Recommended by Doug DeVita

I love this piece; the real Fanny Brice shines through in every syllable, and a portrait of a very funny, deeply sad, and truly complex woman emerges – quickly, and beautifully.

Williams perfectly captures all the love, frustration, fascination – nay, obsession – writers have with the characters they create in this touching comedy. Mining his frequent theme of being haunted with his usual skill and depth, Williams' inner not-quite-monologue is a spot on conversation that nails everything there is to nail about life as a writer, but does it in a way that is universally recognizable to anyone even remotely human. A wonderful short play with two great roles, I'd love to see this staged, perhaps on a double bill with his equally wonderful full-length "Can't Live Without You."

This is a beautiful play; tender, touching and typically Sicklesian in its intimately epic scope and genuine feeling. A coruscating gem.

This wonderful script, a sequel to "The Cherry Orchard," captures the heart and soul of both Chekhov and his masterwork. Schwartz is particularly adept at capturing the deeply layered Chekhovian humor, and goes one further by lacing it with a surprisingly effective dose of Shakespearean tomfoolery, and the overall effect is dazzling while remaining true to the spirit of the original.

I love dark comedic mystery thrillers, and Bethany Dickens' "Dark, Dark, Dark" is indeed dark, dark, dark. Intense and funny, her script provides 4 great roles for women, and I imagine when staged it should be a thrill ride for performers and audience alike.

There is so much heart in this 10-minutes it's almost unbearable. Wonderfully so. These two spirits, Allen and Jill, are enchanting; who wouldn't want to spend eternity in conversation with them? A lovely, touching ode to the afterlife.

Oh how I love this dark, dark, dark ode to all things Hitchcock. Funny and horrifying, this look back at a year in the life of the hapless Becky keeps humming along, dropping breadcrumbs and Macguffins with aplomb, until the brilliant Hitchcockian plot twist that leaves one gasping for breath. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. And dark. Dark. Dark.

Never piss off an iconic fast-food clown, otherwise you may end up as a mouseburger. This hilariously killer musical imagines what happened behind the scenes when The House Of Mouse banned all the products from The Golden Arches, and no one survives, except the audience. And even there, the chances they'll die laughing are great. Funny, deranged, and more entertaining than a day at Disneyland.

Wonderfully funny spin on birth and rebirth as an old soul faces up to the realization her twin is a newbie, and what fresh hell this life will be for her. Fresh and sassy.

Incisive — and hilarious — portrait of two women vying for the same job, written with O’Neill-Butler’s inimitable style and with a deeply satisfying twist at the end. Delicious.