Recommended by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons

Elisabeth Giffin Speckman does a beautiful job of creating two complex and vulnerable characters who we immediately are drawn to. In 10 minutes we understand so much about who these brothers are, what they're going through, and ultimately what they need from each other. This sweet, funny, and poignant play hits you in the feels.

Although a brilliant metaphor for common life experiences, this short play is extraordinary. Mark Harvey Levine encapsulates how life can pass us by at break-neck speed, never quite sure which direction to go in, or how it will end. But it's the journey, not the destination.

This most eloquent play is magical, charming, and certainly not just for children. Although an important lesson is learned at the end, the beauty is in the language, the characters, and the relationship of these unusual creatures.

I was invested from the very beginning. DC Cathro created such compelling and rich characters who are stuck with each other, at least for a little while, whether they like it or not, that we lose track of or don't even realize we don't know where they're going or why until it becomes painfully obvious.

Love me a good horror play! And this one surely satisfies. Emma S. Rund does a great job keeping the suspense and momentum going to the gory end.

I love these two endearing characters! Donna Hoke takes us on a short and sweet journey, revealing so much about how these two met and what their motives are. It's an updated version of When Harry Met Sally for the stage, in 10-minutes.

I love a play with an unexpected twist and characters who both have what's coming to them but you also have sympathy for. Josephs succinctly creates a set up then punch to the gut in this wonderful short piece and turns the tropes of the entitled male and seductive female literally on their heads.

One of the most authentic plays I've seen. The creative structure, including chronological jumps, spoken word, and child-like rhymes, is a perfect reflection of the shattered innocence portrayed in this play. Emma Goldman-Sherman created a raw, genuine and heartbreaking play. Our society, the way women and girls are treated, and what we're taught to believe, it's so broken. This play makes me so angry. I wish every man on the planet could watch it, and just let it sink in.

I'm am so grateful to have more of Beauregard and Zeke! Would You Like Fries With That is cringy, endearing, awkward, frustrating, comical, painful and sweet, which is everything this kind of interaction between two teens should be.

Scott Sickles doesn't waste any time getting to the point, and neither does Zeke for that matter. There's an Order to These Things, the 1st in a series, is a well-crafted introduction to two teens who are figuring their world out. Sickles' dialogue drops us right back to high school, a place most of us wouldn't want to return to, yet with this wonderful series of short plays, there's no looking away.