Recommended by Rachel Bublitz

Highly theatrical and totally sobering. Carnes has created a powerful short play that speaks volumes to this nation's gun problems.

I want SO BADLY to see this play produced! I love so much about it, the typical office setting turned completely on its head with the outrageous characters, the interjections of tax business throughout the talk of evil destruction, the sly implication at the deregulations this current administration supports... Pfeffinger is on fire in this script!

I love the stakes of this play. It's witty and fun, Heinze takes care with both of his characters and gives real agency to the youth in the play, which I particularly enjoyed. Well done!

GHOST LITE is hilarious! I laughed throughout reading it on my computer, I can only imagine how much more funny it is with talented actors bringing the characters to life. I would actually love to see to see Warner's full length version of Hamlet.

FLY, BABY is a beautiful ten-minute that wrenches your heart. The characters jump off the page, they're both complex and endearing. Femia has a deft hand for creating a rich and wonderful worlds instantly, I can't wait to see her work being done all over the country all the time.

BIRTHDAY is a sweet short that touches on huge issues like adoption and race with a deft and light hand. Bouthiette uses humor, honesty, and love to ask huge and uncomfortable questions. The last line is perfect, because obviously yes, everyone does/should love Beyonce. Really all around well written and enjoyable.

Hilarious, twisted, and disturbing in the very best ways. If you're looking for some sick holiday fun, this gem is for you!

LOOK AT ME has two painfully real people trying to recover and find one another after one has experienced hell. It’s well paced, honest, and heart breaking.

Emily Kaczmarek has created a short so tender, that it will rip your heart out with every word. Reading "american kids" and knowing that another shooting is eminent makes me sick to my stomach, but I am thankful for Kaczmarek's beautiful words and characters that gives a much needed voice to the victims of these heinous events.

A touching and sweet short about memory and family and lore and all the stuff that comes with it. I particularly enjoy that the stage directions instruct the play to be produced on a bare stage, leaves so much room for the actors to play and for the audience to use their imagination. Really well done.