Recommended by Lainie Vansant

The juxtaposition between the church's elevated language and the silliness of this premise is delightful. Given the cast, this would be a lot of fun to see onstage -- and a lot of fun to direct!

A moving monologue plus -- there's a lot of space for artistic interpretation on a director's part in this piece, and the central character offers a great opportunity for an actress of any size. This one will make you think -- check it out!

I love that this play brings up more questions than it answers. It's both beautifully poetic and undeniably strange, and it invites the audience to wonder what might happen next.

What a fun play! Koppen has given Joan of Arc a fun, feminist tone which translates to agency in this quick, fun piece. This is a great ten minute piece that's not too hard to produce -- it's perfect for short play festivals and classrooms!

This moving play cuts through the rhetoric around gendered distinctions in student athletics to show a real, human person on the other side of things. This play uses liminal/memory space beautifully and offers a lot of space for creativity on the part of its director and actors. Plus, it'll break your audience's heart. Great work all around!

I'm a sucker for a story about dogs, and this one had me tearing up at its conclusion. Performing it would be a ton of fun for the actors, and it wouldn't take much on the technical side -- it's perfect for a ten minute play festival!

In many ways, this play is about a symbolic gesture that is too little too late, but Johnson finds a more deft balance between anger and hope by the play's end. This is wonderful work that deserves many performances!

This deeply felt play is doesn't shy away from a single bodily fluid. The connections between these characters are nuanced and complicated. They would be a great challenge for actors to tackle. Check it out!

There's so much heart and specificity in this play. I was really rooting for Quentin and Zia, and I think audiences around the world, but especially in the United States, would love them and learn from them too.

This play tackles a number of heavy topics with incredible compassion for everyone involved. Pelsue tackles big philosophical and ethical topics in a way that works around the temptation to think about them too hard and invites the audience to feel them instead, and it's much harder to come up with a black-and-white answer when we deal with those feelings. This is beautifully written, heart-wrenching work.