Recommended by Shaun Leisher

This play is a punch in the gut and so vital. Produce this play and get your community talking.

In the early 2000s, the media presented us with the image of Iraqis as either religious extremists or grateful recipients of "American aid." This play shows the Iraqi invasion through the eyes of free-thinking, intellectual young men as they decide whether to try to hold on to hope that their country will be good again or find a life elsewhere. The way this play uses the format of storytelling and narration is so effective.

This is a really interesting play that poses some really tough questions. It asks audiences to consider their views on things like privilege and race. In a world that oozes with misogyny, the choice to have this play populated solely by women makes sense and provides actresses with really great roles to dig into.

This play is a brilliant use of theatrical magic to explore the inner thoughts of a person struggling with depression. I loved the seamless transitions between fantasy and reality and the shear honesty of the dialogue. We need more plays that deal with mental health with this kind of vulnerability.

A truly vital play that will grip audiences from beginning to end.

Such a great play about the role of artist and critic and how each need each other. This play is a true gift for actors that are anxious to dig into complex and multilayered women. Hope this play gets productions soon.

J. Julian Christopher's play expertly uses pure theatrical magic to tell a compelling story about a pair of cousins discovering their identities and struggling with everyday life. I can't wait to see the reading of this ast this year's PlayPenn conference.

Please ask writers to write plays that seem hard to produce and then PRODUCE THEM!!! Kara Lee Corthron has written a trippy play that is so vital to what's going on in society today around how narratives about women are told and who gets to tell them. It's a play that calls to adventurous directors. Somebody needs to do this play NOW!!!!

I really liked this play!! The idea of pain is used so effectively to force this couple to look at the things in their lives they have been burying. It's a play about telling people what they want to hear. A play about finding answers but refuses to give one in the end.

Burbano has done a great job adapting Ibsen's play about one man's quest for the truth. This play is so relevant not only with the troubles in Flint but how it looks at how our current media can be a tool for and against spreading facts. This play features really great roles for women and I hope to see it produced all over as a reminder of what's happening in Flint and how the mighty few will go to far lengths to suppress information no matter who is hurt.