Recommended by David Hansen

Bourgeois love is a complication of its own creation. It is only appropriate that the loopy love triangle present in this work are self-obsessed and selfish, and I approve of the message that ridiculous situations will eventually play themselves out ridiculously. Getting letter-shamed by a world-famous political prisoner is a particularly inspired touch. Check this script out!

Luke Brett, an aficionado of the one-room, period mystery has created another stylish and snappy vignette packed with wit and brio. His new piece features characters that are both classic and crisp, each distinctive and full of personality. A taut drama, with unpredictable twists and a great deal of humor, I was never quite sure “whodunnit” until the last moment. It’s an ideal one hour treat, suitable for a variety of theater settings, featuring a majority of strong, female characters. Highly recommended!

Pope has created a taut exploration of Black masculinity, and breaking the cycle of generational trauma. The playwright has an accomplished talent for weaving poetry into his prose to elevate moments that expose the soul of each character, and has crafted some exceptional turns of phrase. An excellent small cast play.

This is a great short play for three actors. Proctor takes a familiar Biblical tale and immerses it with humanity, and in a few brief minutes describes and expresses each person's discovery of shock, confusion, horror, grief, mourning, regret, resentment, blame, anger and (a kind of) acceptance, delivered with sincere pathos and a subtle wit. It is an education in what it means to be alive.

Mansfield is establishing a reputation by flipping the script on contemporary tales of crimes, often literally ripping them from the headlines to create gritty and affecting scenes of hardship and redemption, and "The Confession" is one of those. A brief and surprising episode, pitting two adversaries against each other in an apparent no-win scenario, until the near-last moment. Great work, great craftsmanship.

A brief fable about the decisions we make, or fail to, in the face of catastrophic change. If the world is about to end, and perhaps it is, do you push forward as though nothing is wrong, or put faith in what comes next? It’s a playful story with deep meaning.

For the third night of Hanukkah 2021 I read this stirring survivor’s tale, the story of a Jewish American family, and I was transported and so deeply touched. A gripping, epic saga set in a single room. Remarkable.

A heartwarming tale of reel love, the conclusion of this one-minute play is worth the bait. Well done!

A moving and inspiring defense for knowing your Shakespeare and also a compelling argument never to produce his work again, Femia's monodrama is a wondrous description of the drive for writers to transform disappointment and trauma into art.

Any play that includes “Danse macabre” is a play that gets me, and this play gets me. A brief discussion on the transitive nature of staged drama by two civilians who try kinda hard to understand that, and I recommend it.