Recommended by Danielle Wirsansky

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    Inventive, poignant, and darkly funny, Cortex Kin turns the mind itself into a theatrical space for reckoning. Gartner balances humor and dread beautifully, using Daniel’s neglected brain to explore mortality, avoidance, and the painful work of finally facing what haunts us.

    Inventive, poignant, and darkly funny, Cortex Kin turns the mind itself into a theatrical space for reckoning. Gartner balances humor and dread beautifully, using Daniel’s neglected brain to explore mortality, avoidance, and the painful work of finally facing what haunts us.

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    Heartfelt, funny, and wonderfully authentic, Dona Eis Requiem finds humor and humanity in the chaos of family grief. Torbush creates four distinct, compelling women whose love for one another shines through even in their disagreements, reminding us that the most meaningful farewells are rarely the most conventional.

    Heartfelt, funny, and wonderfully authentic, Dona Eis Requiem finds humor and humanity in the chaos of family grief. Torbush creates four distinct, compelling women whose love for one another shines through even in their disagreements, reminding us that the most meaningful farewells are rarely the most conventional.

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    Inventive, suspenseful, and refreshingly thoughtful, Going In uses a wonderfully strange sci-fi premise to explore gender, bodies, and intimacy. Frazier blends mad science with emotional stakes, creating a two-hander that feels bold, playful, and deeply human.

    Inventive, suspenseful, and refreshingly thoughtful, Going In uses a wonderfully strange sci-fi premise to explore gender, bodies, and intimacy. Frazier blends mad science with emotional stakes, creating a two-hander that feels bold, playful, and deeply human.

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    Darkly funny and satisfyingly sharp, The Saint Valentine's Day Manicure serves up infidelity, revenge, and just the right amount of irony in a compact theatrical package. Holen crafts natural, engaging dialogue that builds to a deliciously fitting payoff, making this a memorable short for any evening of dark comedies.

    Darkly funny and satisfyingly sharp, The Saint Valentine's Day Manicure serves up infidelity, revenge, and just the right amount of irony in a compact theatrical package. Holen crafts natural, engaging dialogue that builds to a deliciously fitting payoff, making this a memorable short for any evening of dark comedies.

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    Sharp, funny, and cleverly timely, Major Victory! uses superhero iconography to satirize national myths and the danger of symbols that refuse to stay simple. Green balances homage and critique, creating a short comedy that invites both laughs and reflection.

    Sharp, funny, and cleverly timely, Major Victory! uses superhero iconography to satirize national myths and the danger of symbols that refuse to stay simple. Green balances homage and critique, creating a short comedy that invites both laughs and reflection.

  • Danielle Wirsansky: Sustain by Brian Cern
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    Tense, intimate, and morally charged, Sustain examines the consequences of crossing a line that cannot easily be uncrossed. Cern gives two strong characters a fraught encounter full of desire, power, and reckoning.

    Tense, intimate, and morally charged, Sustain examines the consequences of crossing a line that cannot easily be uncrossed. Cern gives two strong characters a fraught encounter full of desire, power, and reckoning.

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  • Danielle Wirsansky: Creepy Pasta by Evan Baughfman
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    Inventive, eerie, and surprisingly heartfelt, Creepy Pasta brilliantly blends internet horror with genuine emotional depth. Baughfman fills the play with clever genre nods and unsettling atmosphere while never losing sight of its moving father-son story, crafting a horror-comedy that is as emotionally satisfying as it is deliciously creepy.

    Inventive, eerie, and surprisingly heartfelt, Creepy Pasta brilliantly blends internet horror with genuine emotional depth. Baughfman fills the play with clever genre nods and unsettling atmosphere while never losing sight of its moving father-son story, crafting a horror-comedy that is as emotionally satisfying as it is deliciously creepy.

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  • Danielle Wirsansky: Halloween Party by Garrett W. Martin
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    Fast-paced, delightfully chaotic, and packed with laugh-out-loud misunderstandings, Halloween Party proves that miscommunication is comedy's best friend. Martin takes a simple crossed-wires premise and runs with it, creating a brisk, zany short that's perfect for a Halloween festival and guaranteed to leave audiences smiling.

    Fast-paced, delightfully chaotic, and packed with laugh-out-loud misunderstandings, Halloween Party proves that miscommunication is comedy's best friend. Martin takes a simple crossed-wires premise and runs with it, creating a brisk, zany short that's perfect for a Halloween festival and guaranteed to leave audiences smiling.

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  • Danielle Wirsansky: Carry Me Home by Caden Barley
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    Heartbreaking, authentic, and deeply compassionate, Carry Me Home captures the complicated bonds of lifelong friendship with remarkable honesty. Barley deftly balances nostalgia, humor, and grief, creating a moving portrait of loss, reconciliation, and the ways the people we've lost continue to shape those left behind.

    Heartbreaking, authentic, and deeply compassionate, Carry Me Home captures the complicated bonds of lifelong friendship with remarkable honesty. Barley deftly balances nostalgia, humor, and grief, creating a moving portrait of loss, reconciliation, and the ways the people we've lost continue to shape those left behind.

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  • Danielle Wirsansky: Queer for the Shabbat Bride by Dusti RW Levy
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    Thoughtful, emotionally honest, and refreshingly nuanced, Queer for the Shabbat Bride explores faith, identity, and love without resorting to easy answers. Levy crafts a deeply human conversation that honors both the complexity of interfaith relationships and the many ways people seek belonging within Jewish life.

    Thoughtful, emotionally honest, and refreshingly nuanced, Queer for the Shabbat Bride explores faith, identity, and love without resorting to easy answers. Levy crafts a deeply human conversation that honors both the complexity of interfaith relationships and the many ways people seek belonging within Jewish life.

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