Recommended by Steven G. Martin

This short monologue is humane, grim, and honest.

Mabey exposes the double-edged sword a lot people are facing during self-quarantining/physical distancing.

This one-minute play already has a varied development and production history, which is well deserved.

A brilliantly imagined and executed 10-minute play. It's a marvel.

For all the rules that some people prescribe to making "A Good 10-Minute Play," Pazniokas brushes aside most of them in order to focus on what (I feel) is the most important: tell an emotional story -- with the highest possible emotional stakes -- well.

Your audiences will be swept up by this play filled to bursting with characters, dialogue filled with straightforward information and implications, and such earnest emotions.

"Sirens" is a tart twist on mythology, as Lee provides a new perspective to some classic characters in this one-minute play. A little dark, a lot of fun.

Azure D Osborne-Lee knows what you're thinking. Azure D Osborne-Lee knows what you expect. And holy wow, do they play with those notions in this laugh-out-loud, one-minute comedy.

That moment when a child realizes a parent is an individual with their own interests, not just someone who cares for them and accedes to their every wish. That moment when empathy and understanding are heightened, honed and expanded. Cathro dramatizes that moment in this short drama with two great roles for women actors.

"IOU" dramatizes that moment of recognition that makes the stomach drop, fills the heart, and actively turns a person's world an abrupt 180 degrees. It's the moment when people reconsider everything they thought they knew about family and love.

Gamal ElSawah creates an elegant, theatrical premise in this short romantic play. Reading "Do You Speak My Language?" I have a new lens through which to understand the joy finding a new romantic relationship and what it means to flourish in it.

ElSawah is so confident in his storytelling skills, too. Not only is the premise wonderful, but the play employs direct address and leaps of time in the narrative. This is a play your audiences will long remember after experiencing it.

A fun, literary "what if?" of a short play.

The stakes are high, there's strong dialogue and a nice bit of action, and more than a few twists and turns. "Beatrix Potter Must Die!" would be wonderful fun for performer, director, and audience alike.

The premise of "Minor Deviations" will make an audience cringe, and Osgood's talents push the tone and atmosphere even darker and more deplorable.

But then comes the twist that I never saw coming. The ending is still dark, but it's satisfying. "Minor Deviations" had a rich and varied production history, and it's clear why upon reading the script.

This short play nicely dramatizes the exact moment when a person's life changes.

The characters are distinct, the dialogue is quite good -- there's even a monologue that would do well as a standalone piece. Additionally, Starina Johnson's use of details nicely add a real-lived-in-world feel.