Recommended by Dominica Plummer

A great short play for older actors looking for a farcical situation that rapidly and hilariously spirals out of control. Arthur Jolly creates a side-splitting script that shows how a respectable married couple celebrating their twenty fifth wedding anniversary can walk just a little too far on the wild side!

I loved this heart-warming play about empty nests, traveling husbands, incontinent cats, and the perils of social media. Donna Hoke gives us a seasonal, laugh out loud drama that feels utterly true to life, yet still manages to give us the happy ending that we all hope for at Christmas. Perfect!

I saw this at the 2018 Midwest Dramatists Conference and it is a haunting piece that compels the audience's attention. Loewenstern grabs your attention with the first line, pulls you on board with the driver, and gives you the ride of a lifetime.

Coach Becky is the coach that every parent loves to hate. But audiences will love Asher Wyndham's character. Whether coaching Little League or commenting on life in the bleachers and beyond, Becky pitches it straight at the unwary helicopter parent to hilarious effect. Highly recommended!

A touching play about two unlikely roommates who make a connection by stepping outside of their comfort zone. It's impossible not to root for these characters—two people who have walled themselves in as a result of personal tragedy, but somehow find the strength to help each other get past their pain, and move on to more hopeful futures. Kaplan gives us a realistic, yet inspiring drama about surviving loss.

What an amazing play. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it for the powerful plot, and the sharp and satirical dialogue. But this lively two hander is just so much more than a play about a married couple as they move through life. Sure this play is about love, but it's also about politics, including gender dysphoria, climate change, abortion—you name it, this playwright has found a way to make it part of the story of this couple's journey together. A play for two actors that encompasses the world. Well done, Emma Goldman-Sherman!

Brilliant piece about a "take no prisoners" employee who is rightly steamed when she finds she is being shunted into obscurity after returning from maternity leave. Renata is one of those unforgettable characters whom you root for from line one—and it's so satisfying to see her get her revenge on her sneaky boss. Go, Renata, and go Asher Wyndham for such a wonderful monologue!

Brilliantly conceived monologue that goes to town on every playwright's secret terrors. I laughed out loud and winced in self-recognition in about equal measure, all the while thinking what fun the actors will have with this play!

Delightful. Audiences won't be able to resist such a charmingly determined Santa who displays such remarkable skill in both gift giving and arm twisting to land the job of her dreams. Congratulations to Patrick Gabridge who has earned his milk and cookies with this sparkling seasonal gem.

A beautiful, beautiful play about a young girl's search for her dead father, helped by her agoraphobic aunt, a long dead Arctic explorer, and the ever present stars. Claudia Haas knows how to take the small, ordinary space of a New York apartment and turn it into something as vast as an unexplored universe. Perfect for young audiences, but really, for audiences of any age.