Recommended by Audrey Webb

When a female survivor of sexual abuse tries to confront the past with new-found strength, her husband points out the ruthlessness with which victims are pursued by the legal system. With directness and simplicity, Triplett uncovers so many complicated truths about the never-ending horror of sexual abuse. He reveals how the ugly scar it leaves behind goes many layers deep and affects more than just the body on which the trauma was inflicted.

Wyndham takes us on an emotional journey as he reveals what costumes can't mask. Valerie finds she is the superhero in her own life, and doesn't need to role-play to find her power.

Desperation can lead us to make inappropriate choices and can highlight our ineptitude at handling life's most difficult challenges. Munter effectively brings all this to the fore with immense humor and absurdity, making Hedda the Hopper a surprising and wonderfully ridiculous romp.

Osmundsen has created an amazing and horrifying world in which people must choose thought over words. In a short amount of stage time, Make Way gives us a glimpse into a book-burning dystopia, where demanded allegiance to authority is far more destructive of souls than it is to physical matter.

Haller offers a great perspective on how outrage can grow snowball in the social media era, where we all feel the need to express an opinion, even when we are not in control of the facts. Using a chorus of voices, Haller comments on the disconnect between reality and rage in a way that makes the audience better understand the helplessness of those whose voices cannot compete with the volume and speed in which messages travel.

A visual and verbal treat! This play demonstrates Dickens's sharp wit, comedic timing, and inventive imagination. Great fun!

Carnes writes about sexuality from the perspective of four generations of women gathered at a baby shower for the youngest among them. The setting provides a delicate counterpoint to the trauma of a near-future scenario in which repression runs rampant. Egg in Spoon provides great lines and distinctive characters as it explores the troubling possibility of what could happen if our current leadership fails women.

A semicolon can join two closely related independent clauses; Rinkel uses this concept to join two closely related yet independent people in a refreshing look at teenage anxiety over orientation. There are moments of great pathos punctuated with punchlines that will stick with you.

This slice-of-life play demonstrates through a multi-generational perspective just how pervasive sexual violence is in our culture, and how survivors deal with the aftermath in ways that don't always make sense to those around them. In a gentle yet powerful way, Cole provides a solid exploration of an issue that is on our minds.

Jealousy, regret, atmosphere, and secrets -- they're all here in this dynamic one-act. The play gives young actors some very meaty substance in powerful roles. Blur in the Rear View has incredible dynamic tension -- it feels like an elastic that is about to snap.