Recommended by Marj O'Neill-Butler

She's right you know. Who knew the world would turn out like this. Who would want to have a child under her circumstances? Under anyone's circumstances. This is a very real monologue for a young woman with lots to think about.

This two hander is so real, it's scary. Why can't the two of them get down to it? Solve their past issues? Why meet if not to come to terms with their former relationship? But people don't and this short play is a classic example of two people who maybe shouldn't have been together in the first place. Realistic dialogue and characters.

Women are meant to love and find a partner...that's what we learn as we grow up. But what if that's not what our heroine Nina really wants? With poetry and images, DeFrates crates another world...one with the Moon in place guiding Nina. This is a lyrical piece of writing. And the ending is great!

What a fun twist when Father insists his son is gay and he brings home Lesley. Lesley in turn confounds Father with her dual identity. A real twist on tea time with the parents when bringing home a new partner..

A swift two pages but with fervent wishes. We have all felt that way when the snow melts. But perhaps you'll see the sled tracks and the footprints of reindeer if you look hard enough.

Did you ever have your eyes water and spill down over your cheeks while reading something? Zero Sum Game did that to me. This is the brief story of the death at the hands of one young man by another. And you understand. You know he did the right thing. But it lingers, this killing.

Silence can kill you…it takes the joy out of living. PTSD does the same thing and this short play does just that…it takes the joy out of a family. Trying to keep the family together the Mother and two kids do their best to placate their father’s obsession. Until they don’t. This is a dark and interesting short play.

People are often trying to place their kids in a traditional box. Young Harriet has other ideas, much to the distress of her parents, the Grays. And doesn’t their name just suit them. This is a fun and slightly absurd short play

Eileen keeps us in suspense while we wait for the eighth ingredient. A great monologue for an older woman.

Mandy and Jim might start off as strangers, but Martineau's dialogue moves along their friendship. These are two lonely but kind people who seem to meet the right person at the right time. A very sweet two-hander.