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Jerry knows and understands his perspectives, unfortunately he assumes Natalie shares them. McClain shows that being nice and helpful means little if it's not focused on what the other person needs. After reading "The Un-Help Desk," you'll see why it's more than deserving of its accolades and productions.

Laugh-out-loud funny. I love silly humor, and the scenario Carnes has created is near to bursting with it. Everyone involved in the production of "ME DIRECT" will love it, and audiences will love it even more.

Loving sisters up against a cold reality. When needs arise, family members will ask anything of and do anything for one another, including providing an escape. Franky Gonzalez's short play is bittersweet and offers a lot of subtext for female actors to play.

Graff presents the Unknown as Stalker and Slayer.

Scary as hell to read. Probably even scarier in a site-specific space where it's meant to be performed. An audience in a public space is not going to hear and see everything in this story, and their imaginations will fill in details with the most horrific options.

A lazy, incompetent, thoughtless colleague. A boss who can't be bothered with face-to-face meetings. An underling with an angle and a far-reaching plan. Welcome to Matt's world. Welcome to advertising.

Green's "The Campaign" is great workplace comedy and insightful social satire. Produce it.

Nelson Diaz-Marcano's short comedy features plenty of bad people doing stupid and selfish things, and there's a bit of a comeuppance at the end. Which makes it the best kind of comedy. Actors and audiences alike will love "The Hostile, The Holy and The Holding" in any holiday-themed festival.

Good back-and-forth dialogue between characters at odds, including just the right amount and intensity of cursing. Ultimately upbeat. "Marathon" would be a fine addition to a mini-play festival.

Deray has written a monologue about a character who may not have had much of a voice in the past. Thanks to the details in this script -- including the emotional highs and lows Deray writes so directly -- he sure as hell has a voice now. Powerful, uplifting, strong.

Audiences will laugh aloud at McGregor's use of logic and physical comedy in this very funny play. The fact that he skewers some extremist beliefs also is pretty terrific.

Even before its shocking twist at the end, Richard Lyons Conlon's short play will quicken the pulse of everyone in the audience.