Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

The saying “karma is a bitch” gets a new meaning in this very funny play about one woman’s plan of revenge. New relationships are hard and this one is the biggest one yet with an alien species taking over the world and making all kinds of promises to those they rule just like we all do at the start of a relationship. Two people meet up at an alien lab and it just might be that the they will find a connection through a baseball game if they live to see tomorrow.

As men, even if we are down to the last two beings on this planet, it's funny that it would more the likely come down to the dick and how big each of the men are. There are so many great one-liners in this play. I'll never be able to think of a . . . oh, wait, that's beside the point because MacDermott had me laughing so much throughout. It would be such a great play to see live!

This is one that threw me a delightful curveball and I love, love, love the line "You've never spouted television before!" I can see why this one would be a crowd pleaser at any and all festivals!!! Do yourself a favor and read this funny, funny play!

You've got to love a kid who sneaks down and watched Mad Max after he's been told not to. Tommy is facing so much in this monologue, a divorced mom or widow who is trying to date and try again at finding love and this is never easy for anyone and especially for young kids who or the parents who have to try and win over their date's children. Tommy is such a kid and is so relatable about being upset about not getting the cool go kart. He knows he's going to be Mad Max when he grows up

This was one of my favorite shows ever back in the day and these two women were so well played by Sharon Gless and Tyan Dyley . Carnes provides us with so many laughs and insight to the sad truth that even for many places of work, women are still faced with an unequal share and promise of what they could be and should be.

"Do what I say , not what I do" has been heard by so many children from parents who have not really been nice human beings and unfortunately they keep passing the actions and game-playing down generation after generation. Christianity has certainly provided us with so many examples of bad behavior going un-punished or forgiven even though it goes against the teachings of christ. Hansen's play is gut-wrenching and raw and that's as it should be because here humanity has left the building as it has in our own society and been replaced by animals in human skins.

Step into the world of Conner Billings for these brief ten minutes and you will come away with so much understanding of what makes a human and what we think makes a human are universes apart. Social media has become the new touchstone of how we measure a human's worth. how many likes can you get? How many hearts on Instagram. Let's put on that Facebook smile or snarl and ask the world to love us. Conner gives such a real dose of that sometimes a real human is one who can't tie their shoes and that should be OK.

Twisty, funny and an inventive take on the old Bluebeard tale that's a great read and would be amazing to see live on stage.

I love Hageman's work for so many reasons including the fact that she just touches on reality with such realism and feeling that you know you are in for something special every time you start in on one of her works. Suicide is such a touch subject to broach, but this play is one of the best I've read on that subject. You are drawn in from the very start and this friendship is so real and such a needed force for both of these characters as much as it is for us reading it.

I am reminded so many times on FaceBook back in the day when that phrase "My Thoughts and Prayers are with the families of the victims" and I was like what the hell. Feeling the need to say something just out of the feeling or need to do so, isn't always the best line of action or even one that needs to be taken. Dakutis makes us all step back and look at the bigger picture about guns, religion and so many other aspect of our society as it is today. Let's pray that it all changes tomorrow!