Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

A study in grief by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn about May and Dan and their struggle to move beyond the death of their child and piece together a relationship that will never be the same without that child. Even though we see the darkness that has overwhelmed them, there is a glimmer of hope as they discuss the possibility of painting the room a new color. Sometimes, those smallest of acts can start us down a road of hope and promise.

How could I resist reading anything with the wonderful title Falloween and that it's by Miranda Jonte, all the more reason to dive in and experience this wonderful monologue. If you love the season as much as Emily, does you are instantly drawn into this sense that Emily wants to make a change in the world and that's one change that I would be so happy with seeing made. I'll get an early start on it. Happy Falloween everyone!

This dark tale will have you on the edge of your seats with fear and tension that is so well earned by the writer. The dialogue is fast and funny and the ending one that will leave you breathless. This is a must see on stage!!

Sign me up for Harper's church and lists of commandant any time over what I was raised with. Being raised in the church, I have gladly since shed that upbringing and and when our son was born and getting older, we made the decision not to raise him in any religion as we felt that was something he could decide on himself as an adult. This play brought back so many of those memories good and bad but always with a smile on my face.

Anyone who writes will find this quite funny and possibly horrifying as Cole takes all of the blood, sweat and tears that goes into the act and art of playwrighting and turns the submission process for one theatre in the UK with such outrageous rules to enter and you think, this of course, is hyperbole, but the writer knows that she's hit a little close to home than a lot of us would care to admit in our attempt to find places to submit we have all come across a few this crazy!

This was the featured play of the day for me and I'm so glad it was. It has a premise that I adore by one of my favorite playwrights that I enjoy to read. Jack is a boy after my own heart who loves Halloween more than any of the other holidays of all. Christmas not so much due to his mom's having died on that day. This Boxing Day tale incorporates the magic of Christmas with a sprinkle of hope where a brighter path is laid out before everyone and that is always the true spirit of the holidays.

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!