Recommended by Philip Middleton Williams

How do you explain the natural urges that overcome a teenager when he is the son of God? In this little bit of whimsy, it takes divine intervention not to give away too much, but suffice it to say that the Immaculate Conception was off the table. Great fun.

Truth comes out it stressful times; sometimes the brutal truth, but truth nonetheless. The relationship between these two men was once built on a foundation of lies and charades, but when one of them is confronted with a difficult situation, the reality of what they once had is so overpowering that even in this moment they can't stop it. Thanks, Scott.

What starts out as an attempt to meet a legend turns hard and harsh when the truth comes out. There are layers in this story that go far beyond the length of the play and speak to the demons we harbor but keep in check... or so we hope. Very powerful and stunning.

Yep. Truth.

The art of doing a send-up of a genre is in getting the elements right and then doing them to the level of outrageous absurdism with the utmost seriousness and dedication to the real thing. John Busser's mash-up of every trope of film-noir, Dashiell Hammett, and Mickey Spillane is so spot-on in this short and ingenious piece that you will be chuckling along even with the stage directions. Bravo! Or should I say "Aces!"

Forced change is not change. It is deceptive and insidious, even if we try to convince ourselves it is accepted willingly. Our nature does not change, and suppression only forces it to go in another, perhaps more damaging direction.

The lighthearted way that Scott Sickles tells the story of these four people makes it even more harrowing. These people are struggling against their true selves to comply with the society and the faith they claim to profess... or so they'd like us to believe. A cautionary tale that packs a velvet-gloved punch.

The worlds that Scott Sickles creates ask only that we accept things as they are and then go along for the ride, meeting characters in situations that defy rational explanation doing extraordinary things in a blissfully ordinary way. It's not so much a willing suspension of disbelief; more an eager moment of acceptance, and in this charming play that harks back to the chaste romantic comedies of the past, we witness a moment where not only does the course of true love run slightly quirky, it could lead to a melt-down of sorts. Still, it is a delight.

I got to the end of this short play and said, out loud, "Oh, don't stop!" But that is the beauty of this piece; it leaves you with so many questions and possibilities. It's a mystery, and like many tantalizing tales, it leaves you not just wanting more, but with room to fill in the pieces with your own vivid images along with those that Scott Sickles has created.

This is a fun short play about messing with the temporal prime directive at the behest of a talking cat and an anxious grad student. (We've all been there, right?) Much can happen in a time-shifted moment in British history, and who's to say that this isn't how we really got here anyway? As is the case with Dominica Plummer's work, the dialogue is snappy and the characters are going to be fun to see on the stage.

The conundrum that time-travel presents is what happens when you go back into the past and change the future so when you come back and something never happened, then how do you know to go back and fix the past? Still with me? That is only one small part of the fun that John Busser has created with this madcap farce in a science lab being run by a team of out of a screwball comedy. The jokes and cultural references fly like time's arrow. Great work for a comedy troupe.