Recommended by Shaun Leisher

A unique dystopian play that treats childhood wonder as the most valuable commodity. It just throws you into this world and asks up to keep up. We have no clue where we are or why the things happening onstage are happening but the dialogue and characters are so strong that none of that matters.

Loved how big and ambitious this short play was. Perfectly utilizes elements of sci-fi and horror to look at what it means to be a human that sees worth in themself. So badly want to see this fully produced.

A journey inside a female author's psyche as she looks to those that came before her and mythical figures for inspiration. A really clever use of minimal and abstract scenery to tell this story.

This is a short play I'll be thinking about for awhile. I love the idea of indoctrination is explored in such a mechanical and repetitive way. It forces the audience to try and put the pieces together to a puzzle that folks have been trying to figure out for the longest time. The lack of information about these characters is what truly makes this so compelling. A gift of a play for actors, directors and designers.

Poetry and music is not in short supply in this short play that uniquely explores the concepts of creativity and life and death. Langman proves very skilled at balancing the large idea absurdism as well as the intimate moments of these two characters.

A really compelling dissection of the minstrel show trope that looks at race issues both in and out of the theatre world.

No matter how much we want to shelter them, children are going to deal with trauma in their lives and we need to have places where they can be talked about honestly. Rosenberg has crafted such a nuanced play that tackles mental health among pre-teens head on and is both comedic and tragic. These issues are not going to go away and it's only the kids who are going to get hurt because of our silence so please produce art like this that opens the doors to communication.

The themes in this play are themes that have been a part of theatre since the Greeks. Themes like family, resentment, destiny, fear and hope. Amy Berryman has beautifully created a future our world is heading towards as the backdrop for this story. It's the best kind of science fiction. The kind that presents massive ideas and scenarios our current minds can't exactly comprehend but what we can comprehend is the intimate drama between these 3 multi-faceted characters. The final scene is breathtaking and left me with a multitude of emotions. Can't wait to see this play fully produced.

This play is terrifying, hilarious and heartbreaking. I love the way Minnicino explores the responsibility of power and the concept of fate in this play. Fantastic piece for female actors.

I truly adored this play!!! Femia has such a skill with slice of life moments in people's lives and exploring the way relationships evolve. By the end of this play we don't need to know what happened to these two friends or how they saw each other. Femia perfectly creates a magical moment that will forever connect them for the rest of their lives. Also, please write more plays for older women to play younger women!!!