Recommended by Doug DeVita

Slow and steady wins the race, as has been said for thousands of years.
Slow and steady wins the race, as has been said for thousands of years.
Slow and steady wins the race, as has been said for thousands of years.
Slow and steady wins the race, as has been said for thousands of years.
And no matter how many times you try to change the narrative, it never changes. That's what makes Canfield's Beckett-like spin on Aesop's perennial "The Tortoise and The Hare" a delightfully absurd short play. I'd love to see this staged.

This is a wonderfully tense, thought-provoking dark comedy, building steadily with irrefutable logic to a literally shattering conclusion. And it's great, creepy, paranoiac fun.

"People kill what they love. It’s what they do. ... It’s the curse of being human." This line! THIS LINE! It perfectly sums up Hovanesian's provocative play with the equally provocative title. Playing like a modern-day Jacobean tragedy, with all of that genres high emotions, high stakes, and high body count perfectly in place, this is a fascinating, if somewhat sordid and tawdry, look at the internet porn industry, with 3 juicy roles for women, and one juicy hunk.

Oh dear God, how I love this play! It's working on so many levels at once, from outrageous farce, to absurdist comedy, to dark morality tale, to... to... to..., and every single one lands with the force of the titular hippo. Wonderfully fresh, exciting and theatrical, if this is a work in progress, I can only imagine – with breathless anticipation – what higher levels Gonzalez will take this, as it's pretty damn well perfect already.

Rhodas of the world, unite! This is a great monologue for anyone who is perpetually cast in the role of the best friend, whether on stage or in life, and it bubbles over with wit, humor, anger, and righteous indignation. Wonderfully layered, it's a terrific audition piece which will show off an actress' skill set beautifully.

This creepy little chiller is a total mind-fuck, and a total, schadenfreudic delight. I’ll never look at a self-involved selfie-taker again without thinking of this play, and smiling softly to myself remembering the truly awful Xavia and her just reward.

This horrifying, funny, and horrifyingly funny play is a bold work from a bold playwright. Izzy Salant makes audacious choices and takes enormous risks by resetting the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in a Nazi concentration camp, choices and risks that – even if they don't always pay off – are breathtaking just for the sheer creativity, passion, and drive with which he's informed this play. I'd love to see this piece on its feet; I'm sure it would be as riveting to see as it was to read.

Oh, yeah! All the warning signs, written in glowing, blood-red neon on one easily digestible page. Literally a handbook for emotional abuse and co-dependency, this toxic little gem should be required reading for anyone in a relationship of any length.

Lermond beautifully captures the thoughts and feelings swirling through our selves as we realize our worlds are changing, even as we cling to the comforting rituals of our old lives. So many layers of meaning are packed into this monologue; it will be a gift for any actress to discover and perform.

Seidel accomplishes two things in this short comedy: he points out with chilling accuracy exactly why it’s going to be very difficult to contain and flatten the spread of the corona virus, and — perhaps even more impressively — he pinpoints that inevitable moment when the child becomes the parent and the parent the child, a feat that will keep the play timely no matter the outcome of the current pandemic. And he does both with a breezy comic wit and poignant charm.