Recommended by Stephen Kaplan

A very powerful monologue with beautifully specific details that hauntingly amplify the sadness and longing of a mother struggling to connect with her child. While the specifics of this piece relate to a woman's husband away at war, Wyndham captures every parents loss and confusion in trying to simply do best by their children.

A lovely mix of magic realism and Americana. There's a simplicity to the play that immediately draws you in and belies the beautiful complexity of the themes and characters within.

Hoke masterfully exposes our prejudices and assumptions as the play's perspectives seamlessly shift in surprising ways. The play forces an audience to grapple with pre-conceived notions and rewards the viewer with an opportunity to leave the theatre with a newfound view of gender politics and why we view things the way way we do. A play that deserves to be seen and heard.

Such an incredibly fun and funny and sweet and touching short play. Martin perfectly captures the manic pre-wedding jitters that can come and does so in a new and totally hilarious accessible way. The opening monologue is one of the funniest and simultaneously human I've seen in a long time. You finish this play with a smile on your face and hope in your heart.

An incredibly powerful and suspenseful three-hander that manages to be both historical and incredibly contemporary at the same time. Beautifully crafted and fully dimensional characters that actors would have an amazing time diving into. For all my knowledge of the Holocaust, I was not familiar with this story and am so grateful to have had it told in such a tangible and accessible way. Meyers avoids any distracting didacticism and yet still finds a way to teach and reach audiences' hearts and souls.

So much fun to see these well-known characters through a modern lens. Hoke stays true to the spirit of the original, but explodes the story into something that's even more accessible and recognizable to today's audiences. A great alternative for any group looking to produce a recognizable title in a new and exciting way.

A beautiful and sad play that starts out as completely recognizable and mundane parent/child interactions and morphs elegantly into another kind of utterly recognizable and devastating parent/child interaction for today. Rachael Carnes does a lovely job of tackling what the idea of permission is and how it weaves itself into every kind of situation. To do this so effortlessly in a short play is a sign of the playwright's skill and talent.

It's difficult to respectfully and accurately depict such dramatic themes in a 10-minute play but this piece tackles the agony of dementia and its effects on all those involved in a respectful and artful manner. A devastating and heartbreaking short piece.

A play that feels most huge and also incredibly intimate. There's also a beautiful blend of magic and simplicity that is riveting and hugely affecting. It fully embraces what theatre does best and touches the heart and the mind and the soul...a beautiful and exciting piece.

A beautifully simple piece that covers an entire relationship, and life, in just ten minutes. Gonzalez captures the joy and the heartbreak and everything in between that makes up our interactions with those we love. There is a poetry to his writing that evokes the naked truths within us all. Can be easily staged and effectively realized.