Recommended by Marj O'Neill-Butler

The simplicity of this piece fools us at first, as we discover it holds so much information. A moment in time that solves two problems at once. Beautiful and warmly written.

Gwydion brought me into the room with this piece. I even felt the lights dim and then lighten up as time went on. This play couldn't be more current. I started questioning my beliefs in the middle of the piece. Take the time to review this piece of theatre and you'll think differently.

I love plays that are quirky, and this is one of them. Mamie falls in love in a week and wants to marry Grover. Their time together is limited though, and you'll never guess why. A funny, clever play that even quotes Robert Frost.

Ouch! This snippet of a play hits hard, especially with the current politics and our daily lives so restricted. Franky is such a clever writer!

This is such a creative and sweet piece. I love combining the opera with a modern romance...two guys not able to take the next step to commitment. He creates a clear picture of the ferry, the opera and two disparate guys finding their way. Add a lonely ghost and you have a delicious piece of theatre.

This play is joyful and horrible in two acts. The scenes in Germany are frightening because they ring of now. The characters are endearing and vicious. Let us not repeat this horror.

I just read this short play after having heard it at the Mid-America Theatre Conference this weekend. This is one hell of a moving piece. Every parent will recognize themselves in this beautifully honest and real slice of life about caring for and loving their child. Franky, as always, goes deep into the heart of his pain. I wept again.

This short play is close to what may be eerily true about climate change and the end of the world as we know it. A final lifeline, 5000 babies in cryogenic suspension and a looping tape...is this the end of the world? This is an important take on climate change and our future an this planet.

I, too, heard Franky's play in the quirky bookstore, Heirloom Books, somewhere in Chicago. In an intimate setting with friends and strangers, we re-lived Franky's life with all its pain and suffering. The most truthful play I've ever heard. I can't stop thinking about it and Franky. Along with the harrowing stories, there was such humor and laughter. This play needs to be heard and seen.

This long monologue is enlightening, historical and above all sad. Sad because a woman, especially a black woman, in the 40's had few choices about her life. Liddell brings Lena to life. We see her, we feel for her, we agonize for her. A really special piece.