Recommended by Paul Donnelly

A masterful parody skewering a popular tv show, the nature of the tv business, and celebrity ego. The real life resonances are a great deal of fun and the twist ending of the tv show and the twist ending of the play are both comic gems.

A unique gem of a premise leads to a witty and poignant exploration of themes of memory, vengeance, and the true value of a life.

A witty personification of the ways a cell phone seductively insinuates itself into every aspect of life and resists one person's effort to wean themself from its pernicious intrusions. The struggle is real!

This is a touching and engrossing look at the coping mechanisms young adolescents devise to deal with the complex and painful world around them. The characters are all so well-drawn (in both realms) and compelling that I found myself wishing for even more of their story. The narrative is infused with a magic and wit that charm and engage. Just a lovely, lovely piece.

The conventions of public mourning are neatly skewered in this witty funereal confection.

An unsettling look at one path of unrequited love. This script artfully explores the dark and controlling side of a romantic fantasy. Run, Caroline, run!

What happens to a transactional relationship when the transactional nature is brought to the surface? This play explores that question with intelligence, wit and astringency.

The hypocrisy of the forced-birth crowd is skewered mercilessly in this scathing satire. The central conceit is brilliantly straightforward and the execution is sublime. This play could not be more vitally of the moment.

At times tender, at times astringent, at all times gripping. Five clearly drawn and compelling characters take us on a journey of fulfillment and loss, of yearning and betrayal, of love and forgiveness. This is a rich, full-blooded, and vigorous narrative, None of the fustiness of history or biography here. Nonsense and Beauty is truly a thing of beauty.

The volcanos are an apt and chilling metaphor for so much that is going wrong in the world and the responses of the three well-drawn characters are dishearteningly true to life. This is a funny, but ultimately kinda depressing (in a thought provoking way) play.