Recommended by Adam Richter

Debra Cole's "Outlaw Dad" is a role model for every parent of a kid who is trans, queer or struggling to assert their identity. I cheer for the Dad with every line and every tattoo he explains in this vivid, powerful piece. Bravo!

A play that effectively uses a narrator is a rare and glorious treat, and Christopher Soucy's 10-minute apocalyptic gem fits the bill. A comedy that asks and answers weighty questions with plenty of wit and an ending that had me chortling, "The 42nd Reality" would be a treat for any short-play festival. The homage to a certain science fiction writer is a nice touch, too.
Bravo!

Jack Levine has a remarkable talent for taking instantly recognizable situations and twisting them into unexpected delights. Dick and Jane start out as strangers on a park bench, and end up as — well, I'm not about to spoil it. Along the way, the audience will enjoy getting to know these characters, and actors will enjoy plumbing their depths.
Outstanding!

Be careful whom you trust, especially if you're married to them. In 10 short minutes we see the relationship between Becca and Phillip devolve with the inevitability of a car crash: Something terrible is going to happen, we don't know what and we can't look away.
An inspired piece of horror that would be easy for theaters to produce and a treat for audiences to enjoy. Bravo!

Nobody writes a good farce like Debra A. Cole, and no one can compose a one-minute farce like she does. "Room 205" is a satisfying, laugh-out-loud sprint through a comical encounter between a hotel worker and a guest. I loved every minute of this piece, even though it only had 1.

Sixty seconds of absolute brilliance.

"sorry."

This honest and ultimately uplifting play says so much about the world of transgender kids — the inner world in which they find themselves and the outer world that they have to navigate, too often filled with hateful politicians who want to legislate away their existence.

I want to see this piece performed in front of every self-righteous asshole who wants to deny humanity to transgender people.

Debra A. Cole has done it. She has distilled all my years as a copy editor into a single minute, although "War of Words" is much more fun than wrangling reporters' stories night after night. I loved this playful, funny and all-too-recognizable short play.
"War of Words" will make audiences laugh and cringe, and would be a delight on stage. Bravo!

Phil Ochs once sang that it's easy for white liberals to like minorities, "as long as they don't live next door." Christian St. Croix extends this argument in "Cold Foam," in which the white liberal in question can not even handle the existence of a Black man within her line of vision. St. Croix distills so many American social ills into a killer solo piece. Well done!

"Cabana Boy" seems like it should be longer. I don't mean that anything is missing, because it isn't, or that Philip Middleton Williams gives his characters short shrift, because he doesn't.

I mean that after reading this beautifully written, moving coming-of-age play, I couldn't believe that it was only 60 pages long.

He built an entire universe, gave us four sympathetic and emotionally complex characters and gave them a tight, well-paced story of love, first times and longing that is painfully beautiful.

Brilliant work, as always. I would love to see this on stage. Bravo!