Recommended by Donna Hoke

What happens when your deepest held belief becomes shockingly, suddenly in mortal conflict with your deepest held feelings about another human being? Through this entire play, I kept saying to myself "I would never want to have to confront this situation... but what if I did?" And with her trademark realistic and on-point dialogue, Walker lures you unwittingly until you're in the middle of it--uncomfortable, afraid, and without answers. Bang.

A powerhouse play with four great leads for women who get to spew sharp, smart, rapid-fire hilarity from the absurdist mine that is Ian August's brain! More than that, they get to deliver commentary on job competition in today's economy, and the perils of women not supporting women.

What a pleasure to spend time with these five wonderful women! When all we know of the past are the things we feel are best left behind, we reduce those times to labels and worst case scenarios that overshadow the moments and love that make up lives. With humor and poignancy, THE GREEN BOOK... reminds us that there's always a little something sacrificed for progress, a bit of cognitive dissonance in keeping with a play about time travel.

A beautiful exploration of the different ways men and women connect and grieve. So intimate, moving, and masterfully paced.

A timely piece that acknowledges all that is wrong with racial relations, and, before Mercury slips into retrograde and everything has the potential to fall apart, shines a light on the baby steps that make one set of circumstances an example of critical acknowledgment. For now. For a minute. Though the play has a timeless, ethereal quality, it bursts with an urgency that begs us to pay attention to the tiniest details of what is happening around us, because they all matter. And it does it without being preachy, and with ghosts, in an old-time diner; who doesn't love that?

A tight, engaging two-hander with a satisfying twist that nonetheless leaves you feeling unsatisfied and questioning...

Four interwoven stories that paint a comprehensive picture of Internet connectivity--the good, the bad, the seamy, the false starts, the false fame, the fantasies, and realities--that will leave you wondering about the quality of your own relationship with the Internet, and with other people. And oh yeah, really funny, too. Great read!

I've read a lot of plays about suicide, but never one quite like this. I was taken by the journey of Bonita as she struggles to find her place after her jump from a pier; this is something we never see with so many plays focusing on the survivors. Hilder's juxtaposition of the journeys of Bonita and the husband and son she left behind are a poignant and troubling illustration of the notion of a "permanent solution." Is it--for anyone?

What a beautiful play! McKeever assembles a seemingly disparate cast and stirs them up, allowing them to bristle and bump while the relentless Miami heat works to soften their edges until they're no longer sharp enough to cut. The structure, perfectly suited to the play's content, imbues MELT with layers of history and culture that strengthen its resonance and universality. I would love to see a production of this.

Opening at Buffalo United Artists was a stunning night that made everyone in the room remember why we love theater. The cast was sobbing, the audience was on its feet--sobbing--because we'd all just had that rare experience that allowed us to meld with story and cast, be moved in unexpected ways, rethink what we thought we knew, and come away feeling unified in our humanity. Yes, this play does all that--and more.