Recommended by Scott Sickles

Written - or rather, composed - in soaring, spiraling sentences whose apparent digressions only add dimension and richness to what is being said, Two Candles feels less like a monologue and more like actual witness testimony, so grounded in truth and humanity it is. The specificity of this woman's experience is so palpable, the only thing protecting the reader from being fully immersed in her trauma is the time and distance and grace she herself has put between that one tragic day and now. A remarkable read: brief and powerful in its beautiful simplicity.

It's like a screwball comedy where no one has to stand up. You can practically hear Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant as the blithely insane Sally and the long-suffering deadpan Darren. A roller coaster of a play with great laughs and insight!

I hear that if you are familiar with the rhythm and repetition of Gertrude Stein's writing style, you enjoy this play even more. I suppose that's possible, but I'm not sure how I could have enjoyed this piece more than I did! Even without any familiarity with Stein's voice, the words in this play become music. The characters are at once highly stylized representations of historical figures and utterly human. The story is a resonant take on love that will seduce and endear itself to the most staunchly conventional audience. It revels in its own oddness while celebritating yours too!

Part romp, part tragedy, this delightful semi-prequel shows us the whirlwind of youthful friendship and romance leading to the events of Romeo and Juliet, all through the eyes of Mercutio. It's a wonderful exploration of how people, seemingly on the sidelines, can be dragged into major events, and how those whose fate can be viewed as "collateral damage" have stories and lives of their own. a joyous and moving experience!

If, like me, you enjoy death, slang, and administrative humor, then this play is for you! My face hurts from laughing. It's a joy for actors. The writing is a symphony of comic timing. Minigan puts a unique and hilarious spin on the Death Has Come For You scenario. A hoot!!!

A love letter to a highly idiosyncratic TV genre and to the trials and tribulations its leading ladies – the actresses and their characters; the ingenues, vixens, divas and matriarchs - endure over the years. Beautifully detailed, making it both hilarious and ultimately poignant.

As a militant anti-smoker I cheered this kid on from beginning to end! I want this child to grow up and RUN THE WORLD!!!

As a monologue it presents a great challenge to the performer because it starts and 65mph and doesn't stop! The variations in pace and intensity will be fun to play with, and the words are eminently and relentlessly speakable. It's a great portrait of a child on a crusade!

As a militant anti-smoker I cheered this kid on from beginning to end! I want this child to grow up and RUN THE WORLD!!!

As a monologue it presents a great challenge to the performer because it starts and 65mph and doesn't stop! The variations in pace and intensity will be fun to play with, and the words are eminently and relentlessly speakable. It's a great portrait of a child on a crusade!

Whatever you do, DO NOT read this play on public transportation. You will either laugh so hard that people will be irritated with you OR in your attempts to suppress that laughter, your face will contort itself in ways that will cause your fellow straphangers grave concern.

In addition to the play being hysterically funny, it's also unpretentiously self-deprecating yet sharply observed. I swear, I have overheard actors have this exact conversation, or at least very close variations. It speaks cold hard truths about theater people with great affection.

This piece is a two-minute miracle. It begins with an almost Ionesco-like patter and builds to a sublime wallop! I was amused, then suddenly surprisingly moved. The economy of storytelling is kind of dazzling.