Recommended by Adam Richter

This is a delightful play that really nails the core conflict at the heart of the environmental movement. I also loved how grounded Angie was: idealistic but not a dreamer. Well done!

All the best kids have no tolerance for bullshit, and that's what makes Daphne such a delightful and funny character. She knows that the fun of childhood doesn't consist of pretending to be an adult. This was a joy to read and would be a scream onstage.

What seems a (ahem) flight of fancy is really a quite profound and poignant play about the fragility of the environment and the myriad ways we all depend on one another. Next time I want to compliment someone, I'm going to try telling them, "You're Bee 59,999!"

This is such an inventive way to stage the legend of the Bell Witch. Rachael Carnes does a great job bringing the characters to life — even the unseen children — and the darkly humorous turn on the final page makes for a perfect ending.

Ryan takes the most common tropes of classic detective stories and turns them on their head in this clever, suspenseful detective drama. A fun read that would be great fun in front of a live audience.

What I love about this monologue are the pacing— Scott is such an expert at telling the audience slightly less than they need to know, then revealing more a little bit at a time, pulling them along on the journey — and the way that not one but two characters are fully realized by the last page. This is a vivid, compelling meditation on survival and love.

What a heartbreaker! All Granny Lola wants to do is hit the casino. This is a wonderful monologue about motherhood, guilt, duty and the job of helping our kids that never ever seems to end. Asher Wyndham brings us into Lola's world and in his lively, spirited way lets us see her, warts and all. Fantastic.

This is a fast-moving play with sharp dialogue and a well-crafted plot. I won't give away the ending, except to say that it is heartbreaking and at the same time somewhat hopeful. At the end of two acts I wanted more.

Asher Wyndham is a master of the monologue, and Zoey is further proof. This five-page monologue pokes at the double standard of dress codes, particularly in schools, while showing us how complicated it is for a teenager to hang on to their identity and simultaneously hew to seemingly arbitrary school rules. Wonderfully effective.

I laughed out loud throughout this workplace comedy of Batman well past his prime and now running things at Wayne Enterprises. Hageman has fun skewering the comic-book superhero mythos while making Batman both comical and pitiable.