Recommended by Jake Lewis

A sweet yarn paying homage to the people and things in our lives that hold meaning.

A heart-wrenching short play about the end of a marriage, I admired Speckman’s honest yet tender approach to each partner. It reminds us love is so powerful it cam sometimes be felt across distances far and wide in different ways.

A play every mama’s boy, like me, can relate to. It’ll put a big smile on your face as it did mine for long past the minute-long length of this short play.

An honest and heartfelt look at male relationships and vulnerability. Baughfmann is able to do in 60 seconds what other playwrights might be able to do in 2 hours, but not with such tenderness and believability. An important play.”

This short monodrama feels almost noir-ish, packing a heap of deep questions that may challenge one’s philosophies on religion and life. However, Carbajal’s acerbic tone and in-your-face dialogue makes the journey into this gray area full of light.

This gem of a one-minute play oozes pure joy and heart, asking the question what happens to our childhood fantasies when we grow up? A question, one would think, that requires more time than 60 seconds to explore, but Hall expertly crafts a witty and fun response that we can all get behind.

A richly dark comedy, it raises the question many ask: How do you write a one minute play? The irony is, of course, that Mabey succeeds at the form here (as he does with all his works), and quickly conveys the Faustian deals playwrights may be willing to make for the sake of their art. In the end, Mabey wins the top prize.

John Mabey takes the vampire story and gives it a rush of new life in only a few pages. As usual, Mabey goes for the comedic jugular and yet still avoids the predictable cliches inherent in this genre. A fun romp through the centuries that exposes the heart of its characters and writer.

A bittersweet short play about the often tumultuous, but ultimately loving, relationship between fathers and sons. Williams' tender writing is the cool breeze and birdsong of the play's setting, and how the power of forgiveness and self-reflection can lead the way to healing.

My company produced this as a radio play and we had a lot of fun with it. An homage to early horror films as well as the rare Jewish theatre find, it’s an accessible piece for all audiences that delight anyone whether in audio or staged format.