Recommended by Shaun Leisher

I'm dying to see a production of this play. Between the brilliantly crafted characters, dialogues and dance sequences it's sure to be an exciting theatrical experience.

Death, grief and the legacy we leave behind are certainly common themes in theatre but no play I've read covers them in such a uniquely magical way as this one. Wonderful characters and a story that goes to really interesting places.

It seems like American romanticization of Europe is as old as the nation's founding. Europe is that magical place where all are problems can disappear if we just run to it. Using the financial crisis in Greece as its backdrop, this play dives into what happens when a foreign vacation doesn't solve anything and how usually you just have to face our struggles head on. With amazingly complex roles (especially for women) and some magical realism this is a thoroughly enjoyable play that will stay with you.

A unique and smart play about how faith and science are not the opposing forces we are led to believe.

A powerful solo piece that really shows how so many of us could not just accept the results of the 2016 election and why we still resist. This play will be important as long as men who abuse women continue to be rewarded.

War plays that draw connections between ancient cultures and today is not new but this take on it is so fresh and hopefully just the start of more plays that look at this oftentimes forgotten community of soldier's wives. Femia creates complex women and allows them to wrestle with they sacrifices they've made. These women try to hold it together and be the model military wives but this play lets us in behind the facade and shos just how timeless these unfair expectations on women really are.

I'm really anxious to see this piece continue its development. Workplace plays are hard. They so easily can fall into the trap of just being a location with a bunch of wacky characters. This play has stakes and take you through the wringer emotionally as you see not just what this grocery store closing does for its employees but also to the community.

An emotional journey about the power the imagination has to help us cope with our lives. I especially love how this play doesn't spoon feed details to their audience but just asks them to sit with this family for a brief time and wrestle with the choices they make. In this play, no one is 100% a hero or 100% a villain. Just like how life works.

There are certainly plenty of plays about estranged siblings but most of the time its brothers so it was so refreshing to see one about sisters. Femia brilliantly uses Hurricane Sandy and the death of a parent to frame this real time reunion between two sisters who are forced to face the ways they've betrayed each other with the choices they've made. The play is a total gut punch that will stay with you for a long time.

A beautiful solo piece about womanhood in our society and how memories (especially the one we'd prefer to forget) make up who we are.