Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

Bonds between two people can happen at any moment during our life journeys and so much of those are by chance and just a casual noticing of something as simple as a scar. Hiking is about such a bond between Jane and Ella and not only is that bond a thing of beauty, but the writing from the very start pulls you into this eye-opening ode to resilience that these two women share and that is something that will never fade from memory.

We all have those little private obsessions that we we may be embarrassed about and this funny play is about one such person's obsession that when exposed makes you smile. And the last lines fit like a pair of briefs or boxers when they fit perfectly.

Very funny tale about the devil trying to renew his driver's license and I love the last bit of dialogue where the first thing that he encounters in the DMV handbook is a roundabout! It's so odd to me that even with all the advance technology the DMV remains one of those places that is locked into a hellish zone.

Magic can be found in a lot of places if you look hard enough. This play Confidence Boost is just that type of magic that will grab you by your tie and never let you go. Prefect!

Relevance is such a big word and the debate of who is and not relevant would vary greatly in our world of billions. This play gives us that question front and center and the characters all jump through their necessary hoops, and be it "being let go too soon from your job" or "being a world-class mothering type", in the end, it is so important to allow each and every one of us to own up to our relevance but also allow us time to reassess that and shift gears if necessary.

Endings are always so hard and if it's the ending of a literary character even more so. What? No more adventures of the Vampire Bear and all of his friends and enemies? I'll hold my breath for his return at some point and just like the bear and everything he's experienced in this world, its' only made me a happier person to follow along and that alone is one reason these stories are a classic.

This is the kind of purgatory I want to be sent to. Rewind sets you up and you are pulled in immediately with plenty of jokes but also a lot of fear that you feel from Charlie as he comes to realize that he's not where he should be and time is playing a very bad case of deja vu.

Brilliant short play about outraged aliens witnessing the news from America about the end of Roe vs. Wade and the shock they are experiencing about such barbarism that is allowed to continue against the women population on earth still. Please invade! End the madness.

We all have these set ideas of what is responsible and also how one should behave responsibly at any given age and one of those is older equals wiser but only if older looks a certain way or behaves a certain way. Responsible Adult shows a funny punk take on Mame with the delightful and very real Meredith--sorry, Merry who has found a new life at church none the less. I'd vote to stay at her house for any sleep-over.

There comes that point in life where we know that as we get older we may loose some of the capabilities to take care of ourself the way we need to be taken care of and MRS. FERRIA is at that point in her life where her nephew realizes this a little more than she does. Losing that independence has go to be one of the most frightening situations in our life where we don't want to become just a part of the old people zoo and this play shines a black light on that very real fear.