Recommended by Lainie Vansant

This adorable short play that would be a ton of fun to perform!

A painful play about not knowing what you want. The characters are flawed and complex - I find myself wondering if there is a right answer here or not - making the story feel true and intimate. Certainly worth a read!

Middle schoolers have their own brand of cruelty. It's easy, as an adult, to forget what that is. What it's like. But this play is designed to let middle schoolers celebrate their weirdness, and it works in a lot of young voices!

The banter between these two characters is sweet and intriguing. Very real and also, sometimes, very beautiful. What a treat!

An adorable examples of girls rocking their nerdiness and helping one another. It's fun and friendly with lots of room for creativity - I would love to see it done!

Surprisingly sweet for a play set in an icky situation. These characters have engaging voices and important things to take care of - they're an odd pair forced together by fate, and it's a pleasure to experience this moment with them.

Routhier has created real characters who aren't necessarily good or bad but are... complicated. Just like humans. Great care is taken with them, and we're left wondering at the end whether this is an insignificant moment or something more important. Very nicely done.

Goldfinger balances dystopian future with a present that audiences will very much connect with in this heart-wrenching play. The arguments for both sides are believable, and it asks big questions about how we label people and how damaging labels - even those that are "earned" - can be. Plus, there are real, high stakes, tight two-person scenes, and a lot of heart. Excellent all around!

What a delight - important, interesting, and written with an engaging voice. It would be a pleasure to perform and an inspiration to see.

So funny and quirky - a story about being yourself and moving on from old friends, things that high schoolers will almost certainly relate to - full of nerdy Harry Potter references that are so on point. It's a delight to read and would surely be a delight to perform.