Recommended by Steven G. Martin

Very effective sleight of hand from Barna. The situation immediately sets up expectations, which are not met. And Uncle's love of food -- especially ice cream -- adds a lovely humane touch.

Beautiful tense situation and environment with dread that only deepens throughout the tale. Beautifully understanding ending for an audience to put two and two together.

The subtlest of manipulations and justifications guide this delicate horror as a soul deflates and evil emerges. Genuinely upsetting.

"Fair is foul and foul is fair." -- John Busser's short comedy upends everything an audience expects in a short about possession and exorcism. Great fun to read and no doubt even better in production.

This is an upsetting play, and audiences will feel strongly for protagonist JoJo/Elissa. She's in a short fever nightmare: There is lots of dread, little logic, and fewer answers as she navigates Guzzi's script.

A what-the-hell-in-the-best-kind-of-way comedy. Remind me to avoid teens: they're ambitious blackmailers, reluctant witches, horny allergy sufferers, and so much more in this dark comedy. Superb stuff.

Terrific location, unexpected characterization. This short horror-comedy is a lot of fun.

Clever and witty, which is a John Busser staple -- he's one of the cleverest writers you'll find. But also just nasty and horrific enough to make an audience flinch en masse.

Greg Mandryk sets an audience's collective horrific imagination free with electrifying use of sound cues. And he reminds us that sometimes it's best not to ask too many questions. Horrifying.

So visual, horrific, and satiric in such a short amount of time. Very funny too.