Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

Such a heartbreaking monologue that Rios has written for the CodeRed/Faith Project. With chilling dialogue that cuts to the very soul of the reader and anyone who hears this read or sees it performed, they will never forget this play because it's just that good. How does someone face such a tragedy. This play hints at so much sorrow and pain and just the need to move and that powerful last bit of action carried my soul to a new high.

What a play. I know at times we all feel like S, the young man who is trying to come back to center to find some sort of peace with the world around us. White's A Million Voices is a gem written for the CodeRed/Faith project, but would be a powerful play to be heard by anyone and everyone who has lost their way due to world or personal events. And when the voices all rise together around S, that is truly a moment that will send a dose of good through any heart.

What Burdick does with this play is nothing short of amazing. The rawness of grief exposed and yet it comes up against a world that doesn't stop or really notice that your world has collapsed. The juxtaposition between the Office and Carol plays out like a dream and yet it's just an all too real reminder of tragedy in one of it's most horrifying forms. Written in response to a mass shooting this play goes beyond that in scope and time and is a must read for those trying to connect the pieces once again after the madness subsides.

What a beautiful and moving tribute written as part of the CodeRed/Faith project. Aptly titled for all of us who are just that, human, and we are all so thankful each day for another day and more time, but it's in those moments of tragedy that the real soul of the human is exposed and Rob's speech is filled with such raw emotion and heartbreak and with that last line you want to wrap your arms around the world to protect it with love.

A moving tribute written as part of the Code Red/Faith plays, SYATP by Loewenstern pulls out such emotions as one reads or listens to the Hostess talk about her experience and the real beauty for me was the ending where you realize that truth faith does start small and that faith can sometimes occur when you think it's not possible and that reminder to just always be aware of those small points of time when we can all be there for one another in their hour of need.

Every Wyndham monologue I read is another introduction to a living and breathing person that is so fully recognized and given such a true and honest voice. I turn to Wyndham for inspiration, but I also turn to him to find the compassionate human in me that sometimes gets pushed down too far and needs to be reminded of all the people in the world that need to be heard. One by one, Wyndham is doing this and I for one would love to see an entire night of his monologues at a theater near me!

The wit and humor of Carnes is on full display in this most delightful of plays. And who could resist a play with Pickle Ball in the title that's about a clothing-optional wedding? What I love most about Carnes's writing is that it's so natural and you feel that you could have this very conversation with your partner or lover or husband or wife. And why should any of us ever give up on that magic of love no matter what age. A sharp play for older actors which show them as still evolving humans in this crazy world..

What a play. Dunn makes you feel like you're falling down the Twilight Zone spiral with the surreal actions of the Man and Woman, puling us in with that surreality that only leads the reader and audience to what becomes a terribly real ending that's become oh too familiar in our nation. A must read for anyone and a must have addition to any festival.

This is a funny, funny play! I love the humor and physical comedy and what a treat for anyone to perform and/or see! I wanted this one to keep on going because it's that good and congratulate Dames on creating an original in Ready Betty.

I want more of Bruce! There is so much truth spilling from his mouth out near the dance floor that they will be sweeping it up for years to come. Youth is a time for great learning and we seem to always repeat in this society the thing about being pricks toward those who are of an older age then us, really through all of our life--what I would really like to see is what Bruce is asking for--respect for seniors but starting from day one when you're born and learning what respect should be about because Bruce knows!