Recommended by Lainie Vansant

Osmundsen balances warmth, conflict, and information beautifully in this short and sweet play. It feels like he's put an internal conversation that many of us have had with ourselves down on the page, with some added clarity and conciseness that I appreciate.

This play does an excellent job immersing its audience in it's protagonist's overstimulating world. It was both engaging and disorienting just to read it -- once a production adds in the projections and other theatre magic, it's sure to be unforgettable.

What a treat for those of us who weren't lucky enough to be on this particular rejection thread. This is a hoot! I'll be keeping an eye out for future work from the Salon Des Refuses!

Dietz always does a great job crafting characters and creating great opportunities for intimate scene work, and this play certainly showcases that skill. It's mysterious and compelling and gives its actors the chance to be complicated people. What more could you ask for?

What an eerie, poetic look at a possible future for... humanity (or whatever we become down the line). This play is thought-provoking and easy to produce, making it perfect for theatres of any size!

There's a lot that's eerily familiar in this dystopian play -- the similarities between Johanna's situation and American politics today could be very, very dark, but Goodman manages to balance this play with a sense of adventure and a lot of hope. I got to see a Zoom reading at the 2025 GPTC, and it was a thought-provoking good time.

I got to see a Zoom reading of this play for 2025's GPTC, and it was a deftly balanced emotional ride. The comedy is layered in nicely with big, important themes and questions the play poses but doesn't try to answer. What or who is God? How much should we try to help one another? How do we feed both our physical and spiritual selves? Sometimes pursuing the answers to these questions makes our characters look ridiculous, but I appreciated their honest pursuit of the answers. Beautiful work.

The content warning before this play at GPTC was about "corporate bullshit," and that could not have prepared me better for this piece. It's hilarious, absurd, and creepily reminiscent of every meaningless meeting you've ever had in an office job. Sometimes bosses jerk you around and decisions come back to bite you, but all you can do is laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing. I give it a 15 out of 12 and the whole pie.

I had the pleasure of Zooming into GPTC's 2025 reading of this spooky play, and it was a thrilling experience. Schlichtman deftly layers in more and more danger as the play moves along. This play would be perfect for a tight black box or an open, echoing proscenium space. The sky's the limit!

I had the pleasure of seeing a staged reading of Wave After Wave presented by the Great Plains Theatre Commons (via Zoom). This piece has beautiful language, but also makes a lot of space for beautiful movement. I love when a piece lends itself to a lot of different visual and technical representations, and I think this is one of those pieces. Challenge your designers, actors, and audiences with this incredible piece!