Recommended by Arianna Rose

It's no wonder Closing Doors has had so many productions and awards. It's one of the best short plays I ever read. Taut, timely, crackling dialogue, a sadly relatable situation, this is the best type of theatre. Audiences will be arguing over what the last line meant, and what they'd do in the situation. As a teacher I'm so grateful playwright John Minigan has committed to paper what we deal with every day in a chaotic and careless world.

Oh, Sandy. I feel your pain and want to buy you a drink at the bar. A hysterical send up of both Equus and A Christmas Carol, two plays you rarely get to say in the same breath. Playwright Paul Donnelly expertly gives us a world-weary character who has a way with sarcasm. The specificity of the dialogue will have you howling. Bravo!

Emma Goldman-Sherman is such a gifted playwright, she can have twins, miracles, fairies, and Ostara the neopagan Nordic fertility goddess all comfortably co-exist in a short play and have it make perfect sense. What a theatrical, inventive ferry ride. The Staten Island Ferry certainly was never that magical for me! Tilda, Godfrey and Curl talk deep the way only strangers can. I would love to see this performed!

What a twist. I didn't see that one coming. In Our House to Yours, Dan edits Stella's annual Christmas letter, peeling away the brags to reveal the stresses and joys of being human. Playwright Debra A. Cole has crafted a short play with great relatability and pathos.

A delightful spoof of the tv-movie genre we all love to disdain. Playwright Debra A. Cole expertly skewers every romcom meet cute trope in this funny play. As a native New Yorker I enjoyed it on a whole other level! I would love to see this one produced, at any time of the year.

I just want to put my arms around Keagan and reassure him. What a beautiful monologue about loneliness, light, and connection. This is so inherently theatrical - what a joy for an actor and lighting designer to play with. Playwright Cassidy Byron writes with great empathy and understanding of the human condition. It will make you do a double take the next time you're on a stage.

So sweet, so honest, so real. Playwright Cassidy Byron writes with great authenticity about what happens in college dorm rooms, the switches and reverses, the starts and stops, the hesitations and beginnings. I loved spending time with these four study buddies. Jonathan and Roger are people I'd love to hang out with. Read it and produce it!

Letimov! Letimov! A hysterical farce in which every character gets their day in court. Playwright Christopher Plumridge has great fun with courtroom and Santa tropes and so do we. Word puns abound, but at the core of this crazed universe is a sweetness about the true meaning of Christmas and the sweet belief of children. Would love to see this performed. Ho ho ho!

A very touching and compassionate play about loneliness and being human. Playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman has crafted a play that will have you thinking about what it means to exist, to connect, and to bridge the gap of separation. A beautiful work that will linger in your mind, whether human or A.I.

A gem of a play about what we hide and what we reveal. Katie and Steve find in answering questions on a new app, a bigger question of partner expectations. I feel for both these characters and the 'new normal' they are navigating. Playwright Jeffrey James Keyes writes with great craft and compassion. This play will stay with you long after the last page.