Recommended by Doug DeVita

Greg Lam takes a stab at colonialism, appropriation, entitlement, and American television with rapier sharp wit and precision in this darkly funny, wildly political science-fiction comedy, and I loved every word of it. Now I'd love to see it staged.

Another "Clyde & His Sons" play from Philip Middleton Williams, and another beautiful evocation of this tight knit family, warts and all. Williams' ability to create and sustain time, place, and mood is on full display here, and while he makes his points with gentle power, they are no less the stronger for it. Delicately touching, moving, and lovely.

Wow. Epic. And wonderful.

Rossi plays with time and form with a sure hand, and while this may be an early draft, the overall effect is already smashing – and quite masterful. I’m looking forward to watching this piece develop.

Individually, each of these plays are lovely, moving evocations of a father and son relationship; when put together as they have been here, a story arc suddenly appears and the works become a unified whole, shimmering with the glow of love, loss, and cherished memory. Beautiful.

There's a strong current of the absurd that jolts this comedy to life, along with a dark undercurrent of desperation that keeps it grounded; the two opposing currents work together beautifully to make this complex work breathtakingly funny one moment, breathtakingly heartbreaking the next, and Downs' has made it all work seamlessly. I'd love to see this staged.

Well this is a fun, meta-trip through the collective, somewhat callous unconscious methods of playwrights everywhere; I mean, do any of us think about what we put our characters through as we bring them to life, or — more to the point — abandon them when we can’t use them? Clever and funny, this little gem from Williams is so “in,” it’s out of this world delightful.

Who runs away from the circus? Well, when one actually lives with the circus, and your home life IS a circus from hell...

Kendra Augustin has written a supremely surreal, supremely touching play that captures the dysfunctional gestalt of our times; the circus metaphors abound – aptly – and the end-of-the-world tension, while anxiety provoking, feels true, and earned. A disturbing, thought provoking work that nonetheless has many achingly beautiful and tender moments.

I just experienced this play via an online reading produced by Kane Repertory Theatre.

What a stunning script. Epic in scope, lush in its use of language, opulent in its theatricality, compelling in its storytelling, and most importantly, unrelenting in its intelligent parallels to contemporary issues, Barbot's THE VENETIANS is a thrilling work from a master playwright.

Like a carefully orchestrated piece of music written with a pen dipped in acid, Knight’s short chronicle of a love affair moves swiftly through the various movements of a couple’s relationship, from its auspicious beginning to it’s inevitable, bittersweet ending. Along the way are laughs, tears, and admiring gasps for the audacious theatricality in the writing. Good show.

DC Cathro's ability to showcase both heartbreak and hilarity – sometimes in the same line – is on full display in the six short plays making up "ReConnect." Each piece is a beautifully rendered paean to love, loss, and the yearning to connect – or reconnect – with one's past; the cumulative effect is stunning. I defy anyone not to be in tears by the the final act.