Recommended by Rachel Bublitz

I have such a huge soft spot for this play. Magic, science, brilliant young women, aliens, and hope all rolled into one script. It's really funny and sweet, the dialogue bounces along, and I'd love to be best friends with any of the characters. A fantastic play for theater goers of all ages. Would love to see it produced.... Would also love to be a Librarian!

This short play is so heartbreaking. Chavez uses an economy of language to express horrifying grief that, as a parent, I don't want to imagine. But the play's humanity make the journey worthwhile, and the humor sprinkled throughout gives this short some really lovely juxtaposition, and makes the pain even more poignant.

The opening monologue of DUST OF THE STREET really grabs you from the get-go of this one-act. I was also struck by the specificity of grief displayed by the characters, as well as the relationships created by adoption. There's beautiful movement in the stage directions, which were executed so well in the staged reading I saw of the play. I'm really excited to see how this play develops, and what the playwright writes next.

This short play packs so much heart and beautiful/complicated sister relationship into its ten minutes. It's funny and touching, but also doesn't hold back on its critique on how allies don't always show up to ally.

I saw the Plan-B production and was so impressed with the integration of history, music, and storytelling. It was exciting and fast paced. Threedy balanced the necessary exposition and dramatic pull of the play quite well. With its flexible, and potentially quite large, cast size, it would work really well at colleges.

A moving and emotionally full play about dealing with the unthinkable. Carter uses humor and a matter-of-fact protagonist to juxtapose the gravity the world she’s created. I would love to see this in production. A fantastic play.

I would be so excited to see this play in production. It's poetic and lyrical, and the magic threaded throughout is to die for. A play about loss and trauma, and how and if we can (or should) separate the trauma caused by loved ones after we lose them.

FOR THE LOVE OF is passionate, funny, sexy, and determined. Being an artist in theater, the concept of doing something for the love of it, and not any for money or success, really grabbed me. The seamless moving in and out of roller derby and life gives the play a fierce theatricality. The dancing! I would LOVE to see this play produced, and with a cast of nine diverse women, it's something that should be going up all over the country. Do yourself a favor and order a copy of this script.... Then produce it in a theater near me!

I LOVE this play! I caught the Crowded Fire production, and top to bottom it was FANTASTIC. It's funny and smart and cutting and contains three wonderful roles for actors to revel in. Goodwin is a master craftsman and playwright, I'd love to see this play and his other work become staples in theaters across the country.

So engaging and well written. The characters draw you in and you're able to cringe and feel along with all of them. The dialogue is superb, and the play never holds a punch. I caught it as a reading, and would love to see it fully produced.