Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

No matter how many times you read about these shooting, the shock and anger are always so fresh as you read each new one. I've never heard of this shooting. I'm surprised that not more has been spoken about it before just with all the other craziness, but that may be the main reason that's not a shock anymore as we've become a nation so numb to the sound of gunfire and killing children and we toss off each one like tossing a bag into the trash can, walk away and so soon forgotten.

Martin doing what Martin does best, taking us a journey of of emotions that begin to spread out throughout your entire body. You feel Ty's determination and more than that, you feel Ty's history of the slings and arrows that have been cast at him. That he's endured his entire life at doing what he does best and does better than all of the other people casting those stones because all they have to add to this player's life is stuff that will make him stronger and make him earn a figurative coat of armor.

We all have those moments where we wonder if we were adopted or sometimes just wish we had been due to circumstances where we feel that this people who say they are our parents can't be. We also have gone through the identity of who we are and who we want to be as adult and sometimes that's not who are parents are at all. Julian finds out some serious facts on his 20th birthday and Mackling shows us that even when the world's turned upside down, sometimes a son just needs to talk to his mother.

A delightful romp about our dependency and addiction to technology. Like the best screwball comedies, this one just keeps you laughing with one zinger after another. Heard a wonderful production of this on The Radio Theatre Project with excellent performances that did it so much justice.

I discovered this playwright on a podcast Theatrical Shenanigans and have added a few of his plays in my library. This one is so funny just because the tales of all substitutes would make it's own book of plays and Mister Frank would certainly be the first entry.

Reading this can only infuriate to the edge of insanity--the way it was for women back in their day, and for so many women still in this world in 2023. Dickens in all of his self-importance the way so many men were (and sadly still are). Trapped by that law of marriage yet one which is so easy to toss aside and toss into the fire like your notes for your latest novel which is a bleak house indeed.

No matter the sexuality, it's always a bit of uncertainty when you bring home your new partner to meet your parents. A funny twist on the old story, but done with such comic brilliance by Plumridge. Heard this read on the podcast Theatrical Shenanigans by a wonderful cast.

A boy and his mother can create a bond that is sometimes misunderstood and sometimes one of other-worldly force. Heard this delightful play read on Rachel's podcast and what a wonderful job the cast did.

I saw this funny, funny monologue brought to life on Back Porch Theater by the wonderful and talented Miranda Jonte. As she states at the beginning Wyndham is the master of the monologue and you feel that with every one written, it's another spotlight into those populations which don't get too much attention in themselves, but then with Wyndham's touch, it's always different and always real.

Raw and surprising with every line uttered. Love is such an easy word to toss around, you love your salad, you love a song on the radio but what does love really mean if it's so easily spread around. Simon and Maggie have a fight to pick with someone as so many young people do, but in planning for that attack, they realize the most important thing about life is the people near us who may understand us and can love us without having to prove a point with violence. In this case Love is bulletproof.