Recommended by Adam Richter

"Proof of Monsters" shows us why people are attracted to fringe beliefs and how tightly, and tragically, they cling to said beliefs even when proven wrong. Ruben Carbajal gives us a richly layered, tense drama in a few pages. Excellent work!

Philip Middelton Williams messes with your expectations perfectly in this laugh-out-loud funny play about mistaken identity. George and Marjorie are endearing as the fish-out-of-water Midwestern couple in South Beach, and the surprising reveal at the play's climax is a fantastic twist. This would be a hoot to stage.

Ah, young lust. Matthew Weaver captures that early relationship bliss, when all you want to do is kiss your partner and never stop. This is a sweet and joyful slice of adolescent life.

A tense, riveting and heartbreaking monologue. Len captures the audience's sympathy right away and holds it right to the end, which is perfectly ambiguous. This would make for compelling drama either over Zoom or in person.

Poor Skyler is sick and feels terrible. Poor Lewis has to put up with Skyler while taking care of them from behind a computer monitor. This is a charming romantic comedy written for the pandemic era that also gets to the heart of everything that's frustrating about the pandemic era.

How do you forgive someone who inflicted trauma on you? There is no single right answer, but the one that Sickles reaches by the end of this taut and moving two-hander is THE right answer for Kenneth and Benjamin. This is a powerful play about how we seek penance for committing horrible acts, whether in reality or in our minds.

This play is ostensibly about a simple conflict but Emma Goldman-Sherman writes in such an open way that it can be staged a thousand different ways. The story contains multitudes of metaphor and we are better off for it. But she also imbues the play with a lyrical beauty. The lines are poetic and dramatic at the same time.

Gustav and Umberto are a delight in this play about the Goldilocks story, told from the perspective of two bears who have no — erm — dog in the fight. Matthew Weaver retells the classic tale with precise, affectionate observational humor, while also giving us two characters instantly relatable. This was a joy to read and would be a delight to see on the stage.

There is a perverse joy in seeing the men of the 1950s get their deserved comeuppance at the hands of their ever-devoted wives. This is a delightful one-minute play filled with tension — both between the characters and their lopsided marriage, and in the unfolding of Kathleen's efforts to even the scales. This play is a macabre delight.

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That's about all you can say in response to this short and dead-on one-minute play. Greg Lam nails so much of what is wrong with, well, everything.

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