Recommended by Christopher Soucy

What a fun premise! John Busser has a knack for making a zany situation seem grounded. The characters have a matter of fact attitude that sets this piece up for hilarity. I can imagine an audience riding in laughter at this play.

It’s difficult to divine a truth when you are obsessed with divine truth. There are pitfalls that await all of us in the faith we rely on, religious or not. What a gripping piece Deb has created. A true family drama that needs to be on stage.

Scott Sickles is so brilliant that it I sometimes have to avert my gaze from his work. Here we have a prime example of a play that digs deeper and expresses more than the words could ever contain. It is a life. Full of tumult and pain, joy and love, and an unyielding beauty that is far from nonsense. I have a long standing grudge against genius writers, and Scott is right at the top of my list. It’s mostly pettiness on my part, but still…

This hurts. Our children are refugees. Combat veterans. We ask them to grow up as targets. We ask them to get used to the headlines, the danger. We let them down with every opportunity we should make them safe. Jill strikes to the heart of the new normal. And with that strike all our hearts break.

Hilarious. And just in time to give me anxiety over impending tax issues. Any drummer would be exhausted from all the rimshots necessary for this loaded short piece! John Busser is doggone funny!

There are hints of tragedy in this sweet short play. But those hints only tease at the triumph of hope that ultimately prevails. There is a time in everyone’s life when the decision to be who we are is made. Sometimes, it happens without notice. Sometimes it happens after great deliberation. And if we are lucky, we realize that we have many chance to make the decision again.

What would we do differently when given a chance? Have we learned enough to pass on the lessons of our own doubt and heartache? Baker gives us a hopeful scenario where a father tries to be there for his son in earnest. There is warmth and hope in this piece, as well as pain and anguish.

You can pretty much guarantee when the apocalypse is in full swing there will be employers complaining about “quiet quitting.” This play is both hilarious and depressing. An impressive feat. Greg Lam gives us an unadulterated look at our all to certain fates.

Young love is a strange and wondrous thing. More strange than wondrous sometimes. And in this case, the strange is hilarious, and the wondrous is too. I’d there was an award for “did not see that coming” Hannah deserves to win it!

Edna is a marvel! Reversing the clock with a simple decision. Acting one’s age is just acting. Choosing who we are, how we approach the world, and even what age we want to be are glorious choices that Edna shows us how to make!