Recommended by Lainie Vansant

What a romp! This play is a ton of fun for young actors and their audiences. It'll give you a good smile, so check it out!

Rivers uses a variety of theatrical tools to great effect in this fascinating play. He layers together music, imagery, and overall theatre magic to tell a true story that has often been overlooked.

Reading this in 2022 is ... uncanny. This piece is prophetic. It's also innovative in its approach to gathering people together to think about themselves and their history in a space together. Very nicely done and worth your time.

This is an excellent, nuanced play about an issue that is often erroneously portrayed as black-and-white. These characters are complicated and conflicted -- an actor's dream -- and the story twists and turns in ways that lean into those conflicts. I would love to see it staged!

Even just reading this play, I can vividly imagine what it would look like -- the imagery is striking and strong, a gift to designers and actors alike. This is sure to make your audiences think, so if you're looking to challenge your audience and delight your creative team, definitely give this play a read!

This is a deeply personal, incredibly moving show -- thank you, Franky for sharing it with the world. It's a peek behind the curtain, a life story, a confession. Gonzalez has given the world a gift here.

Cizmar has chosen a powerful script and updated it in a powerful way. As a Spanish Golden Age nerd, I really enjoyed the thoughtfulness that went into this script, the distinct voice and relevance that Cizmar brings to the project, and the power of the women in this script. If you want a new take on a sometimes overlooked classic, this is the play for you!

A poetic, layered piece of theatre. The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard is perfect for an intimate space with an engaged audience. As a reader, I was very engaged in figuring out how the characters developed over time, and what that meant for the story and the message Romero is getting across.

Huskinson gives us an edgy but optimistic story about family and a history of deadly viruses in this interesting play. It's timely and full of hope that maybe people on different ends of ideological spectrums may be able to come together still when it matters.

This play is just so fun! If you're bogged down by the goings-on in the world today and need something fun, read this play! If you're having a great summer and you want to keep the vibes going, read this play! In general just read and produce this play, it's such a blast!