Recommended by Doug DeVita

In one of the best stream-of-consciousness inner monologues I've ever read, followed by a swift, breezy exchange between two former lovers, Speckman gives us a perfect ode to change, capped in just one, almost throwaway stage direction and line of dialogue. Wonderful.

Writing with Woody Allen's sense of existentialism, but with a lighter and less self-persecuting tone, Izzy Salant's "The Scenic View" is a killer comedy. I won't say anything more than I absolutely loved it; if you want to know why, read it and let Mike tell you.

Sensitively drawn two-hander about half-brothers forced by circumstance to share a bed in a seedy hotel right after learning of each other’s existence. Beautifully handled all the way through, with lots of humor peppered through the poignancy. Two great roles for younger actors.

All the concurrently conflicting emotions of puberty are on vivid display and delightfully realized in this laugh-out-loud but poignant comedy. Particularly inventive is O’Doherty’s use of the emotions Joy and Anger, physically represented as speaking characters being goaded by a deviously charming Puberty, as a sort of Greek Chorus leading us — and Amelia, the main character — through the wildly fluctuating feelings the young protagonist experiences as she’s starting to face the changes she’s going to be going through. A totally winning little gem.

With more LOLs per second than should be legal anywhere in the world, John Bavoso's "The Home For Retired Canadian Girlfriends" exceeds its brilliant premise and becomes one of the most delightfully dizzy comedies I've read in a long time. And as much fun as it is to read, I can only imagine how dazzling it is to see it performed. Great, hilarious fun.

"Sink," part three of Alex Kulak's Father-Son Cycle, is the darkest, most emotionally shattering of the trio. Again, Kulak's dialogue flows naturally, beautifully specific to character, and builds the story to its intensely horrifying climax with ease. A terrific showcase for the two actors playing the toxic father and his damaged son.

This second play in Alex Kulak's Father-Son Cycle explores emotional repression in a broken family in rural Illinois. Once again Kulak displays a fine hand in dissecting dysfunctional family dynamics; his dialogue flows easily from his well-defined characters, and tells their story simply, beautifully, and with a natural, raw power.

A terrific political drama spanning decades, Kulak's take on troubled Father-Son relationships across two generations within the same family, is never less than riveting, and frequently heartbreaking. The first of three Father-Son plays, I'm looking forward to reading the next two in the cycle.

Eerily magical, Firestone's fantasy memory play packs a lot into its 12 pages, not the least of which is a rising line of tension that steadily builds to a wonderfully prestidigitatious conclusion.

A thrilling adventure ride through a dystopian future (or is it past?) with dark noir-ish tones, this is a relentless – and relentlessly riveting – work from Frandsen. Intricately plotted, with memorably drawn characters, this should prove to be a stunner when staged. Provocative, tense, edge-of-your-seat entertaining.