Recommended by Paul Donnelly

What fun! A deliriously funny take on "Waiting for Godot," that requires no knowledge of "Waiting for Godot" to amuse. Meryl Streep and Michael Caine are referenced to great comic effect, one of countless witty bits in this most entertaining spoof.

Poor Festus doesn't know what he's getting into until he can't get out of it. A very clever premise and suitably witty dialogue make this play a comedic treasure.

The monsters, real and metaphorical, are terrifying and haunting in this vividly theatrical coming of age play. Pup's journey is tortured and tortuous. The pain and the love he and Remy share are palpable. Both Pup and Remy are vividly drawn and compelling. I feel as though all my descriptions and attempts to capture my response to this play fall short of capturing how complex and riveting it really is.

Painfully funny and painfully true to life, but mostly laugh-out-loud funny. The ignorance and sense of entitlement of the caller is made abundantly clear and Jack's forbearance in the face of his own fading dreams is quite wittily rendered.

What fun! So many genre conventions are satirized with such efficiency. This is a truly delightful spoof.

Alternately funny and poignant, this play presents a unique approach to coping with grief. The ineffectual demons are a hoot, but are ultimately, if inadvertently, capable of helping El to move to a different place in her journey of loss.

This humorous and wistful memory play builds to a gut-punch of an ending. Larry's complex family and youthful yearnings are exquisitely rendered. But Larry also learns that becoming a man can have a terrible price.

Four women reveal so much of their differing strategies for coping with their hard-scrabble lives in the lead up to and execution of an unwanted birthday party. At the dark center is Euba, who has seemingly surrendered. She is surrounded by women whose faith and nurturing and willingness to take action buoy their spirits. Euba's despair is addressed through a highly theatrical encounter with a mystical raven. This play is poignant without being condescending and ultimately affirming without being cloying.

I had the great pleasure of hearing this work in a Zoom reading last night. It offers a thrilling resurrection of the reputation and importance of the Cone sisters in the history of 20th century art. The parallels between the relationship between the sisters and between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are vividly illustrated. All four characters are clearly drawn and compelling. The complex structure, moving from present to past to fantasy, is rendered with absolute clarity. This is a valuable and engaging historical work.

Clever and sexy, who could ask for anything more? Zeus and Hera unite in their ... appreciation ... of Ganymede and Ganymede accepts that he has no way out. This is a funny and eventually liberating journey.