Recommended by Ross Tedford Kendall

A great piece about family and the efforts to keep it together. You feel for both characters, and alternately share the daughter's frustration and the mother's hope that it all works out. A great piece that will keep you remembering it for a long time after.

A fantastic two hander that puts modern social mores with age old relationship woes. The playwright puts the two in a plausible situation, then brings about the inevitable conflict. A great piece for any festival.

Genre plays are tricky to pull off in the theatre, but this play soars. Grounding real world tragedy with the childhood horrors of things under the bed, this play balances both with an intensity that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The historical horror of the plague doctors juxtaposed with a laundry room provides a wickedly surreal setting for this dark but humorous play. I was especially struck with the interaction between the two characters. A fun little play for a shorts festival.

A play that utilizes all the gifts and tricks of the theatre to tell a spectacular tale. The playwright brings you into the world with a deft hand, and gives a sympathetic, flawed character who nevertheless pursues her goals with admirable tenacity. I was especially struck on the clever use of the chorus, representing myriad characters from the life of Meg, and easily slipping in and out of time. A fantastic piece that should be produced everywhere!

What struck me about this play is how fairly the playwright treats all the characters. They each come across as real people when they could easily slip into caricature. The play and its creator never allows that to happen. The subject matter is still relevant today despite the historic nature of the story.

A very funny and moving holiday piece. You feel for Marilyn trying to do something kind, and yet you can't help but chuckle at her predicaments. The end draws everything together nicely.

This play does not go easy on its audience. The play builds up quickly, and then crashes through with a startling and disturbing climax. A great ten minute piece for festivals willing to take chances.

A superb play that puts the screws in early and keeps tightening. The playwright keeps the pressure on the characters, giving them no easy way out, and you know that something will have to give in the end. A fine piece sure to have a long life in the theatre.

A great piece on the cutthroat worlds of big business and divorce. The playwright keeps their cards close to the vest until they are ready to spring it. A nice little play for any one-act festival.