Recommended by Doug DeVita

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?

The trope of the ugly American is rendered perfectly in this scathingly funny — and embarrassingly sad — monologue. What fun it would be to perform!

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.

Having lived through the slow and painful dissolution of both of my parents, this gut-wrenching monologue perfectly captures all the concurrent feelings of fear, anger, resentment, pity, and loss one goes through. Horrifyingly beautiful, and a terrific showcase for an actress "of a certain age."

What viciously charming fun! And what a viciously charming opportunity for an actress to have fun with! Vicious. And charming. And oh, so much fun!

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!

One of the strangest plays I've read in a while, and also one of the most captivating. It's so darkly funny, so weirdly riveting, and just so damn creative! How much fun it would be to see it staged!