Recommended by Monica Cross

MATTRESS asks us to think about what kind of emotional work we want our bed to do: Is it a friend? Is it a confidant? Does it hold our secrets? or give us a moment's respite? David Hansen blends existential questions with quirky comedy in such a way that the piece makes you to laugh even while it invites you to more seriously reflect on the implications on the conversation. A great piece for a scene study! Well done!

VAST invites us in on a journey. Greg Vovos mixes sorrow and hope beautifully in this monologue. A wonderful part for a woman to perform. This piece piece would be great on stage, but would also work well over zoom or other video platform.

I feel like everything you need to know about this 1-minute play by Azure D Osborne-Lee comes from the opening stage direction that describes Jules as "a southern Queen" and honey, they deliver! GREASE is playful and suggestive and utterly surprising! PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

Amazing! SIRENS is a delightful 1-minute play! Azure D Osborne-Lee creates a world, populates, makes it extremely compelling, and leaves me wanting more in a single page. Perfect for any 1-minute or short play festival! Amazing parts for women! PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

RETURN TO THE EDGE OF LIFE is haunting! Beautiful and Breath-taking! Madeline Sayet breathes life into a dying world. Read this play! Produce this play!

Recently, I saw a zoom reading of this play. It's an absolute delight! Ginna Hoben creates a world where characters from a variety of Shakespeare's plays all meet in Dick's Tavern. Hilarity ensues! This play is excellent with only a cursory knowledge of Shakespeare. Hoben gives you everything you need to know to follow the door slamming ridiculousness of this mash-up. But this play is truly a special pleasure for Shakespeare experts and aficionados! It's full of jokes about verse and lines pulled directly from Shakespeare's work. Beautiful easter eggs for for those who pick up on the references. WONDERFUL!

THE TWELVE DATES OF CHRISTMAS is an amazing holiday script. Ginna Hoben writes a knock out part for women in this play! It is perfect for those of us seeking something around the holiday season that isn't strictly Christmas focused. It's witty and full of fun! This holiday season, next holiday season, every holiday season, PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

TOGETHER is a play about the violence (physical, emotional, and psychological) of colonialism and the resilience of those who stand up to oppressors. Powerful and moving!

MINOR DEVIATIONS is a very fun Science Fiction play. I saw this play at the Femme Fatale Play Festival. Erin Osgood has created delightful parts for actors to sink their teeth into. One actors plays a series of robots all with minor deviations. It creates a fun challenge for performance! This play works beautifully in performance and dashes expectations in the most satisfying way! Produce this play!

I saw THE WAY YOU MADE ME at the Femme Fatale Play Festival. Lindsay Partain has created raw language, pulsing with emotion. This play is full of loss and trauma, but still finds a way to bring us hope and joy. It is masterful. It is a play that you lean into, that you can feel engulfing you. Absolutely powerful!