Recommended by Shaun Leisher

This play is a true showcase for 2 actors. Using commedia techniques, Infallibility is a brilliant play about Catholicism, the art of story-telling and how the two intersect.

Big cast political history plays are nothing new but Barbot really does something unique with this play. A fast-moving play that tells the story of little known in real-time that will make you laugh and really feel for these characters. An ambitious work that really pays off.

Reading this play a truly pleasant surprise. Matt Barbot is really gifted at revisionist history and while I'm sure this conversation between the literary giants never occurred after reading this you will really wish it had. A hilarious and moving look into the ideas that so often the most brilliant among us carry the most crippling insecurities.

A necessary play for our current age!! Told through the perspective of an 11 year old, Svich uses beautiful poetry to paint an image of what America was, is and can be. A play that should be done in big theaters and on street corners.

Using the fictionalized origin story of Aunt Jemima, PANCAKE QUEEN is a scathing look at how white culture has always and continues to appropriate African American culture and deny the severity of slavery. The play also does a fascinating job looking at the idea of artists of color working on problematic pieces because it's the only work available. The beautifully written characters are the heart and soul of this play and brings stakes for these characters as they face these choices.

Simply put this play is a masterpiece. James Ijames has written a play that speaks to our times in so many ways. It makes you laugh but also cringe as you are forced to face the way art appropriates people of color and their work. He's also written a true actor's showcase with the role of Vanessa.

Jeremy Gable has written a play that is both a critique on the world of video games and a love letter to that world. The dialogue feels so natural coming out of mouths of these complex characters as they interact with each other in such relatable ways. The use of theatricality with the scenes that take place in the world of the game make me so anxious to see this fully produced.