Recommended by Lee R. Lawing

We all have those days when we feel that the world is against us and nothing that we do makes anything better or feel that we can redirect the course of action occurring. When the situation is truly a life or death one, it is even more intense and what Amelia is feeling as she takes her walk the day she may get a call that she'll never see her husband again after a surgery he's undergoing. You'll never forget this piece because it touches on those things we should all hope to experience in our life to feel human.

Sometimes it may be a good thing that we don't share everything with our partner or all of our true feelings as this sharp and insightful play digs deep into those lines of communication that are oh so important in every successful relationship and that oh so important rule to count to ten before uttering anything that may leave the other one shattered.

We all love a good tongue twister and this is also a great one. Plus, children of all ages will love this quest that Perseus goes on for his Mom to the local supermarket for a jar of pretty purple pickles. You, too, will be wishing you had one of those delicious treats by play's end.

We all could use some made up friends who are as great as those in Levin's delightful and whacky short play, A Rom-Com (sort of). Love has never felt as good or possible as it does here and that my friends is the perfect place to be.

This was the featured play of the day for me and I am so glad it was. A beautiful tale that seeps into your bloodstream and doesn't leave longer after the lights fade. Grief and joy and gratitude for being part of the human race and a play that is just beautiful.

We all have those bubbles in relationships that seem to pop at just the wrong moment and in Cupid Agonistes we see one such bubble pop and flood its characters with such painful consequence that we are left feeling just a little like deer in the headlights amazement not only at just how well Donnelly presents this l love triangle, but also just a little shocked by how it ends.

Oh, those moments where you know your relationship is building into something special or you are in a relationship with someone who may just be a little too special for your liking. I'll have what this mixologist of words is brewing and make it a double!

I love how you learn from Merlot right up front that this is not going to be one of those tales where she receives an encouraging visit from a higher up that she is going to great things, and yet, in this funny vision by Floyd-Priskorn the lesson that we learn, and one that we should hold in our heart every day that we have on this precious world, is that we can be someone who makes a difference with or without a halo above us or permission from any higher up that just happens to visit us.

What are words and who needs them when you have this beautiful tale that's done with sighs and smiles and reaches out with such an abundance of emotions that you will never notice the silence or look at it again without understanding.

You will be touched by this play which is about grief and loss and the act of healing, but more than that you will be surprised by it because it's that good and so well down that you enter the cafe feeling one way and end up feeling as if you've been touched by a bit of magic.