Recommended by Monica Cross

  • Monica Cross: Heartburn

    Heartburn is a Daniel Prillaman classic! Going to the doctor can be scary and having an unknown pain can be alarming, but this play takes both of those to a whole new level! This goes from unsettling to mind blowing in a matter of heartbeats. What a fantastic scene for actors! This play would also make a great radio drama.

    Heartburn is a Daniel Prillaman classic! Going to the doctor can be scary and having an unknown pain can be alarming, but this play takes both of those to a whole new level! This goes from unsettling to mind blowing in a matter of heartbeats. What a fantastic scene for actors! This play would also make a great radio drama.

  • Monica Cross: Fresh Hell

    FRESH HELL is one of the most stressful and tense plays I've read in a long time. I could feel my insides twisting to knots as this mother and father stare at their computer. This play would be a riot on stage!

    FRESH HELL is one of the most stressful and tense plays I've read in a long time. I could feel my insides twisting to knots as this mother and father stare at their computer. This play would be a riot on stage!

  • Monica Cross: In A World...

    This is such a fun 10-minute play! As I read IN A WORLD..., I could hear Voiceover Guy's voice! John Busser has written (in announcer voiceover voice) "A play that keeps you laughing at ever turn."

    This would be the highlight of any 10-minute play festival. I imagine actors would have a delightful time working on this show.

    This is such a fun 10-minute play! As I read IN A WORLD..., I could hear Voiceover Guy's voice! John Busser has written (in announcer voiceover voice) "A play that keeps you laughing at ever turn."

    This would be the highlight of any 10-minute play festival. I imagine actors would have a delightful time working on this show.

  • Monica Cross: Flood (short play)

    Without going into details, David Hansen clues us in to exactly what has happened! And that laugh out loud ending also serves as a cautionary reminder for us all. A delightful short play! Bravo!

    Without going into details, David Hansen clues us in to exactly what has happened! And that laugh out loud ending also serves as a cautionary reminder for us all. A delightful short play! Bravo!

  • Monica Cross: Let Me Know If I Hurt You

    What a powerhouse of a solo show! From the opening set up I was on the edge of my seat all the way until the final shoe drops. LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU is a funny coming of age story, but it also packs an emotional punch. Dave Osmundsen masterfully navigates us through all the ins and out of the character's gay autistic experience of his first intimate relationship.

    I was struck by Bob's words: "I wanted to get the hell out of childhood. I wish I let myself wait a bit longer."

    What a powerhouse of a solo show! From the opening set up I was on the edge of my seat all the way until the final shoe drops. LET ME KNOW IF I HURT YOU is a funny coming of age story, but it also packs an emotional punch. Dave Osmundsen masterfully navigates us through all the ins and out of the character's gay autistic experience of his first intimate relationship.

    I was struck by Bob's words: "I wanted to get the hell out of childhood. I wish I let myself wait a bit longer."

  • Monica Cross: TOADS!!! (an amphibious nativity play)

    WHAT A WILD RIDE! I love a good body horror, and Jillian Blevins delivers! (see what I did there?) I heard an informal zoom reading of TOADS!!! (the exclamation points are vital) and absolutely laughed the whole way through it. It is delightful, surprising, and horrifying in equal measures! PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

    WHAT A WILD RIDE! I love a good body horror, and Jillian Blevins delivers! (see what I did there?) I heard an informal zoom reading of TOADS!!! (the exclamation points are vital) and absolutely laughed the whole way through it. It is delightful, surprising, and horrifying in equal measures! PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

  • Monica Cross: Romeo & Juliet & Velociraptors

    Every play would be made better with Velociraptors and R&J is a perfect candidate for the transformation! This play of death and gore has the classic Matthew Weaver charm! As fun as this was to read, I think it would be AWESOME to see staged!

    Every play would be made better with Velociraptors and R&J is a perfect candidate for the transformation! This play of death and gore has the classic Matthew Weaver charm! As fun as this was to read, I think it would be AWESOME to see staged!

  • Monica Cross: HENRY X

    This Neo-Elizabethan History play, draws on the style of a Shakespearean play to theorize about the future to comment on our present moment. This play is expansive and intimate at the same time. We get to explore modern thoughts on Monarchy and duty, while also focusing on a married couple grappling with very different points of view. Liz Coley has written the play in Iambic Pentameter but keeps the language modern. This play would be fun to stage.

    This Neo-Elizabethan History play, draws on the style of a Shakespearean play to theorize about the future to comment on our present moment. This play is expansive and intimate at the same time. We get to explore modern thoughts on Monarchy and duty, while also focusing on a married couple grappling with very different points of view. Liz Coley has written the play in Iambic Pentameter but keeps the language modern. This play would be fun to stage.

  • Monica Cross: The Vast of Darkness

    This science fiction thriller thrusts together two people who could not be more different. Alone in space they don't know what's real and what isn't and hell they don't even know what the other person looks like. Bethany Dickens Assaf has created eerie and effective staging that ups tension and conjures so much in the audience's imagination.

    I would love to produce this play! And so will you!

    This science fiction thriller thrusts together two people who could not be more different. Alone in space they don't know what's real and what isn't and hell they don't even know what the other person looks like. Bethany Dickens Assaf has created eerie and effective staging that ups tension and conjures so much in the audience's imagination.

    I would love to produce this play! And so will you!

  • Monica Cross: Stand By to Assist

    This is a delightful rebuttal to Karel Čapek's R.U.R.! Chuck Lipsig creates loveable robots and their evolution is beautiful to watch. Chuck's imagined future offers hope in even the most dire of possible outcomes.

    A delightful read. A wonderful show. Produce this play, so I can come and see it!

    This is a delightful rebuttal to Karel Čapek's R.U.R.! Chuck Lipsig creates loveable robots and their evolution is beautiful to watch. Chuck's imagined future offers hope in even the most dire of possible outcomes.

    A delightful read. A wonderful show. Produce this play, so I can come and see it!