"At the end of each episode of The Subtext podcast, I share the title of a play I recently read that filled me up. I use the final moments at the end of the episodes to try and lift up another play and playwright. Not everybody listens through past the end credits of a podcast, however, so I wanted to share the plays that have been filling me up throughout 2022 (at least the ones represented on the NPX). I hope you have some time to read these great plays as we turn the page to 2023."—playwright Brian James Polak