Recommended by Steven G. Martin

Speed thrills (and kills).

The central conflict and action in Daniel Prillaman's 1-minute play will make an audience scream and laugh because it transfers from cause to effect so suddenly. Prillaman's characters ramp up from 1 to 100 in mere seconds.

As with all of Prillaman's plays, enjoy the stage directions of this script, especially the super-dry, dark humor-tinged ones.

A highly visual, highly detailed minute of theatre that shows the fragility of life and how a moment changes everything.

Prillaman stretches his muscles as a visual storyteller with this dialogue-free play. Each moment is part of a natural progression, but those details can be so clear with an excellent actor and director.

Sweet & sexy, affectionate, a little playful -- this feels like a pitch perfect romance.

"Now That THAT'S Over..." understands that some people have little to no loving contact with others since the pandemic started. The breeziness of the dialogue and scenario between Hudson and Dexter is emotionally soothing and affirming.

The one-minute meet-cute romantic comedy is exactly what you need if chaos, blood, swashbuckling, and dark humor are your thing.

Scott Sickles' outstanding writing makes "Love and Gratitude" an absolute wild ride -- there's no time to breathe or orient yourself. It's action packed, it's immediate, and audiences will go with it because there are so many gasp-worthy moments.

This one-minute play is a lovely reminder about children's imagination, their skill at play, and how deep they will go to find friendships.

There are scary aspects to Sickles' "Arboreal Conquests," but they they'll release giddy excitement as the entire story and the sweet, give-and-take relationship between Child and Tree is shown. It's all wonderfully composed in a single minute.

Enthusiastic people are terrific ... until they become a threat against themselves.

"In Conversation with Caterpillars" is a nice, comic reminder by Monica Cross that we should let Nature do its own thing on its own timetable. It knows what it's doing.

A well-rounded (characters, dialogue, action are all good), well-written, complete play in one minute.

Cross beautifully creates two characters with almost opposite personalities: the sensible denier and the whimsical sensualist. And both are fully relatable for audiences, which is an elegant balancing act. "A Shower of Meteorites" would make for a lovely production.

A genuinely terrific, emotionally involving 10-minute drama.

Martha and Casey are trapped in an impossible situation. Their needs are desperate, and the only way they can get what they want is if the other loses out. And the audience sees they are both justified in getting what they need.

Andrew Heinrich has created a play not about a political issue, but people with desires, flaws, and no certainty that things will improve even if they get what they want. No wonder it has such a rich development and production history.

A subtle 10-minute play about relationships that would benefit from subtle direction and performances.

Kim E. Ruyle sets up tension in "Thalia's B&B" that barely comes to a head at the end. But at the end, things have changed and perhaps something has broken.

A 10-minute, mother/son, Christmas drama that is more sweet than bitter, but there are plenty of moments of the latter.

With just a few key lines of dialogue -- not only what Robert and Anne say, but how they say it -- Vince Melocchi creates personal histories that an audience can piece together. Audiences will want to listen closely to understand these characters rather than judge them. Enjoy the Melocchi's details about the setting, which creates a apropos backdrop for the characters.

This is a very nice Christmas play ready for an extended production history.