Recommended by Emily Hageman

This is the cutest, silliest, most precious thing I have ever read in my entire life. At first, I was so worried that something terrible was going to happen--were the cute old couple going to break up? BUT THEN, the most adorable thing happened and I could NEVER be so cruel as to spoil what adorable thing that is. You will just have to read it. Weaver truly makes the world a warmer, sweeter, happier place with his plays and there is nothing false about his enthusiasm for life which infuses his plays with boundless charm. Highly recommended.

Remarkable, moving, funny, layered, and incredibly real, I could not stop reading "Queen of Sad Mischance." Beverly, Kym, and Roy are all so powerfully real it is hard to read what they say and do to each other. They are selfish people, they are brilliant people, but they are truly PEOPLE in all their most profound sadness. The story is engaging in and of itself, but it is the magnificent characters, the realistic dialogue (best I've read in a long time), and the truth of the situation they are in that makes this play so magnificent. Highly, highly recommended.

Valerie is a girl who just wants to have fun. Valerie is a girl who loves cosplay. Valerie is a girl who didn't know that she was going to have to be a hero, but she is one. She had her origin story and we don't ever see it. Valerie is broken and scared beneath all of her kicking and screaming and bravado, but she is fearless and she is loud regardless of her terror--and that is what makes her a true hero. Put Valerie on stage because you are SURROUNDED by Valeries, you just don't know it. Thanks, Wyndham.

"The Boy on the Beach" is poetry in its most elegant form. It is languid and sensual, beautiful and easy. The prose flows gorgeously and elegantly. The story is a simple one, one that has been told many times--a boy on the cusp of manhood and the women who gently lead him over the threshhold, but Weaver tells the story lovingly, respectfully, tenderly. A first kiss is a precious thing--and Weaver treats it thusly, creating a play that is pure magic, pure sweetness, and pure Weaver.

A beautiful piece of imagined history that very well could have happened. O'Grady deftly shapes Agatha and Archie into two fully-fleshed out, real people that you could imagine meeting. Their dialogue is devastating and their relationship is fully relatable. At the end, Agatha makes her choice--and it is no surprise that Archie and Agatha did not last. Agatha truly loved one thing--and she stands by it all the way to the end. The play is delightful and simple, but it should not be underestimated--it packs a punch.

Delightfully funny and sad, Goldman-Sherman has painted us a picture of a couple who is both realistic and unrealistic at differing points. Nearly poetic in moments, we believe that this married couple has been together for a long time--they seem to fully understand each other without having the slightest notion of wht the other person is feeling. The end is just what the audience wants--but Goldman-Sherman doesn't leave the play without the slightest twinge of "is it really all okay?" A play that flows effortlessly with delight on every page.

A play that I read feeling tense, irritated, amused, frustrated, concerned, and disgusted all in the same moment. Sasha and Mikayla are NOT good people, but they are somehow likable. They do really unpleasant things. They are vain and shallow, but I could not stop reading their dialogue. Osmundsen has created two extremely realistic and unique people in a very interesting scenario. I spent the whole play waiting for them to get their comeuppance and even when they "did," they didn't. An engaging, interesting play that says a lot without ever SAYING it. Highly recommended.

A fun play for two girls that isn't ALL ABOUT a guy. A great piece for two high school actresses to cut their teeth on--and I could see a couple middle school girls enjoying it as well. Radtke has a finger on the pulse of young women and how they think and talk. While the girls may seem vain and shallow at times, they are actually pretty smart and value things that matter. Girls will enjoy getting to act their age in their era while being hilarious funny. Great choice for competitions.

Absolutely hilarious and somewhat dark, McBurnette-Andronicos paints a quick, fascinating character study in several large, but extremely detailed strokes. We know these people, we've seen these people, we've wondered about these people--and now all I can think about is what happens after the play. The questions are unanswered in this play, just like they are in life. I'm not sure what else to say about this play except that I consumed it quickly and was left somehow simultaneously satisfied and wanting more. It's haunting, it's funny, it's weird, and it works. Produce this now. Highly recommended.

Sincere, interesting, and wholly unique, Weaver paints a picture in this tight ten minute play. Despite the modernized dialogue, I could see this actually being a conversation that happened back then. This would be a hit with faith-based audiences everywhere, and secular crowds too. It's funny, but it's also a little dark--the eagerness of the couple to see a crucifixion and the cavalier way they mention that Jesus should be locked up is unsettling. Weaver has created another quick gem that is infused with his typical thoughtfulness, humor and sincerity. Weaver's work demands audiences.