Recommended by Paul Donnelly

What a hoot. "Straight out of Saturday morning cartoons," indeed. The lunacy moves at a breakneck pace made all the more hysterical as all the characters are embodied by two harried actors. The play is filled with comic reveals and reversals, but the final reveal takes this piece very successfully into the realm of political satire, darkening and enriching its humor. And I will never forget that alligators can move at up to 20 miles per hour.

Belle gives us the story behind the story. Her take is hysterical, even when the underlying themes are more serious and pointed. It's delightful to see Belle find her true happily ever after.

Over 200 years of requited, but unexpressed love is finally revealed during a Zoom call. Much fun is had with the strictures of vampire culture and the varying degrees of tech savvy between the two vampires on the call. This genre mash-up is great fun to read and would be a delight to experience online.

A powerful and important portrait of a powerful and important woman. Golda is difficult, Golda is demanding, Golda is tireless because the stakes for her people are so high and because the rest of the world offers no support. The three scenes of this play illuminate three aspects of the struggle for Jewish survival with real passion and theatrical economy.

This is an inspired dark comedy of bad, bad life choices. the motives behind them, and their ultimate consequences. When two vastly different (on the surface) obsessive worlds collide the collateral damage is intense. Throw in a portrait of the soulless and soul-crushing effects of our capitalistic system and you understand that it's more than your side hustle that's killing us.

This is a gripping political thriller with compelling familial and interpersonal dynamics. So much mystery and suspense to pull us in. Will Natalya betray her subject? What is her real history? What is Kreplev's endgame? That the play depicts so well the terrors of a totalitarian state make its contemporary resonance all the more chilling.

Prince Charming and his out-of-date expectations meet their match in the witty. self-assured Princess (her name, not her title!). This is a clever play on the false narrative of a happily ever after conclusion to any story.

This is a charming and insightful portrait of the feeling of otherness that I think most of us experience in one way or another. Katherine's specific real or imagined otherness presents a challenge to Aurelia who has found some level of acceptance for her queer life, but who must come to terms with the degree to which Katherine's confession is not just a metaphor. A thoroughly engaging work.

What a delightful and affirming portrait of a reluctant right fielder. The stakes are high for poor Tim, but his anxiety is higher. An ethereal apparition tries to steady his nerves, but ultimately allows him to express his real feelings about his situation. The final reveal and the adult's reaction to Tim's declaration are most heartening.

What happens when you lose the thing that makes you you? Or that you have always used to define yourself? The impact of that loss reverberates for all four characters in this gripping and insightful script. Relationships must be built and rebuilt to accommodate Rawls' changed circumstances and he must learn to develop a broader, more expansive view of himself. That journey is definitely worth following.