Recommended by Audrey Lang

"Alice in Therapy" is such a fun take on the story of "Alice in Wonderland" that we all know. It parodies both that story and the psychology of Freud very effectively, and I can imagine the many, many laughs it would get in just four short pages in performance!

This was such an exciting play to read, unlike any I've experienced before! I was simultaneously relating deeply to certain parts of the school/teacher/student experiences depicted, as well as the interview experience, and in the next moment would be surprised or shocked in the best way by a totally different way of looking at a situation than I'd ever considered before. "Arise" took me on a journey with painful moments and humorous ones, all very intriguingly crafted.

I have been absolutely obsessed with this play since seeing the WP Theater production! It's a play I wish I'd had as a teenager but am so very grateful to have now as a young woman--both to think on in my womanhood and to look up to as a playwright seeking to create female stories. I loved how truthful the dialogue felt to the way teenage girls speak--I never had any doubt that was who I was watching, particularly thinking of the rapport they had with each other. I can't wait to see how the life of this play continues!

I saw the Kitchen Theatre's production of this play in Ithaca, NY, and was struck by the deeply human, sometimes painful, consistently touching way that it moves through two lives that coexist with one another. Max and Diana's relationship was one that felt so specifically and uniquely defined, and yet one that I recognized too, and appreciated for both of those qualities.

This play surprised me in all the best ways. Any play with "Anne Frank" in the title is not one I expect to make me laugh out loud reading it--but that's exactly what happened. Simultaneously, I feel as though I understand my own Jewish heritage, Anne Frank, and the Holocaust more than I did before as a result of having read this thought-provoking piece.

This play was a very enjoyable read. What I found particularly compelling was the back-and-forth between the twins listing the numerous possibilities of how they could each grow up. Whether each possibility was bad or good, they all had a depth of emotion behind them that drew me into the story. The language is so rich and theatrical that it is easy to envision, and, I can imagine, easy to stage without a big budget or fancy set—neither of which would be necessary to create the full world of “The Other Half.”

I saw Invincible Ones at the Signature Center in NYC in 2016, and had thought about it a lot since then, so I was very excited to find it on NPX to read and revisit. It is a play that has truly stuck with me and equally makes me laugh and breaks my heart.