Recommended by Rachel Bublitz

CRYING ON TELEVISION is such a lovely and funny play about connection, friendship, and our human need for community. I loved it from page on, I laughed out loud and had to fight back tears more than once. A heartwarming and endearing play that would bring in audiences in theaters across the country. Thomas' writing feels like being with your best friend(s) and just laughing your asses off together the whole time. Read and produce this play, please and thank you.

This play is heartbreaking, beautifully written, and potentially nightmare inducing. It is a history I wish more people were aware of, disturbing as it is. Charly Evon Simpson always has so much depth to her characters, and this play is no different. She shows joy in a place one would imagine none would be found, and with this glimmer of joy the pain is that much more felt. Read this play, produce this play, live in this play, let yourself be uncomfortable and torn up with this look at history.

Brilliant, poetic, beautiful, funny (laughs both forced and otherwise), and emphatically theatrical. A journey to find self and community, and how/if anyone can escape the poison of whiteness in America.

What I find the most compelling about this play is how the complexity of story and the character deepens with each new page and scene. All three characters are onions with layer upon layer of depth, operating within a world that is shifting quickly, along with Beverly's mind. Really well written and thoughtful.

I love Greek myths, and this musical does a fantastic job of bringing them to life for young audiences. The songs are fun and clever, the characters are familiar but still fresh, and I love the urgency Kahng gives these gods and goddesses in modern times. Highly recommend for reading and production, could be really fun to do in a school theater program as well!

Fast paced, action packed, and full of complex roles for young women. Would be a theatrical feat to produce, one I would run to see! Hoping this lands in many seasons around the country, it deserves to. Can’t wait to read/see more from Jones!

I cried, laughed, danced, and enjoyed the hell out of CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND when I caught it at the La Jolla Playhouse. It's electric and powerful. Run to go and see this, if given the opportunity.

Enjoyed reading this! Had a lot for actors, both emotionally and physically. Sweet, awkward, and a little sad. They’re reaching for one another, but I’m not sure contact will be made.

The strength of this play for me lies in the unsaid, the spaces left for our imagination. It’s devastating to imagine your best (and only?) friend getting cancer, and the things Romero leaves unsaid gives so much for her actors, a director, and an audience to dig into. I related to all the characters, I feel like I’ve been both of these women. It was refreshing to read a story about friendship. There’s also a lot of fun imagery and spectacle for designers to play with. Highly recommend for reading and producing.

An excellent ten-minute play filled with humor, large ideas clashing, and regret. Highly recommend.