Recommended by Darcy Parker Bruce

I absolutely loved this play. From the first page I was hooked and Ginger's natural writing style flows so easily that before I knew it I was halfway done. This is a play that works on so many levels, and it's a sharp and poignant adaptation. A smart critique of the American military, BURNING isn't just a play about what isn't working. It's a play about longing and wanting and being true to yourself, sometimes at the expense of what you really desire. Cy is a wonderful character, and it's great to see butch women onstage. Hope it's staged soon.

Stop my heart but do I love this play. Call me a sucker for gender-bent historical figures placed in a distant future, but this play continued to pull me in even after my initial excitement. Amy has a playful quality in approaching her scripts that resonates in the lines, and which will translate to the actors. This play has so much going on but Amy balances it all with a sure hand. It's also a script about finding your purpose, and about the aching sadness that exists in all of us when we're feeling lost. Definitely read it.

Where do I BEGIN with Catherine's work? I've been loving her plays for almost five years now and NAKED is no different. Her style is FRESH and HIP and HONEST. Catherine writes comedy, of course, and her plays will easily leave you crying and out of breath with glee, but she's no stranger to dealing with heartbreak. Her characters speak to one another with an enviable frankness, in NAKED take scene 9, once Jackie and Alaska have slept together, Catherine captures so well the feeling of loneliness that can happen right next to someone you care for. I love it.

I opened this play again this morning to remind myself how it reads, and I got goosebumps just skimming the words, remembering when I was fortunate enough to watch a public reading from a selection of this piece at the Sewanee Writers' Conference last summer. This play is a powerhouse, knock-out script that will leave an audience transfixed. The staging opportunities are endless, and I respect Justin for his clarity on what the play needs as well as his openness on what can be added during a production. This play is important. Please make the time.

This is a perfect play. Nathan's use of lyrical language coupled with a desire to push the limits of theatricality make this play a contemporary classic. This is script that should be required reading for all theater students, regardless of their focus. These are characters that resonate, and themes that are so visceral and urgent it's as if this play was destined to be written. I have no doubt that Dontrell will find life onstage for a long time to come.

I'm in awe of Rachel's ability to test the limits of what can be brought to life onstage. This play is so much like Cirque du Soleil in its call for staging the fantastic, but at its core it is every bit the beating heart of contemporary American Theater. Funny and heartfelt, this is a play that should find its way to a stage more often. I enjoyed it so much, and I keep coming back to it. Rachel is a playwright to watch.

I love this play! It's so endearing. I have a weakness for bats and while I was reading this play I was imagining all the ways the actor playing Carl/Jubilee could create Carl onstage. Very cute and full of laughs.

I'm very happy to see that Adrian is taking this play to UMASS Play Lab this summer. I Love Sean is fresh and immediate. The use of language is utterly unique, and when coupled with dry wit makes for a sharp and necessary critique of how modern women are often expected to interact with the twenty-first century. Einspanier's ability to weave such a full world with such brevity is truly a skill. I hope to see more productions soon, and I encourage you to read more.

Diana is a playwright with explosive talent and she has built a magnificent play that runs like clockwork. WHARPED has a precision to it that only adds to its theatricality, and the design potential of the piece serves to enhance the story arc rather than washing it out. We workshopped this play at the 2016 Sewanee Writers' Conference. WHARPED is an achievement, and Diana is a playwright to watch.

Edith is a genius. The Mystic is wonderful, hilarious, thoroughly researched, and heartbreaking at exactly the right moments. We workshopped Mystic at the 2016 Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the play opens up to its readers in the best way. It's not easy to do what Edith does so well, and yet she makes it seem like it is. Truly a wonderful work, and I'm excited to see where it goes.