Recommended by Christopher Soucy

Florida. My eyes hurt from rolling at every damn thing that Florida’s legislation is passing. I imagine this monologue will be the background noise of an admissions official reading a student from Florida’s transcripts. The choking of the education system should be recognized as child abuse.

I am thoroughly enjoying Adam Richter’s TERRIBLE BEAUTY 2.0 series. There is a slow burn dread that these installments inspire in me. The Insidious nature of corporate control over its workers coupled with the ever evolving nature of AI paints a backdrop of doom for our humanity.

A straw on the broken back of the camel that still struggles to carry its burden across this country. There is a nightmarish quality to the righteousness and conviction in this monologue. Here, Richard Gustin uses dark strokes to paint a portrait of a lawman who stepped over the line but refuses to acknowledge it.

A true epic battle of good versus evil… or mediocre versus evil… or borderline evil versus more definitively evil. Whatever the hell it is, it’s hilarious and satisfying. Scott Sickles remains at the top of my “I’m not jealous, you’re jealous” list of writers.

Perfect! A send up of the ghost hunting craze! I am a long time ghost hunter and love to see a good skewering of the field. Lou Jones gives us a funny and chilling tale of comeuppance and ghostly activity.

Chilling. The answer to “how” is oftentimes so much easier than the answer to “why.” A true Turing test asks “Why poetry?” Adam brings us closer to the ominous answer to our purpose, our longings, our very humanity.

The dystopian nightmare has often been about suppressing access to art, but the notion of suppressing the creating of art while still serving a glut of empty regurgitated AI is truly horrifying. Adam Richter has bravely pushed into an all too real possible future in a wonderful, funny, terrifying short play that has enough import to demand more episodes! And luckily, they are on their way!

there is a romanticism to the old-school hobo lifestyle. Adam Richter gives us a grounded Vladimir and Estragon who are decidedly not waiting for what comes next. They are actively living a life that seems both confining and free. Sometimes an end comes so naturally that its impact is no heavier than a feather, but the lasting effects can roll like thunder for the rest of one's life. Adam has mastered the art of hope and subtle devastation.

I am reminded of a quote from movie The Time Machine, “We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are memories... And those that carry us forward, are dreams.” Brenton Kniess manages to give us a sci-fi epic in a quiet gathering in an apartment.

Loving the rapid fire plays coming out of this month. Adam Richter gives us a funny doozy of an in processing interview.