Recommended by Danielle Mohlman

School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play is so incredible that I'm having a hard time coming up with the right words. And after watching it, I find myself shaking off the deep-rooted teenage judgments that were whispered (and yelled) around me in middle and high school. I could not be more different from these characters, and yet there is a universality there — a feeling of never being enough and a realization that your school is only a speck on the world stage. Thank you, Jocelyn!

I love how vivid and magical and terrifying this Reykjavík that Steve Yockey has created is. It felt simultaneously like a dream and like the most real reality I've ever experienced. The characters are so beautifully drawn and the doubling is extraordinary, which makes me want to see it on stage — as soon as humanly possible. Thank you, Steve!

This play is incredible and I loved every minute of it. There was a moment halfway through, just as I was grieving the loss of one incredible character, when I burst out laughing on my couch. (You'll know the moment when you get to it. And I envy you because I'll never get to experience that moment for the first time again.) I long for the day when I can grieve and laugh with this play in the theatre. It's magnificent. Thank you, Celine!

Wow. I am blown away by how much I love The Place That Made You. This play is simultaneously intimate and expansive, deeply personal and wildly universal. Whenever I read one of Darcy's plays, I know I'm in for a deeply moving gut punch, one grounded in the humor of everyday speech and the mysticism that comes with making sense of your own queer reality. The Place That Made You was all that and more. Thank you, Darcy!

I was lucky enough to see a virtual staged reading of This Vessel is a Fragile Thing on March 23 and I know I'm going to be thinking about it for a long time. Tristan does weird in the very best way — weird that makes you think and wrestle and marvel and care. I cannot wait for there to be a fully produced version because I picture it full of dance and technicolor dreams. Thank you for writing this, Tristan!

I love female-centric plays that are loud and messy and kind of indescribable and Cycle Play (or Two Sweaty) checks all those boxes and more. I would absolutely love to see this play staged. I can only begin to imagine how real sweat, real fatigue, and powerful bodies add to this dark dark comedy about spin class. Thank you, Megan!

I want to hang out with Zalmy and Shmuel and their Mitzvah Tank all day. TRAYF is such a beautiful, human, and warm story about two 19-year-old orthodox kids just trying to figure things out and I loved every minute of it. I would absolutely love to see this play staged one day. Thank you, Lindsay!

I know these people. I hesitate to even call them characters because even growing up in southern California, I was surrounded by people just like Emily, Justin, Teresa, and Kevin -- conservative Catholics who I called my friends. I was riveted by every single conversation in Heroes of the Fourth Turning. I love how much I disagreed with them, while still leaning into the thought process. This play is magnificent and I hope I get to see it staged one day. Thank you, Will!

NYLON is a beautiful, intimate play about the lies we tell ourselves in order to live. It's a gorgeous play told in coffee dates and conversations. Everything about it was surprising and deeply human. It's full of those "Did that just come out of my mouth?" moments, which I absolutely loved. Thank you, Sofia!

Sorry I Missed You was my first introduction to Ryan's work and I'm looking forward to so much more! In many ways, this is a director's and actors' dream piece, leaving so much room for non-verbal moments as the voicemails are delivered. I was lucky enough to see a staged reading of this play at Dacha Theatre with all parts read live, but I can just as easily picture the voicemails as part of a soundscape. Tons of wonderful roles for high school and college students. Give it a read!