Recommended by Christopher Soucy

Improv is a tool to finding authentic reactions. This wildly clever comic-tragedy exposes the feelings that lurk beneath the day to day performances we put on to hide our traumas.

Ouch in my heart place. So much feeling in such little time. Brava.

Stunning piece of poetic diversion delivered by an assassin. What an intimate moment with an inscrutable character. I love the notion of such polar opposite traits, creator and destroyer, residing within a singular character.

Wielding poetic mythology like a weapon against ignorance, Georgia Xanthopoulou creates a self determined Persephone. The rhythmic pulse of a character redefining herself is mesmerizing. This would be such a powerful piece to stage.

This play is funny until it is not. But it is great through and through. The world is getting better and better at faking it, and it looks like artists will be the first to be replaced. Great cautionary tale set with an all too familiar Sci-Fi backdrop.

Delightfully quirky setup. A mermaid band. Reminiscent of the afternoon cartoons I grew up watching. This is a fun play about the creative process and the need to have allies on the battlefield of love and art.

Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn is truly one of my favorite playwrights. Her words bounce from character to character with such jubilant energy and laser-focused intent. This piece begins as a light hearted romp through gift shop tropes set in an otherworldly environment. But without a single missed step we find ourselves immersed in a mirror accurate metaphor that tugs not just at our hearts but our minds as well. Brava.

This is a potent delivery of the soundtrack of one’s life. We all have songs that found us when we were low, songs that rang out in triumphant times, and songs that are forever linked to certain people. This is a great, meaty monologue that begs the question: What’s your soundtrack?

What a tremendous theatrical moment watching this sorry piece performed would be. The creation of art as art while still giving us a character in motion. Brilliant.

The terrible weight of knowledge in a society that prizes secrecy. This is a stellar, rhythmic monologue that quickens the heart.