Recommended by Monica Cross

What is more unbelievable string theory or bigfoot? Meghan Endres Brown gives us dark comedy about loneliness, family, and connection, then infuses it with quantum physics and cryptozoological conspiracy theories. These are dynamite characters with a shocking turn of events that takes the whole story another level entirely. I imagine production teams having a blast with this script. Are you looking for a tight 3-person play? Don't miss this gem!

Daniel Prillaman is a master of making the utterly mundane creepy AF. THE REMARKABLY UNREMARKABLE CRUCIFIXION OF EMMA REYNOLDS is just that! Prillaman has perfectly captured the exasperated tone of a teenage girl who is impressed by nothing, and then given her a story that is both completely run of the mill and impossibly beyond belief. It's the little details that makes this monologue so spot on: Being late for school, annoyed the surprise assembly, the weird reassurances from the magician!

What a treat! Emily C. A. Snyder has given us a Hamlet joke to DIE FOR! In GRAVEDIGGERS, we get to hear Hamlet from the Gravediggers point of view. And you might be surprised what you learn. I absolutely guffawed at the punchline of this scene! Every Shakespeare nerd should read this!

Looking for a Hard Boiled Detective story in the world of Elizabethan England? Francis RTM Boyle delivers! The characters in TREASON AT THE GLOBE are worthy of their Shakespearean influences and there are so many lovely moments in this script that would be fun for Shakespeare lovers to put up on its feet.

I am a huge fan of Liz Duffy Adams, and this script is so deserving of all of the attention it is getting right now. Even reading it on the page the scenes feel electric. Both Shakespeare and Marlowe seem like such fun characters to play. The twists and turns of this script are dynamite! I hope to see it staged soon.

I saw an early reading of MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER and I cackled, make that died from laughing. I am dead. There is a lot of hard truths in this play and the delightfully over the top presetnation of a demonically possessed kitchen (and roast chicken! "The bones! the bones! from last night's chicken!") is the perfect vehicle for delving into the topics this play discusses.

I know this play would be a BLAST for any cast, crew, designers, and directors to work on.

ADRIFT wraps a strong sibling dynamic in a beautiful metaphor of being lost at sea. Andrew-Elijah Schindler gives us two delightfully written characters who surprise at every turn. This straightforward narrative (can the two brothers make it back to land after being knocked off course by a storm) contains deep, soulful interrogation of what duty we owe to our family.

I enjoyed imagining this play, and I would love to see it staged!

This is an intense short play! And even in a page and a half there is a lot to think about. The overall vibe is so eerie.

Emily McClain explores what it means to say "the Future is Female." By foregrounding issues of motherhood, conception, and what it means to have a career and family at the same time. Emily McClain's characters are pitted against one another by an outside (patriarchal) force, but in fighting for what they want, these two women find a satisfying solution. It is wonderful to see a short scifi play that explores themes relevant to modern audiences.

I heard this play produced on the Gather by the Ghostlight Podcast. Very satisfying!

I had the opportunity to see the streamed Edinburgh Fringe production. This is a witty, charming, and thought provoking adaptation of Hamlet. In the text made available here, Mara Sherman et al. have provided in depth explanations of a production that was SO MUCH MORE THAN THE TEXT. This script is a road map to recreating or creating your own TWO WOMAN HAMLET! If you have not, please take the opportunity to check out the production in the "supporting video" section of this page. Nicola and Hannah are absolutely stellar!