Recommended by Dominica Plummer

Great title, great situation! The characters in Hilary Bluestein-Lyons' short play spring to life effortlessly. And anyone who has had the experience of trying to travel in a snowstorm will be instantly on tenterhooks to see how this drama turns out. There are just enough twists and turns to keep audiences guessing, and the ending is sweet and satisfying. What a trip!

Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend's "Daydream" is just that—a perfect dream of how to spend a holiday avoiding confrontations with obnoxious in-laws. This short play combines a collision of fantasies and mundane realities that are instantly relatable. Snappy dialogue— and an added bonus of stage directions for the actors to enjoy in rehearsal. Great fun!

Peter Fenton's "Angles in the Snow" mixes typos and puns to give a group of ill prepared students (and their teacher) a lesson they'll never forget! Charming, funny, and full of winter warmth. Seriously!

Classic Prillaman. Anyone who reads this play will never look at holidays in quite the same way again, and I am here for it. Everything. The accents, the send up of MIDSOMMAR, and the final icing on my Christmas Cake—the ritual sacrifice of — nope, no spoilers. You're just going to have to read it yourself.

Well done, Christopher Soucy! Stage Fright is everything a Halloween play should be. A ghost story set on stage that turns into a mystery, and has more twists and turns than you would expect in a short play. Nice roles for actors, and a chance for a sound designer to shine as well. An obvious choice for all haunted theatres everywhere!

Nora Louise Syran's INVISIBLE WOMAN is by turn creepy, compelling and a heartfelt cry for invisibility as a young woman has to fend off unwanted attention. What makes this piece stand out though is the switcheroo in the second half when the woman, now much older, gets exactly that. There's a whole raft of emotions for the actor to explore—packed into a short play that makes its points with accuracy and precision.

As a big fan of the creepy kid horror story, I salute Jillian Blevins for taking on the fears so well known to postpartum parents.. POSTPARTUM is an urban retelling of the monster in the cradle tale, complete with haunting baby monitor, and a touch of John Wyndham's creepy MIDWICH CUCKOOS. I can't imagine a situation better designed to send audiences home trying not to think about the perils of parenthood.

Nora Louise Syran's tale about Lucifer's attempt to renew his driver's license is instantly relatable. One almost feels sorry for the Lord of Hell as he discovers there's a circle of hell that's completely outside his control. A delightful satire on bureaucrats, red tape, and how the best laid travel plans can be deep sixed without a copy of your social security card.

Very powerful short play written about the realities of war and from an unusual perspective. Sasha Serena writes not just about the destruction of Eugenia's home, but the destruction of her former self. In the setting of her ruined bedroom, Eugenia now an exile, confronts her younger self, and the conflict she feels at leaving her beloved home, in order to stay alive. Haunting. And necessary.

As others have said, DC Cathro's Santa's Scarlet Letter is about the tragedy of a love presented at the wrong time, and to a girl too young to know how to respond. This is a powerful monologue told by the woman herself, looking back, full of regrets. There are lots of lovely wry touches in the unfolding of this tale, and a wintry beauty as well. Santa's Scarlet Letter is a great piece for an actress. It takes a completely unexpected journey. It will give audiences plenty to think about as well.