Recommended by Adam Richter

Steve Martin, the master of the 1-minute play, does it again with this wonderfully theatrical and pointed play about people who enjoy life and those who absolutely. Effing. HATE. That. Don't let the balloon-poppers get you down.

The tightrope one has to walk between remembering a loved one and moving on is a difficult one, and Mabey deftly guides his characters along in this brilliant short play.

I believe that children are sociopaths, and absolutely nothing in Scott Sickles' delightfully funny monologue convinces me otherwise. This is a fun and hilarious portrayal of a kid who seeks revenge on their parents who had the audacity to SET A BEDTIME! Bastards!
Read and produce this wonderful monologue and, if you have kids, sleep with one eye open.

This is a powerful and profound monologue about the changing relationships between parents and children, and the tragedy of parents who refuse to accept that change. GABIE delivers a heartfelt and beautiful speech, probably in vain, trying to convince her mother to continue loving her. A fantastic monologue.

I love the way this budding romance unfolds so gradually and naturally over the course of the play. It's a beautiful and charming short one-act. Read and produce it!

What a delightful and funny meditation on time. John Mabey's character of Father Time is so unexpected but also so perfect. Bonnie wants just a little more time and Father Time isn't able to give it to her, but what he offers instead is surprising and a great fit. This would be a great play for any 10-minute festival.

An amazing play that works as both a coming-of-age tale and a coming-of-aging story. Over the course of several decades the title character and those around him are still trying to figure out who they are. I particularly love the way Doug DeVita shows the characters at different ages on stage at the same time, as if to say that we never really leave the past behind.
Extraordinary.

Wow. This is a powerful monologue about self-doubt, imposter syndrome and the pernicious evil of that inner voice that haunts us all. Absolutely heartbreaking.

That whole business about "Thou Shalt Not Kill" gets an early and brutal test when a Viking vampire attacks a Medieval English church. This short play has great tension, horror and blood (so much blood!) but it's the exploration of that early concept of sin that makes "Barbarian" linger in your mind long after it ends. How did early Christians reconcile Jesus' teachings with a dangerous and brutal world?
Read and produce this play. Audiences need to be challenged with it.

No matter how old we get, children never really let go of the scars they received as kids — whether from the playground, the school or their own family. Philip Middleton Williams shows us just how close to the surface all of this is in this wonderful two-hander that would be a gem for any pair of actors to perform. Excellent job!