Recommended by Zack Peercy

ENDURING JEST absolutely should not work. And yet, it does. A profound, engrossing, maddening script that turns an inaccessible subject into a loving embrace. I would gladly sit on a recorded phone interview for hours discussing this script and my love for it.

This play is an all-timer. Jones has crafted a two-hander that will have audiences looking in a mirror, sitting on the edge of their seat, laughing in the aisles, and calling their loved ones on the way home from the theater. It also has a third act moment that is so good, I'm still mad I didn't think of it. Cannot wait to say, "I saw the first production before everyone was doing it."

Hilarious! Like your favorite stoner comedies, it's full of quotable lines, stupid bits, and characters so vibrant you just want to jump on stage and party with them. So many fun design opportunities too!

An idea so good, I'm surprised no one has done it! WISE GUYS is a fantastic road trip comedy full of laughs, suspense, and so much heart. A new holiday classic!

An incredible play from an incredible playwright! Barr reckons with an artist's (and a human's) greatest struggles in this taut meditation on creation. A stunning theatrical achievement that will keep an audience engaged long after the curtain goes down.

I absolutely love this play! A choose-your-own-adventure play that keeps all ages engaged in choice-making and lesson-learning! A script that never condescends or simplifies its message. JORDAN CHASE is a lovely example of TYA done right!

I was lucky enough to see a reading of this at The Goodman this summer and haven't stopped thinking about it since. Kime is one of the finest playwrights of her generation and this play is proof of that. IT GIRL speaks to the millennial obsession with exploitation narratives and provides a nuanced view of the institutional problems that keep the cycle alive. Absolutely incredible work. Theaters should be fighting over this one.

Big Time Toppers is a beautiful, tragic, and downright silly play about the chaotic and destructive nature of following your dreams. Much like the featured hurricane, Vermillion swirls a powerful narrative that starts at 100mph and only escalates from there. You will laugh at, sympathize with, and see yourself in these clowns; their struggle is perfect for the stage. There is so much theatrical potential in this script, you'd be a total clown not to produce this show!

I was so fortunate to have seen this piece at the William Inge Theatre Festival New Play Lab! Hunter provides a meditative and thorough examination on grief that provides the audience with a nuanced understanding of a character’s sadness in such a short amount of time. This universal topic is filtered through such a specific and fascinating lens. A great challenge for a director and actors that should be taken advantage of!

I was so lucky to have a seen a reading of this at the William Inge Theatre Festival New Play Lab! An expertly crafted two-hander full of humor and pathos. Rice has a deep and rich understanding of Setting and gives the audience an immediate connection to the world of the play. There's an incredibly strong dynamic to the characters that would entice any actors. Cannot wait to see the long life of this piece!