Recommended by Paul Donnelly

There is so much hard-earned truth at the heart of this moving study of addiction and loss and the need for independence. The four characters who comprise the cast are complex and vividly drawn, but full and compelling portraits are also drawn of many of the people in their lives. There is a rich sense of the entire community that deepens the narrative. The central relationship between Mark and Pam is depicted with humor and depth, authentically charting the vagaries of mutual attraction at just the wrong time. There is so much to celebrate about this accomplished piece.

This is an intense rendering of the immediate, confused and harrowing reaction to a mass shooting. The play is gripping and depressingly familiar.

What a funny, moving, and surprisingly original piece of work. The stiff arbitrariness of robotic diction and the meta construct that this is Creative Dave's play Illuminate the family dynamic in ways a conventional narrative never could.

Favorite line: Gotta keep the brain active at our age, Jerry. This play offers a witty, yet heartfelt exploration of the pitfalls of an overactive brain and the sustaining quality of old friendships. And a final word to the wise, stay out of parking spaces you haven't shoveled.

The horror creeps up on you in this wittily unnerving short. It starts out a simple domestic sitcom and darkens humorously until the disturbing final beat. This is one minute with a hell of an impact!

A funny look at the frustration faced by parents trying to raise children without gender stereotypes, especially when they run up against the clueless rather than the malicious.

Prillaman scores again with the audacious comedy. The juxtaposition of childhood innocence and adult embarrassment is sublime. The dichotomy between the rational and the true believer is nicely illuminated. But mostly it's just howlingly funny.

All I can say to Daughter is "vive la resistance!" The story of Daughter and her fraught relationship with toast is funny and weird and utterly gripping. My money's on Daughter at the unresolved ending, but some may favor the Toaster. Read it and decide for yourself.

This painfully true to life comedy is exceptionally funny. Every bad cast party ever is distilled into ten hilarious minutes. Each character is vivid in their own way and their collisions lead to a glorious payoff.

A haunting and compelling exploration of two people discovering the meaning of death and the consequences of causing it. The weighty material is leavened with almost slapstick comedy (some stage directions alone are a hoot). This piece grabbed me from the opening beat and held fast through the chilling final image.