Recommended by Lainie Vansant

What a sweet holiday reminder! And a great opportunity for actors to do some super fun physical work to boot.

This is a great piece of lighthearted metatheatre to break up your holiday short play festival. Weaver makes solid points about the Elf on the Shelf craze and gives these protesters some delightful things to say all without taking himself or the piece too seriously. This is a chance to have some fun — enjoy it!

The first holiday without a loved one is tough, even — maybe especially — if your relationship with that loved one was complicated. This brave play tackles an example of those complicated relationships head-on and finds hope in creating new traditions and working through the old ones.

This upbeat holiday interaction takes a surrealist turn halfway through to show the audience what’s going on inside the characters’ minds. It’s a sweet, heartfelt moment between two friends who could be more. Lovely.

If you’re nervous about bringing a partner home for the holidays, find some relief in this play. Alyssa is nervous about meeting her girlfriend Taylor’s parents for the first time over the holidays, but the events of this play relieve her nerves and make her optimistic about this meeting with her potential future in-laws. This adorable script is easy to put on stage, and it’s sure to make you smile.

This sweet little play has me getting all misty in a coffee shop. How dare you, Morey!
Seriously, though, this piece is a lovely reminder of "the reason for the season." It would be easy to produce in a number of flexible ways, and it just warms the heart.

Thomas approaches a difficult topic in an accessible and compassionate way in this fascinating script.

Florez tackles a difficult issue with care in this lovely piece. Very nicely done!

A juicy monologue and a fun twist all in just two minutes! This piece is darkly comedic without being hopeless. Check it out!

This play takes the traditional concerns of naturalistic family drama and elevates them with digital interference that slowly encroaches on the real world. That is to say... if the world we know is really 'real' in the first place. There are lots of juicy roles, and Sklenar takes each character seriously. This is lovely work that is worth digging into.