Recommended by Doug DeVita

Well done!

We’ve all read and/or written about adults grappling to find their inner child; what Sickles does so effortlessly here is give us a child who has found, and embraced, his inner adult. And it’s a breathtakingly intoxicating experience. Bravo, Bertram.

These three inter-connected inner monologues may be some of Sickles’ most gorgeous writing; both sophisticated and childlike, the sense of wonder and trepidation is visceral and powerful.

Sickles perfectly captures the fluidity of children and their ability to live in the moment in this charming, lovely short. He goes for the heart, and lands a benevolent bullseye.

Logical, angry, and passionately Sicklesian, this monologue hits the bullseye. Or should I say windpipe? Either/or, it’s spot on, and flawlessly reasonable.

Three dissatisfied women on the cusp of middle-age, alone in an isolated cabin in the northern Minnesota woods... what could possibly go wrong? Read this horrifyingly funny work from Heather Meyers to find out. There are plenty of edge-of-your seat moments of terror mixed with plenty of gasp-inducing belly laughs; think the distaff version of "Ghostbusters," but really, really GOOD! A howler, in all respects.

Vividly realized time, place and characters make this gentle, short holiday play a lovely rumination on love, faith, and acceptance, with just a little bit of Christmas magic weaving through it, beautifully.

Ambitiously exciting, richly visual as well as aural, cinematic in scope yet definitely of the stage, hugely theatrical while intimately drawn... Sansone–Braff negotiates all these seeming contradictions with ease, and paints a dazzling portrait of the composer and his demons, the time and place in which he lived (and would soon die), and best of all, his glorious music – which is used so beautifully throughout this moving, wonderful, and thoughtfully imaginative work. How I would love to see this staged. Bravi, Bravi, Bravissimi!

There's an entire lifetime of sibling rivalry and, yes, love, distilled into these 8 pages of emotional truth. Having been through the loss of both parents myself, Williams beautifully captures the tension, the fear, the sense of loss already creeping in, and the need to put aside difficult memories of the past in order to deal effectively with the difficulties of the present.

Scott puts the SICK in Sickles with his TAINT. This is some dark shit. Some dark, dark, funny as shit shit. Perfectly capturing the noir style, this spoof is overflowing with puns, quips, double-entendres, and just plain fall-on-the-floor funny lines. And shit. Lots, and lots, and lots of shit. Bravo, Scott. Now... take an Immodium. And a shower.