Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

A spare but unsparing glimpse of heroic action, Mabey has given us a moment of history that should be better known and celebrated. To be able to stand up to such oppression is commendable, to be beaten and unbowed, to be honest in the face of erasure and lies is to inspire us all.

A charming and fascinating period piece about women for and against each other. I felt personally invested in Jane's journey in particular because I felt I could identify with her emotionally as an autistic character who couldn't speak falsely and doesn't understand hierarchy. I also love the physicality and the language, the sensory delights and odors, the muscularity of the langugage, and the diversity of characters from different classes and abilities. There is much truth-telling in this play. I hope it will be produced soon and often.

Good Cake is a good play about a good funeral with good friends. I really like it. It's real and honest and authentic and there will be good laughs in it too when it's produced. Also it's for middle schoolers so it feels really necessary and something they'd be into doing. Great roles and ensemble work.

Excellent work! Plumbing the depths of family mythologies, Tofte crafts a play that - though limited to a cast of 3 - has enormous scope and consequences. Thrilling to see what is possible on stage, so producible and yet so complex. Wonderful work!

Such an interesting play! It would be really great onstage and fascinating to direct. I really enjoy the ambiguities and the potential motives and the thriller aspects of it that keep me totally enthralled. I'd love to see it produced!

A beautifully written origin myth where the hero is asked to take on her true identity. With twists and turns, Studi brings us into the heart and soul of Quoya as she questions her purpose in the world. This would be so beautiful on its feet! Even on the page it has strong rhythms and images that create an entire world.

Very funny play that is also Talmudic. Blevins creates complex characters who have a legitimate conflict that is as deep as it is absurd but hits on real issues of identity and morality. Would be a great addition to any festival of shorts! Something to talk about afterwards, to infinity and beyond!

Wow. I feel this so hard. What a great piece of theatre. Thank you Sharifa Yasmin for putting this in words. Beautiful, heartfelt work. A monologue that is a whole play and a whole story and a whole triumph. Thank you. (I don't know Grey's Anatomy, but I get it anyway.)

Love Lately is a beautiful exploration of vulnerability full of the moment to moment work 2 actors would love to get to do. Fascinating characters. There is real depth and nuance here. Very well written.

A twist a minute! If you're looking for a fabulous fairy tale reinvented for texting teens, this is it! And a great bit of dramaturgy too if you're looking for how to do the twist! It's fun, funny, dark, twisted and worth every minute! A winner in any festival.