Recommended by Paul Donnelly

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.

What a spot-on homage to Neil Simon. A farcical situation filled with witty banter and physical humor and just enough heart. Well done.

What a delightfully deranged comedy. Tinsel wants a big career change and Tony is the one man who can make it possible. But can she convince him she's got the goods? There is so much fun to be had and so many witty lines on the way to the answer.

So much fun from so many different directions - the spoof of sword and sandal epics, the puns, the anachronisms, and my personal favorite, a nod to the musical Chicago. It has laugh out loud moments punctuated by giggles and groans. You would have to be a modern day Narcoleptis not to be convulsed with laughter throughout.