Recommended by Adam Richter

Romeo and Juliet didn't need a better sense of timing to save them; they just needed dinosaurs. The happy couple gets a well-deserved update in this bloody, charming and laugh-out-loud funny adaptation. Bravo!

Christopher Soucy's wickedly funny short play is going to set back interest in public transportation for decades, but it's so worth it. Read this play. Produce it. And make sure you have exact change.

This delightful play says so much with so few words. An elegant and exquisite short piece.

Sitting alone in a doctor's office, waiting for someone to tell you what's happening, is a breeding ground for dread. Daniel Prillaman turns that feeling up to 11 in this masterful, easy to stage short horror play. I will have it in the front of my mind the next time I go for a checkup.

These days, no conversation about politics is "just politics," because one of the parties has decided that dehumanization of the other is a key part of its message. Politics is personal, because the decisions that our elected — sure, let's call them "leaders" — make affects the livelihoods and existence of so many fellow citizens. Debra Cole shows what the stakes are in this upcoming election — and indeed any election — and, spoiler: It's more than just the state of your 401(k).
Blistering, masterful and necessary. Read this. And produce it.

The dialogue and the build-up in this play make the audience both pity poor Festus and long to see him play what seems like his dream role. This is a brilliantly funny play that would be great to see live. Bravo!

A beautiful, real and heartbreaking play about a longtime friendship and the roads — really a singular road — not taken in life. This was an exquisite joy to read.

Rachel Feeny-Williams makes the most of the "TLC" in the 28 Plays Later prompt, and we the audience, get to enjoy the results. This play is a wild ride filled with humor, uneasy tension and a payoff that I won't soon forget. A brilliant two-hander that I would love to see on stage.

This TLC gives any first- (or even second-time) homebuyer PTSD about the experience. There's nothing supernatural about Deb Cole's witty and distressing horror play about millennials. The terror comes from the realism of the home-buying process. Bravo!

I love the deft comic touch that Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend brings to all of her pieces, especially this one. "Reconnaissance" is a rich satire and a warning, both funny and intensely dark. This is a superb 10-minute play that I would love to see live.