Recommended by Paul Donnelly

The Bear's voice is a source of endless delight. His just slightly off-kilter perceptions and descriptions are an utterly enchanting. Here his adventure is a very moving one which is made even more poignant by the general lightness of the Bear's tone,

Our Bear proves to be truly a Renaissance Bear. He easily masters Shakespearian patois and saves the Globe to boot. Huzzah, Bear, huzzah.

Who are the titular monsters? The trio of cryptozoologists? Their nemesis? Bigfoot itself? Three vividly drawn characters facing dizzying changes in their circumstances propel this most compelling play.

Wow. It's amazing what a skilled writer with something to say can do in a minute. These five people are bonded by the same shared and isolating trauma. The trauma itself is highly imaginative and very vivid. A really compelling read.

The mystery of what the red door means consumed me for every beat of this slightly absurdist domestic dramedy. The comfortable and the threadbare exist side by side in Ever and Perry's relationship. The door offers a startling intrusion that grows ever more seductive and menacing. Perhaps it doesn't matter what it means so much as that it means and that it effects Perry and Ever profoundly.

This play speeds by in a gripping and thoughtful minute, laced with flashes of humor. There is real richness and depth in the brief narrative.

The Bear's adventures grow ever more glorious and his slightly off-kilter understanding of events ever more humorous. His vampire aspect is put to particularly excellent use. It will be a dark day indeed should Jonathon learn to be more careful with the Bear.

The Bear's ego runs hysterically amok as he attempts to take Manhattan (the Bronx, and Staten Island, too). His ultimate comeuppance is the funniest bit in a very funny monologue.

The Vampire Teddy Bear origin story is worthy of the whole Bear series. The satire of vampire mythology is most engaging and, as always, the narrative leaves me eager to join the Bear's next adventure.

Life is not easy when one is a Vampire Bear. The Bear enumerates the indignities he has suffered and would gladly suffer again to escape the creeping sunlight. Although saved by a deus ex machina, one wonders what is in store next for the Bear.