) with David, whose passion and knowledge for film outweighs his drive and ability to follow through on his dreams. The ending moved me deeply, and made me wish and hope for a better world for David, Martín, and Charles.

This is one of those plays where the setting is as much a character as the living breathing people that inhabit it. This is a piece of queer history. These characters are products of trailblazers that came before them. Most of this play exists in a time where hatred runs rampant and people have to live in fear against those that don't understand them. The ending really moved me. So much has gotten better but we still have so far to go. This play needs to be produced NOW!!!!

Give this PLAY a shot! I got a chance to read this play in a diverse intergenerational reading group, and ALL of us took slightly different things from it, but we were agreed that the play is a beautiful reminder that everyone approaches life with their own unique histories, so that even when we go through the same experience, we won't see it the same way. A brilliant exploration of perspective, and how it can splinter even the most tender of relationships. Bravo, Rosendorf. Really, REALLY great work here.