Recommended by Donald E. Baker

Luca is in college, a playwrighting student with a creative imagination. He is also schizophrenic and alcoholic, all of which means that he is not always certain whether what is happening around him is delusion or illusion or reality. And the play is so well conceived that at times the audience shares those uncertainties. After causing a horrible accident, Luca vows to get the help he needs and to do the work he knows will not be easy. I hope college-age actors everywhere will accept the challenge of this masterful, unsettling work from the creative mind of Jarred Corona.

The past and present, recollection and reality, flow together seemlessly as feisty waitress Daphne reflects on her decades-long working life alongside her friend Vera. People fade in and out of her memories--the men she and Vera married, the working-class guys who came in for breakfast and lunch, the girls who hit the place for some food on their way to the clubs. The play is a sometimes heart-warming, sometimes heart-breaking portrayal that will leave audiences with a smile and a tear. Beautifully done.

You may think you know this story--the SS searches for a boy and threatens members of the family they believe is hiding him. But the twists and turns this play takes will shatter your preconceptions. If you read it it will haunt you for days. Members of an audience lucky enough to see it performed will still be debating the ending the next day over breakfast. Highly recommended.

In seventy years of playing bingo, rivals Mary and Susan have each won 1,503 games. They only have one more night to determine a lifetime champion, and for them "cutthroat" competition is no metaphor. This hilarious play would be comedy gold for two older actors and the two outsiders who inadvertently get in their way. A real treat.

Will they or won't they? Can connection survive detergent sensitivity? A rash nearly derails a rush to the bedroom--or the trampoline--but Henry David Thoreau plays matchmaker. A unique concept results in an engaging little play. Delightful.

A seedy small-town hotel where people go to escape or to disappear; a cast of unique and memorable characters; a uneasy atmosphere; and a twist at the end that is well prepared but still surprising--another terrific play by John Patrick Bray.

Huddled in a basement with the infamous Palm Sunday tornados bearing down on them, a married couple and their unwilling guest confront long-held secrets, self-serving lies, long-standing grievances, and ingrained prejudices. A terrific character study that deserves wide-spread production.

Killing animals for sport is an ethical debate. Killing humans for sport is a sci-fi trope. But killing androids for sport? What if they look and act startlingly human? Do they have feelings? Do they have souls? What if the quarry bears more than a passing resemblance to someone you love? Pynn handles these questions with great skill in this unforgettable play.

This is a superb entry into the world of PTSD, where nightmares, memories, and figments of imagination become as real to the audience as they are to the soldier who was unable to save his brother after a helicopter crash during the Gulf War. This moving play needs to be read and produced. An eye-opening masterwork.

One of the revelations of playwrighting is discovering that audiences/readers find in your work things you never intended. In this play, Claude the playwright thinks he's written a drama, Sid the producer thinks he's reading a comedy. This short account of their discussion has a big payoff. Terrific work from Williams as always.