Recommended by Elizabeth A. M. Keel

Three cheers for two good female roles and strong, eloquent sci-fi. The script provides a taste of the near future, well-salted with extremely current social commentary. (Moon gentrification... these conversations are coming up fast.) I hope the playwright continues to explore this compelling world!

This ambitious thriller packs so much punch into its ten minute tale! The creeping technology taking over our lives is brought into stark focus by this eerie escalation. There's also such a rich opportunity for the props designer to craft a bot you will never forget.

I love this valentine to the kaiju. The play beautifully juxtaposes nature against civilization, and tranquility against anxiety. Thank you for bringing impossible creatures like Agatha to the stage!

What a special piece. The ebb and flow from Christmas to Christmas, with knowledge being lost or preserved, and truths changing from woman to woman, is something deeply human. The thought of the ghost table and the chance to design it gives me literal goosebumps.  There is humor and hope, but it's tempered with the salt of sadness at the same time. An A+ play: well worth the groceries.

Ohhhhhhhh, what a treat. I wound up reading this at home alone, in the pitch black dark by candlelight the evening following a tornado. YUP YUP YUP YUP YUP. The title is smart and easy to market, the culture (brujas, Paleras, and Espiritismo) is elegantly represented, it's sexy and fresh, the subplots are easy to follow, the pay off is divine, there’s a final jump scare, it’s got family, it’s got romance, it’s got humor - hurry, hurry, hurry, and produce this now!

Dinner's ready, and it's a healthy serving of plotting, complacency, and revolt. The dark morals of The Tasters are deliciously chewy, and no one character is above the mess of making decisions. Such a rich ensemble story! It would be impossible to leave this play without indulging in a meaningful conversation.

What an exquisite, shimmering ache of a play. This swift and compelling sci-fi merges ghosts, the ocean, and the very limits of language to create something vivid and eternal.

I loved this very Kantorian take on a meet-cute. The Underworld awaits us all (or at least, us mortals!) In that vein, seeing Achilles and Iphigenia as vulnerable humans, at last having a conversation born of longing and loneliness, transcends time. What a delicate soap bubble of a ten minute. A joy to sit with.

What a devastating, resonant clash of friends and neighbors. The plot gorgeously zooms in on each individual, and then out to the global ramifications, in a way that feels both shocking and inevitable. The final scene will break your heart and glue it together again.

"I do not recognize you as I once did.
You have become something haunting in my eyes."
The Ashen Crown is a taut, feminine, and poignant examination of the reverberations of war, and a solemn reminder of our shared humanity.