Recommended by Monica Cross

LITTLE BOOTS is a brutally honest look at sexual assault in the Military. I had the chance to see this show as part of the Femme Fatale Play Festival. Cinthya Hernandez crafts a non-linear narrative which uses flashbacks to tell the story of what has happened. This play is in your face and full of disturbing realizations. A must read!

I saw DEANNA AND PAUL in the Femme Fatale Play Festival. Dagney Kerr's writing is sweet and soulful. Deanna and Paul couldn't be more different and I was rooting for them from the very beginning. This play is full of subtly powerful moments, that you will be thinking about for days afterward! Check it out!

I was not prepared for this play! WHY? is a 1-minute play that packs an emotional punch! Do yourself a favor and read this wonderful play by Matthew Weaver!

I truly enjoy David Hansen's short plays and POETRY is no exception! This play drives home the frustration of trying to work while another person keeps telling you how to do it. This short play hits all of the major misconceptions about writing poetry in quick succession! And what an ending!

LOVE, SOMETIMES is charming and funny and complicated all at the same time. Jacqueline Goldfinger expertly creates two characters with a difficult past that we are still eager to see make it together. The dialogue is fast-paced and drew me in immediately! A great two-hander!

What would happen if you could talk to a version of yourself from another time? PROM examines the "what ifs" of the Coronavirus Pandemic. David Hansen beautifully encapsulates the longing and loss and nostalgia for the never will be that permeates through our isolation. This show would work well for performance in Zoom or other virtual platform. A very powerful piece!

JULIE-ESQUE is a play everyone who work with Shakespeare should read. As Julie tries to navigate how the part of Juliet will be read on her body, her friend Laurence offers some very useful advice (unlike the Shakespearean character by the same name)! This play highlights the struggles trans women experience in everyday life, and the need to address them and work through them, and not avoid them because the conversation might be difficult. Ashley Lauren Rogers offers us a moment where the Bard might not be universal, and then gives us two powerhouse performers to tackle the dissonance!

AWKWARD ROBOT'S INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR DATING OTHER AWKWARD ROBOTS is a delightful play about the difficulties of navigating relationships. In this plays we are all awkward robots! Matthew Weaver peppers this play with clever puns and nostalgic references to classic science fiction. A wonderful two-hander, with an absolutely whimsical intermission! Yay Awkward Robots!

BUSKING highlights the performers anxiety about the lack of an audience. David Hansen creates a tension between movement and stillness, between speaking and silence that heightens the unanswerable questions about the future of performance. I had the please of performing this piece for David's Short Play Project on YouTube. It is a wonderful piece for a physical actor! Highly Recommended!

I saw SICK as part of David's Short Play Project on YouTube. I feel like I've had this conversation! David Hansen once again perfectly captures the evolving emotional landscape of this pandemic. SICK masterfully hits at the heart of the uneasiness that isolation brings.