Recommended by Arianna Rose

A stunningly gorgeous short play about love, loss, and limes. Playwright Jennifer O'Grady creates characters of wonderful breadth and matter-of-factness. So much is revealed in just nine pages. I wanted to join Elena and Clara on their foray, or at least be a voyeur on their path to healing. A must-read.

One minute of delicious political satire. Rachael Carnes gets my vote every time. Read it and laugh!

You'll fall in love with Mattie and Sharon, and ache with them as they discover secrets about their recently deceased father. Playwright John Mabey beautifully brings us into their world of sibling rivalry and revelry as they navigate what was, what is, and what might be. A gorgeous play about love, loss, and coffin shaming.
Read it and produce it! Then go call your sibling.

An absolutely beautiful, strange, funny, heartbreaking play about loss, dreams, and dolphins. You'll be drawn into Louis' world of dreams and desire. A magnificent ten-minute play - one you'll be talking about long after the final image. I hope this one gets produced everywhere.

I've had the privilege of watching this play develop in our writer's group. Dramatist Bruce Karp has crafted a gorgeous, heartbreaking, searing "Portrait" of friendship, loss, and art. I'm so very glad it's been produced, and hope it goes on to many more productions. An important work from this emerging playwright - put him on your radar.

Dramatist Marj O'Neill-Butler has an uncanny ability to raise the every day, mundane, ordinary moments of life and imbue them with something theatrical, sacred, honest. In Tiny, Secret Notes she provides a window into Diane, her mother, and her deceased father. We are the richer for peering in for a few minutes. In her signature, spare style, O'Neill-Butler addresses themes of grief, letting go, moving on, and hope. Read it and produce it!

It takes a clever writer to make the Hatch Act funny, and Andrea Aptecker has done just that in GET SEXY ON ZOOM. I love plays that surprise you, and GET SEXY ON ZOOM manages to address politics, online sex, divorce, dating, and the pandemic in just ten short minutes, in a fresh and funny way. I would love to see this play produced on Zoom - if only for the awkward dance scene - worth the price of a virtual ticket!

Aptly named, The Harrowing takes on a Herculean task and does it well- encompassing over 30 years in the span of a ten-minute play. Reminiscent of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town with the effective use of direct address and stage visuals, playwright Elan Garonzik deftly takes us on a journey through the five stages of grief. As someone who lost a 20-year -old nephew in a mountain accident, I can attest to the authenticity and dramatic import. Mr. Garonzik captures the agony and the loss beautifully and honestly.

A hysterically funny play that ratchets up the foreplay to a surprising climax. Jeffrey and Jackie will have you looking at your plush animals with a tinge of worry. A physical tour de force for two actors who can let it all out. Irene L. Pynn adroitly shows is that every inch does indeed count!

What a gorgeous piece of writing. Gown has it all - humor, pathos, an all-women cast, and a very relatable yet surprising twist. I'd love to see this produced. Robert Weibezahl has once again set the bar high for fellow playwrights - give us a break, will ya? - with this beautiful short play. Have hankies at the ready as you say Yes to the Dress, and yes to Lynn, Annie and Courtney.