Recommended by Kyle Smith

Goldman-Sherman revisits the Antigone myth, giving full voice to the still "radical" notion that women are people and deserve justice. Goldman-Sherman seamlessly blends classic tropes with modern sensibilities and creates a play that challenges at every turn and is well worth first prize at the festival of Dionysus. Bravo.

With trauma comes personal monsters. Partain's metaphor is so powerful because of how much truth it holds. Trauma breaks something and unleashes a part of you that's necessary to survive. A monster. All this nuance is deftly explored in this brilliant 10 minute play.

Wildly funny and deeply moving, chemistry hits on the reality of living and dating with mental illness. Tons of laughs to keep you going in the heavy material until the last line which left me weeping on the subway. Well done.

Kangaroo deals deftly with the give and take of relationships and the messiness that comes with incompatible kinks. For the conversation this play opens up about sex, its definitely worth the read

Jamie’s question that rings out in the penultimate scene of this play feels heartbreakingly refreshingly real. Is this all this is functions as the question at the heart of the play for Jamie, and sticks with me in all its beautiful messiness.

This play is a powerful study of depression and potential parenthood, that vacillates between big laughs and big feels. As a soon-to-be parent that is mentally ill, I felt deeply seen by this play. A Thousand Natural Shocks is the kind of mental health-positive theater that needs to be seen everywhere. Produce this play!

This play is tragic and heartbreaking and harrowing and hopeful. This play raises awareness of an all to frequent issue in the neurodivergent community, and gives voice to children whose voices were taken from them. Powerful, moving, and hopefully motivating to do better for neurotypical audiences.

This dark, beautiful, funny play feels like it was crafted by a croissant baker. Each page, a new layer peels back, and as you keep going through the layers, the new but similar layers, you arrive closer to the heart of this complicated play. Nobody knows what to do during something like this, so all you can do is eat a turnip and hope for the best. Well done.

A meaningful play on how to reclaim autonomy in a society that sells your data for cash. When the internet civil war does break out, becoming a discon will be revolutionary.

Relationships are hard. Distance relationships are harder. Cards is a funny short play about keeping the spark alive from a distance. Difficult, but possible if the love and lust are strong enough. Nice work!