Recommended by Abigail Henkin

What I love about this play is that, although set in a world of authoritarian conformity that feels terrifyingly plausible, individual characters are treated with such humanity and compassion. It’s a play that evokes a desire to connect with history and culture - as someone with Jewish descent, it’s the reason I started Yiddish on Duolingo. But it also feels intersectional in its argument for understanding the importance of our history and defending it from homogenizing powers.

I’m blown away by the beauty and flow of language in this emotional play. I love a smart reimagination of a classic text, and this play updates THE DYBBUK in ways that feel sharp and challenging for our current moment. Its complex approach to spirituality, guilt and redemption should resonate for anyone, especially those facing the loss of a difficult loved one.

This play is a sheer delight - laugh out loud funny, twisty, gleeful in its queerness, only to surprise with genuine cutting emotion when all guards are down. The title says a lot, but still doesn’t fully capture the magic. Go in with no expectations and enjoy the ride.

My favorite works are often the ones that can make you both laugh and cry - this is a prime example. This beautiful, heartbreaking, authentic, warm-hearted play should speak to anyone who’s ever gotten wisdom from a grandparent or elder. It’s a play about love when it’s hard and the power of our families. And you’ll learn some neuroscience along the way!

Coming from a similar background as the playwright, this play helped me make sense of my upbringing and the ways that faiths get knotted. It’s also super funny, theatrical, and honest. It’s extremely personal, but that level of detail also makes it feel relatable and universal. A one-woman tour-de-force.

A tender and poetic play that honors its subject. Grappling with questions of authenticity, editing, and artistic meaning, “The Poet in White” combines diligent research with strong interpretive choices as it makes sense of Dickinson’s legacy and the people who shaped what it became, for better or worse. A beautiful drama about family, love, art, and what to make of the pieces of themselves the dead leave behind. Visually and emotionally compelling.

Wickedly funny with a devastating emotional core, “On the Greenbelt” asks hard questions about how we care for the people we love when they hurt us to our core. The flawed but extremely vulnerable characters feel believable, their relationships well-lived. “On the Greenbelt” tackles thorny ethical issues with nuance and compassion, with inventive staging and a fast-pace. It’s a visceral exploration of grief, family, relationships, and end of life care. Can’t wait to see it on a stage

In this supernatural drama, two sisters must decide how to move forward from the mysterious death of a beloved grandmother, as their house seems to offer clues. Her use of this setting deliciously unnerves us as much as skeptical Ave. Haunting and melancholy without slipping into melodrama, Bonamici asks us not to accept the limits of our beliefs.

In this sardonic critique of so-called progress, Conlon twists our expectations by making his AI writer seemingly more human than its creators. By doing so, he not only makes us laugh, but forces us to reflect on how far the quest for creation - scientific and artistic - can actually take us, without forgetting the critical role of humor. Highly intriguing and thought-provoking

After the apocalypse, two women hope against all odds and reason for their survival, hell, their immortality as they try to keep each other alive. A heartbreaking and deeply felt play about the power of story with a perfect ending