Recommended by Doug DeVita

Anyone who has lived through the decline of one or both of their parents and has watched the dance a long-term couple performs as they face the inevitable in their last years, months, weeks, or days together may experience a slight sense of deja vu or even PTSD while reading and/or seeing Adam Szymkowicz' "Such Small Hands." A tour de force for two older actors, it's a beautifully rendered work; there is so much emotional truth packed into this script, it hurts. And ultimately, it heals.

Hilariously pointed satire, completely (and terribly) apt in mocking the tornadoes and runaway trains rampaging through the current political climate. Danley hits another creative bullseye here. ❤️

What a sweet, fun, caper of a comedy. Erin Grogan sets all the dominoes up carefully, and then gleefully lets them fall one by one, picking up speed with each succeeding twist and turn in the plot until It all tips over into outright farce. Great characters, a little danger, and a happy ending. What more could one want?

Beautifully crafted, Aleks Merilo's frighteningly prescient allegory is told with mounting suspense, heightened by his stunning use of language that is at once both raw and lyrical. A superb work that lingers long after the final page has been turned.

Wow. Short, not-too-sweet, and to the point like a bullseye. Excellent sense of the period, with a light touch that keeps it contemporary as well. Plus ca change...

Set at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, with the requisite bitchy, snarky, and funny repartee of the era intact, Bob Ost’s BREEDERS maintains a sharp, contemporary edge because it’s huge themes and all-too-human characters are universally recognizable, and presented — warts and all — by Ost with the genuine honesty that permeates his best writing.

Uncomfortably thought-provoking, even bleak, but absolutely riveting from beginning to end.

Using a self-made video tutorial on how to make the perfect Apple Pie, Gwendolyn Rice deftly skewers everything we think we know about American History from 1587 up through election night 2016 (and beyond.) With every carefully measured and sifted word, the metaphors couldn't be clearer, couldn't be more apt, and couldn't be more perfect. A stunner.

With a beautiful economy of words, Kay Bullard evokes the oppressive weight of memory, truth, and the search for closure, as well as the unbearably hot and humid atmosphere of the small southern town where her intensely evocative "Cicadas" is set; it's a lovely example how to simply tell a story with robust characters and delicately powerful language.

Coleman perfectly captures trying to negotiate a way through that almost surreal, no-man's land existence one can experience after the death of a parent. Memories, conflicting feelings, the taking stock not just of their life but one's own... it's all here in ten mournful, almost excruciatingly authentic minutes.