Recommended by Doug DeVita

"Dream House" is a heartbreaking, beautifully written TYA monologue that packs quite a punch. As is usual for Wyndham, his clear-eyed characterizations and natural dialogue elevate an already high-stakes situation, and gives whoever gets to perform this piece a gift to share with those of us lucky enough to see and hear it.

What delicious fun! Zaffarano spins a mistake made by a careless waiter – uhm... server – into a piece of frantically funny gold, all the while making pointed comments about relationships in the age of social media, with a wonderful twist at the end.

Wonderful! George Sand musing to Chopin while being painted by Elizabeth Vigee LeBrun (in rhymed couplets), this charming gem is mini-opera without singing, yet it sings beautifully.

A short play of such poignantly aching charm, "A Kiss is Just a Kiss" tickles the funny bone as deeply as it touches the heart, and one finds oneself rooting for these two not-quite-star crossed potential lovers. Lovely.

Daniel Prillaman's "The Apothecary" is a haunting work, eerie and darkly layered, almost operatic in scope, yet intimate and filled with a sense of dread and fear that's both off-putting and delicious.

The sheer poetic heft with which Noelle Viñas has suffused "Derecho" would be enough to make this play a standout; that she embraces its huge themes with a laser-focused precision that drives the work forward with the fury of the titular storm shows why it has deservedly won so many awards and accolades.

A wonderfully flavored monologue, in which an attempt at humor seems to misfire but actually ends up happily for our Bourbon-drinking hero. Silky smooth with just a hint of smoke, like a good Bourbon should be.

Hilarious spoof of public transportation, the often conflicting misinformation they dole out and basic contempt in which thee riding public is held by the transit authorities — forgetting of course, the riding public now has options, which they’re not shying away from using.

One wonders if the announcers in this play got their training and ‘tudes from NYC’s MTA?

What resonated most with me in this brilliant duologue was that sometimes I learned the most from teachers I absolutely loathed, and years later, as a teacher, I learned more about myself from my most difficult students; Lermond's brief but incredibly layered and complex work here really captures everything about the student/teacher relationship, and does it in a surprisingly tender, and victorious way. Lovely work, and a gift for a younger and an older actress.

This breathtakingly fast-moving examination of a divorcing couple forced to prolong their relationship by sheltering-in-place together plays like a modern-day "Odd Couple," complete with hilariously funny one-liners, but with much darker stakes and a far more realistic tone that's perfectly in keeping with the contemporary world. Excellent work, Richard!