Recommended by Julie Brandon

Once again, Rachel Feeny-Williams has brought us into a complicated relationship and skillfully portray the love and conflict each family goes through. This short play gives us a glimpse into regret, love and closure. Well done!

An important and tenderly told play about family. Calvin may not understand Jackson but he's doing his best. Given the chance, Jackson opens up a door into his life so that his grandfather can understand it. A beautiful moment of connection and love will touch your heart. Well done.

Oh, what fun! Trust is everything, right? Jack Levine keeps the audience guessing until the very justified end. This would be a wonderful inclusion in any festival.

I love it when a story line seems to be going in a one direction and then boom, it changes. This short drama hits all the good feelings until the twist at the end. Sadly, it's reflective of the fears many people have these days. This short piece would be a welcome addition to any festival. Well done!

Too funny! Poor Santa is being forced to retire and looking for his replacement isn't going well. The ongoing battle between the true meaning of Christmas and commercialism is delivered with memorable zingers. Well done!

Dove and Molly have planned the perfect wedding but so many things have gone wrong, it's beginning to look like it may not happen. This love story is tender and gentle with a bit of chaos thrown in. DEBRA A. COLE has managed to make even the discordant notes play smoothly. All the characters add to the warmth and sweetness of this short play. It would be a welcome addition to any festival. Well done!

The torment the son is going through leaps off the page. What a marvelous piece for any actor to sink their teeth into. Is it fantasy? Is it madness? We teeter with the speaker, never really knowing which one it is. Well cone.

From the opening, I knew that once was going to tug at the heart strings. The struggle of the non-custodial parent is real and truly takes a lot of work to get through it successfully. NEXT YEAR, TRANSFORMERS allows us to see the promise of change that's possible.

Dating can be a mind field, no matter how old we are. A meet cute that succeeds in making us laugh and brings all the warm feelings along with it. The dialogue is snappy and fun. This would be a welcome addition to any festival and now I want more of Lynn and Gary!

What a great combination of existentialism and the inability to act. Their desire is strongly tempered with the internalization of an urban legend. The ending is just perfect!