Recommended by Steven G. Martin

A simple, direct twist into supernatural horror.

"Eyes of Purest Gold" is a short nightmare, indeed. I love how Monica Cross creates a disorienting atmosphere to tell the story of this new father and his comeuppance.

"Hey Babe" is genuinely upsetting, stomach-churning horror.

Blevins creates palpable tension from the first beat in "Postpartum" and builds -- with a few moments when the audience can exhale -- to a shocking climax that takes the breath away.

There was a lot of flat-out funny stuff here in a Zoom performance of "The Laboratory." Christopher Soucy brings together two characters who would never meet in usual dramaturgical circumstances. Fortunately Soucy isn't a usual sort of playwright. Light, genial, and filled with humor.

Dominica Plummer has written a terrific revenge play in "The Lady with the Laptop." I especially enjoy the title character who enacts the revenge could be casually overlooked or patronized by the world because of her age and gender. It's added depth to this short play.

Williams layers twist upon twist upon twist in this satire, with a nice biting line to tie everything together. This is short play is good commentary on the state of the State of Florida.

Scott Sickles has written a very funny comedy about classic Hollywood and stardom. Genevieve and Desiree are wonderful types that fans of classic movies will recognize and love. Sickles' choice of documentary style is a wise one, allowing for lots of opportunities for comedy.

John Busser's twists and turns in "Taken to School" are very enjoyable, but what I especially love about this short play is the hint of fatherly pride. Dad loves Marty, but there's a glimmer of respect shown here, too.

Scott Sickles celebrates bad theatre in this poison-pen yet loving parody of "What The Hell?". The combinations of excesses in this short comedy will puzzle an audience at first, but then give way to peals of laughter.