Recommended by Rachael Carnes

I hope more readers will discover this compelling story, interwoven with the textures and patterns that span generations and bridging not two languages, but three. Floresislas transports us through space and time in this unique, relevant and powerful play. I'm so glad to have the chance to see it performed at Milagro Theatre's Ingenio Festival. I hope to see spaces bring this amazing piece into full production soon.

I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to see this lovely play at Milagro Theatre's Ingenio Festival. Where to begin? Fiercely intelligent and relatable, with big bold humor and deep heart, this play finds ways to connect the threads between past and future, between worlds and families. Diaz-Marcano's voice rises up clear and confident. Anyone in the audience tonight felt it: This play needs to be seen, in full glorious production, and soon!

I saw this compelling piece performed as part of Milagro Theatre's Ingenio festival, and I'm grateful for Dawes' tremendously effective work with this historic project, fearlessly exploring -with relevance and insight - 300 years of identity and culture. We need plays like this one to be read and seen. I'm so glad I had the opportunity.

EEeeek this is fun and just a little too close to reality for comfort. Augmenting our bodies with Smart technology seems a logical extension, and Cirone explores this alien new space with confidence and humor in this gripping short play. Lots of room here for a creative team to make the technology really come to life — I'd recommend this piece for SciFi festivals, also line-ups that address the way women's bodies are viewed and treated societally. Lots to think about in this accessible, resonant piece.

Wahoo! Mythology AND puppets?? Be still my weirdo heart! Simon is hilarious -- Thanks NPX, for bringing this swell writer and dramaturg to my attention as a "featured reader" -- This little play is a real treat. I love it when I read something that's spinning at a high velocity, where the imaginative world of the play and the relationships and conflict therein are enough to make an enjoyable and satisfying theater moment. It's like a play for three characters, played by one off-kilter person! Looking forward to reading more of this writer's work soon.

Robert lets the rhythm of brutal gun violence statistics wash over you here — Setting us up for wave after wave of facts and figures, a counterpoint to loss, the rent of grief and real, unimaginable horror and loss. It's overwhelming in its energy, steady and relentless, pulling us -- hopefully -- out of our collective slumber and stirring us towards meaningful change.

Hoke develops this play with equal measures heart and head — It's redolent with warmth and humor, the balance of safety and the chiding, teasing familiarity of family — while being just so beautifully constructed and polished. As a reader, this is a satisfying, meaty play, the perfect blend of drama and comedy, and I'm sure it would be an exciting playground for a creative team, full of bold dynamics and timely conversation.

This monologue is why theater exists and has always existed — To express, through art, what cannot be expressed otherwise. And here, Burbano has charged us with 10,000 volts of energy, anger and deep humanity — Read this, feel the loss, the exquisite, heartbreaking detail. If you're like me, cry. And then please produce this play.

Bohannon might be the funniest writer on NPX. I busted a gut reading this gem and I'm even more impressed that it's a 24-hour project. Crackling language, fun setup and room for big broad humor. Love this! If you're ready for a little levity -- read this!!!

Hahaha! Cozzola has delightful fun with this set up and creates a devilishly funny holiday monologue - ribald and welcoming, it's like surreal David Sedaris. I'm a big fan! I'd love to see this onstage, and I might read it again during the midst of an especially deflating holiday -- Because haven't we all had those from time to time? This piece would make a super-fun audition piece to boot.