Recommended by Paul Donnelly

Don't mess with Rosencrantz girls! This play has a wacky set-up that pays off beautifully thanks to the clever use of Shakespearian quotes and the anachronistic setting. And then there's Biff Bottom ...

There's more to this neighborly feud than meets the eye. The twist ending is a delightful surprise. This play offers a field day to actors and audiences alike.

Kniess pulls off the creative high wire act of a comedy about grief. The grief is as authentic as the laughs (of which there are plenty) and the racoon is hysterical while also serving as a talisman of a widow's loneliness. This is a play of great warmth and humor.

What does it mean to choose love? Is it all ethereal hearts and flowers or is it something grittier and more difficult? Is fighting the system a matter of grand gestures or hard incremental progress? Simon and Maggie are forced to confront these questions and more as they uncover their differing motivations for a planned act of violence.

Flirty and funny, this play features engaging characters indulging in quick-witted back and forth dialogue. The ultimate outcome feels inevitable, but it is such fun getting there. This is really the best sort of rom-com.

The battles fought over holiday traditions leave families scarred for life. A father recounts to his son one such epic battle and its vivid outcome. It turns out he has a motivation beyond simply passing down a family legend. This very funny narrative leads to moment of surprising acceptance.

There's more than one way to regain possession of a thing you've lost. Sandra and Rachel are amusing portraits of bickering siblings which grow quite dark as we learn what Sandra has planted in her garden. In Something Borrowed revenge is a gift that is served cold, indeed.

Well I sure didn't see that coming. Stacy's choice between David and her family's ice cream truck certainly has unexpected dimensions. This cold dark comedy is a frozen treat.

This play is just gorgeous. It has a suspenseful narrative that had me on the edge of my seat the whole way. It also contains five richly developed and complex characters and spot on social commentary. But there is an artistic alchemy at work here that melds all these compelling parts into a richer, more moving whole.

This is a powerful exploration of the effort to build connection by two people who come with a lot of varied life experience. One is open, one is all walls and deflection. There's wit and heart in the narrative which builds to a moving and real conclusion.