Recommended by Monica Cross

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!

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 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 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!

1950's housewife meets cosmic horror and all I can think is: The really horror here is this husband's attitude! Funny and timeless (like the elder evil in the basement) this play shines a flashlight on the invisible labor of "housework." While the monsters lurking in the basement might not be as surprising to you as they are to the husband in this story, his reaction will be! This play features Bethany Dickens Assaf's signature style and wit!

I listened to the wonderful radio version on Stories Found! It excellently showcased the comedy and horror of this play!

How sweet! How much joy and love and hope is in this monologue. Scott Sickle once again has got me in the feels. And with a reference to classic scifi at that!

This would be a wonderful audition monologue!

Bravo, Scott!

THIS GRASS KILLS PEOPLE is like "Rhinoceros" for the 21st century. It is such a clear commentary on willful ignorance, and yet it transcends the cultural moment for which it was written. This play has simple and effective staging, and would be a lot of fun for the actors involved. It is a classic Daniel Prillaman play: part absurdism, part horror. 100% not to be missed!

This is a Pandemic play that does not reference covid, lockdowns, or 2020. This play is about a couple who can't leave a restaurant until they eat all the bread in their unlimited bread order (Hell of a Deal!) but the isolation and sense of dread that accompany this play are so deeply rooted in the experiences of 2020 that we are able to process the those events through absurdism, comedy, and sex jokes. This play would be amazing onstage!

Bravo, Daniel!

This monologue recommends itself. Or rather explains why my recommendation is inadequate. If you have spent any time here on NPX, you will get a hoot out of this piece. Read it! Recommend it! Do an impromptu performance of it for your dog!

TWO ARTISTS TRYING TO PAY THEIR BILL is comedy gold! And if a picture's worth a thousand words, this 10-minute play is worth a thousand dollars. Lucy Wang takes a simple scenario (a restaurant increasing it's prices) to comic extremes. So much fun!