Recommended by Shaun Leisher

This play is terrifying and I am so excited to see it produced!!! This is a true gift to actors, directors and designers in terms of the limitless possibilities of creating this post-apocalyptic world. Pazniokas perfectly portrays fanaticism and the human desire to have purpose and to find answers. PLEASE SOMEONE PRODUCE THIS!!!

I absolutely love the magic in this play. It's a story that feels so simple yet so complex. Pazniokas' gift of world building is on full display here. This is a gruesome at times tale about identity and finding one's place that ends in perfectly heartwarming fashion.

Loy Webb just continues to blow me away with her writing. This follow up to THE LIGHT, similarly tackles pressing issues that effect the black community with a rich narrative and well written characters. The use of theatricality with the representations of different characters and locations is brilliant and keeps the focus on the story. This play needs to get produced all over.

This play feels like it starts out as a sci-fi comedy about the mundanity of post-apocalyptic life but quickly shift into a straight up political thriller. Hannah Vaughn is really good at creating complex worlds and filling them with honest characters. Really want to see what directors and designers come up with to bring this play to life on stage.

Definitely a play I'd like to see produced. This seriously did not go where I thought it would and ended in a pretty disturbing way. I was left with hope though for these 3 women and comfort in knowing that they'll be there for each other. A very well written ensemble of complicated characters that I can't wait to see a group of actors sink their teeth into.

A moving reminder that even when everything changes and we are faced with the the end of the world, some things will not change. We will still fight with our family, have our heart broken and fear being abandoned. Fantastic roles for actors of various ages and LGBTQ actors.

We all know those ending to movies or TV shows where the parents have to say goodbye to their kids when they go away to college but this imagines that conversation between the parents the next day. This is a beautifully written short play that will make you laugh and warm your heart.

I feel like in the hands of a lesser writer this allegorical play would come off as obvious and lazy but Pazniokas has crafted some really complicated characters and has them tell this story in unique and surprising ways. I don't think I've seen the cycle of abuse portrayed on stage like this. The playwright draws on well known truths and even aspects of theatre of the past (anybody else getting a Streetcar Named Desire vibe from this) to create this experimental, fantasy play that I'll be thinking about for awhile.

Really interesting experimental theatre piece that used movement to explore status as we follow these two frenemies on their artistic paths.

Had a good laugh at the end of this play. It's a joke about low class folks interpreting what they assume to be high class art and it's a joke that the playwright wrings for all it's worth in such a short time and makes you consider the ways you look at art yourself.