Recommended by Doug DeVita

Gatton’s extraordinary work asks more questions than it answers, but those questions are deeply probing and important; there may be no answers, but that’s not the point here. “Double Helix” is theater for those who want to be provoked, challenged, and yes, entertained into questioning, well… everything. A superb work from a superb playwright.

I saw a production of this play last fall at New Ambassadors Theatre Company; what a delightful piece of theater. A farce with an unexpected heart, it is by turns outrageously funny and deeply moving; Gill writes truly human characters, puts them in increasingly outlandish situations, and sets them all spinning merrily along their way to crash, burn, and recover. And we, the audience, willingly go along for the ride because it's just so damn entertaining. And truthful. And funny.

Houk tackles toxic masculinity here with his accustomed caustic wit and singularly off-kilter view of the world, and proves once again he can write straight male characters with strength, heft, and grit while being unforgiving of their sometimes idiotic foibles.

This trio of ruminations about the various aspects of love is a wonderfully theatrical work, rife with heightened language, witty verbal ripostes, wonderfully apt homages to other writing styles/authors, and deep, universal questions tossed off with a sure, light hand. By turns funny, charming, touching, even at one point horrifying, this would be a blast to direct and perform, and a delight for its audiences. Bravo, Ricardo!

This is a gorgeous piece of theatrical storytelling; both intimate and epic, Garcia’s characters and their tales settle into one’s heart and stay there. Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

One minute of delightful – and excruciating – truth, beautifully done.

Scott Sickles wrote: “This is the best Scott Sickles play Scott Sickles didn't write.”

He’s right.

I love the subtle, tender, somewhat naive eroticism simmering under the surface of this piece; this gives the play those ineffable Gattonesque qualities that allow it to stand out from more Sicklesian fare. Highly recommended.

Expertly navigating shifting times, places, and emotions, William Triplett's STATES OF GRACE is a deeply moving, sharply observed work of art. Its richly drawn characters any actor would give their eye-teeth to play, as well as the scintillating dialogue they are given (beautifully crafted with marvelously graceful, efficient, and nearly invisible exposition) help make this another Triplett win, one I'd love to see staged and can highly recommend.

More than twenty years after the horrifying events of 9/11, it still hits home with terrifying immediacy. This play is a touching, moving, and very human work that captures the horror of that day and the immediate aftermath with graceful theatricality. Highly recommended.

As enjoyable as plays are to read, they are meant to be performed; interpretations by a director and their cast are bound to differ from the preconceived notions that come from reading a work, and seeing Williams' THE SUGAR RIDGE RAG in performance at the Lab Theater Project recently revealed so many more levels to this touching story than are apparent on the page. A powerful piece of writing, the production pointed the way to what the script could be when performed – a heartbreaking, engrossing, and thought-provoking piece of theater.