Recommended by Dominica Plummer

Hilary Bluestein-Lyons' short comedy is much more than "just a sandwich." If you've ever wondered what happens (and could happen) between two slices of bread, then you're in for a treat! From relationship blahs and being "mis-categorized" to epiphanies on how to make their connection a bit spicier, PB and J work through their stuff with love, patience and a lot of humor. Recommended!

A play fraught with hilarious misunderstandings as an iguana named Arthur assumes, wrongly, that his beloved human is dying. Most iguanas would probably just chill and shed a tear or two, but what makes Dooley's play so delightful is that Arthur decides it would be wrong to let Mari suffer. From a minor misunderstanding about menstruation to a major misstep with attempted euthanasia, Arthur's attempt to kill with kindness will have audiences on the edge of their seats and clutching their sides with laughter.

Larry Rinkel sums up the playwright's life perfectly in this wry reflection on who we are and why we write. The main character in My Life Has Been A Preparation is instantly recognizable, a man we can all identify with. In a few pages, RInkel takes us from childhood to retirement, and lays out the motivation that keeps a writer working away with no guarantee of success. For all its elegiac tone, however, there is something life affirming and even cheering in Rinkel's recognition that playwriting is its own reward. Well done!

A charming short for older actors. John Kelly deftly sets up this piece is which a man appears to be robbing two women who cannot see. But these ladies are not as defenseless as they seem, and try as he might, François cannot steal anything without being caught dead to rights. Anna and Evelyn are way ahead of him the whole time!

A highly topical pandemic play that is just right for actors during lockdown. Lam's ingenious drama places a boss and an employee in their respective cars on the way to work in California. They find themselves battling traffic, COVID, wildfires, a lack of protective gear and the politics of an unfriendly workplace that won't let them work from home. To make matters worse, this hapless and unlucky pair find they have one more obstacle to work around before they reach the comparative safety of the office. This short play has drama, suspense and a lot of wry humor. Recommended!

The Last Ride is an appropriately apocalyptic vision of Los Angeles on the first day of a Pence presidency. Mildred Lewis serves up her nightmare scenario with sharp wit and lots of suspense. Her characters Marisol, Darius and Amanda have nothing in common except that fate has brought them together to figure out how to survive. Can they work together as a team to fend off the coyotes and get out of NE LA? There is hope as well as humor in this taut, short drama.

Mercy Otis Warren is vividly reimagined in this monologue. Elisabeth Griffin Speckman sets the scene with Warren's return to a museum in her hometown, centuries after her death. There's lots of information about her life, presented with insight and humor. Warren is understandably irritated, for example, to discover the books of her male contemporaries are for sale in the bookstore of the museum, but not her own. A clever, informative piece for audiences of all ages.

A funny, but poignant comedy about all the ways our pets dictate the choices in our lives. It's a particular problem for lovebirds Taylor and Jennifer because their pets don't get along. In fact, Jennifer's cat Peanut doesn't get along with anyone. Using puppetry to play the pets, Noemi de la Puente's drama zips along with equal shots of humor and pathos, as Peanut and Porkie drive their humans to the brink and beyond!

This two hander pits old Father Time against a disillusioned attorney who's having trouble letting go of her past. Bonnie has summoned him to sort out her problems with only three seconds of the old year to go. An impossible task? But John Mabey's warmhearted drama suggests new beginnings instead of endings, and audiences will love the way things turn out in this unlikely meeting of two lost souls.

A lovely encounter between a father and a future son in law. Jack Levine gives us the scoop on what William thinks about marriage in this short play—but there's a delightful twist. Teddy listens respectfully to all the warnings, but he's too lovestruck to worry. What can William do but welcome Teddy into the family, and look forward to the extra space he'll get for his stuff when his daughter moves out. Or will he? Not if his wife has anything to do with it!