Recommended by Arianna Rose

Cocktail parties and mythical and non-mythical creatures all dwell in the fertile imagination of Rachel Feeny-Williams. A delightful short play about an ordinary couple conversation, made unique and heightened by it's Dungeons and Dragons framework. I enjoyed every line and would love to see this on stage. Read, produce, and hope you make the invitation list!

Playwright Tom Erb has delivered a tense, taut play with a twist at the end that will make you jump. I could visualize this as a film noir. Perfectly set in an airport, Friendly Sky's is a perfect metaphor for this exploration of past love between Rita and Tim.

A sumptuous feast of a monologue. I've been fortunate to hear this monologue read aloud in our writers group and it hits all the feels every time. Relatable for everyone who loves music, the Stones, grooves to I-IV-V7-I, or is just plain groovy. This will be a hit on the monologue circuit, and deservedly so, as playwright Robert Weibezahl crafts yet another piece with precision, theatricality, and relatability. Read! Perform! Produce!

A well-crafted play that is both deadly serious and funny. At times bleak, at times uplifting, playwright Morey Norkin has written a beyond-cautionary tale about beginnings, endings, and exploring both the best and worst of humanity. At least Eve has that Costco membership! Highly recommended. Read and produce.

A stunning piece of work from a writer who couldn't write a false beat if they tried. Playwright John Mabey once again makes me question my own writing career with a short play so perfect, so full of subtext and humanity, that grown humans will weep. A fantastic twist, an opportunity for two humans - Zoe and Doug - to bridge the gap that secrets create. This play deserves many productions and all the accolades. The stage directions are as much fun to read as the play, and have a whole world within them as well. Read, weep, smile.

This is now officially my favorite piece of work on New Play Exchange. Dramatist Paul Smith has crafted an exquisite monologue about growing up, siblings, pop idols, first crushes, and ruminations on sexual orientation. A wonderful monologue for any actor and director to work with. On a more personal note, I have been a huge and enduring Donny Osmond fan for over 50 years and have had the good fortune to see him perform, and meet him many times. He is just as lovely as his persona. You chose well, Paul Smith.

This is one of the funniest 10-minute plays I've ever read. It's so good, I kept thinking, "Darn it, why didn't I think of this idea?" Playwright Philip Kaplan expertly skews both holiday photo cards and Diane Arbus photography. I would LOVE to see this play performed. A master class in comedy writing in the ten-minute form!

It takes a brilliant mind to conceive of this idea and an even more brilliant playwright to pull/pall/palaver it off. Playwright John Busser excels/expat/exists on both counts, creating an autocorrect play that is both hysterical and incredibly smart with the subject matter choice. Read it and produce/proctor/proselytize.

As I was reading this, I was constantly surprised, which is the hallmark of excellent craft in writing. Playwright John Busser has written a no-holds-barred light flare of a play with a superb twist at the end. Devastatingly honest, this short play packs a lifetime into ten pages. I can see audiences responding to this with recognition and empathy. Read and produce this!

"Without everything that is love, who are we after all?" A gorgeous line with so much depth, written by playwright Michele Miller in this hysterical and raunchy monologue for Aphrodite as she deals with the limitations of love during a pandemic. This no-holds-barred short piece is a tour de force for a woman-identifying actor and a succinct commentary on our dating mores in society. Read and put on stage immediately!