Recommended by Martha Patterson

A puzzling work about four people in a restaurant with a baby crying. Weapons are drawn and it ends up in a ruckus...the women seem to be a calming influence.

An interesting psychology-based play about a woman who can't come up with five TRUE good things about herself until her workshop partner helps her...a rather funny take on the self-help craze, with good roles for women.

A play that starts out kind of creepy and keeps that pace for a while...but ends up being sweet. Has a neat twist about 3/4 of the way through, and features two interesting female roles.

I saw a hilarious video production of this script by Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, New York. Laugh-out-loud funny, with a wonderful and expressive cast. The play can be done virtually but I'd love to see it on stage, too. Well done, John Mabey!

Interesting interview between journalist Micah and a vampire-like writer named Clara, who's apparently lived for centuries. Micah ends up feeling threatened by Clara and the play ends on a disturbing note of isolation and fear. Might be good for spooky Halloween productions.

Hilarious short play about Bill, in his "boudoir" (a bench in a park), who gives a nightwatchman a very hard time. Full of funny linguistic misunderstandings.

A delightful Halloween play employing kid actors (three of them). A disappointed Halloween scrounger turns the tables on the cheap family whose door he knocks on.

Very funny short piece about two mismatched people on a first date - the man of the couple keeps trying to make the woman laugh, with disastrous results. It opens with "Ross" explaining his theory about dating - the objective is to amuse the woman. But he's flummoxed by her even funnier replies.

A short with several twists and turns, about a woman who gets accosted by a burglar - or is he really a burglar? She tries various ways to threaten him back, then finds out he's not who he seems to be...but she gets revenge, anyway. Has a good, funny opening where the woman is answering mail.

A very short (4 pages, or about 5 minutes) story about two older people setting up a first date over the Internet - and what they're each thinking to themselves as they chat in cyberspace. Funny and quick - it's over before you know it!