Recommended by Monica Cross

Asynchronous highlights the struggles of moving face-to-face classes online by setting this one minute play in a video conference call. We can feel the professor's isolation and desperation through this brief exchange. This play captures our current moment perfectly!

Gracia Mendes Nasi is such a wonderful figure from history, and Wirsansky's play brings her to life in a pivotal moment when personal and professional collide. As she struggles with her sister over the execution of a will and who will take over the family business, THE VULGARITY OF GRACE highlights the challenges women, wives, and widows faced in navigating the Patriarchal society of the European Renaissance. Both Reyna and Gracia would be wonderful parts to play!

What a charming, sweet, and heartbreaking one-act. Kelly takes well loved video game characters and uses them to comment on domestic violence. This bittersweet story is so full of love and hope. A must read!

This is a fun monologue that sets up the Wife of Bath as a Feminist icon (as she should be!). She gets to tell her side of Chaucer's tale, and doesn't hold back! This modern monologue is perfect for those interested medieval literature.

This is a delightful play about proposing and time travel. Full of twists and turns, INTERVENTIONS keeps its characters and audience on their toes until the very end. The characters go through hope and despair and defeat and success all in the span of 10 minutes. Such a sweet play!

This short play offers a new alternative to the "Pillar of salt" story we have all heard. Here Lot's Wife gets her own agency and decides her own fate. This one-minute play packs a ton of action into a single page and bare stage. Check it out!

The Aurora Project is a beautiful play with very complex characters, and a story that spans eons: Nora is sick, and Constantine will find a way to make her better even if takes a million years (or more). This play is particularly poignant at this present time. This play is full of hope and comfort even in the face of uncertainty. A wonderful play!

This is a great monologue! It takes a few unexpected turns. I saw a recording of this monologue on YouTube as part of David's "The Short Play Project." This monologue is deadly serious and yet really fun!

John Kelly takes a historical look at the creation of one of the most iconic pieces of music: Handel's Messiah. This play deals with the rivalries and scandals that nearly keeps Handel from completing this great work, but at the same time, the play looks at the transformative and redemptive power of music. This play humanizes these historical figures and pays homage to the masterful composer who created The Messiah.

We've all had this experience either as the instructor or the student, or as both. This play short captures the difficulties of working within constraints that don't match your aesthetic and the frustration of trying to pull a specific project out of someone who wants to ignore the rules. This script makes for a great open scene, and would work for all ages!