Recommended by Jordan Bird

A fun imagining of the Washingtons's response to Trump, and a ferocious, heart-felt call to arms. Plus, I love a John Oliver name-drop.

Strange and wonderful. This short play took my breath away. It's beautiful, poetic, with a formality uncommon in contemporary plays -- and this formal language pairs so perfectly with the beautiful images Partain creates through her characters. I only imagine that every member of an artistic team would love to work on this piece -- the possibilities for lighting design alone are breathtaking. A perfect addition for a short play festival. Lovely.

An engaging concept with a fresh twist on the play-within-a-play trope. These characters are -very- frustrating, which I find refreshing -- and the depth of my frustration with them indicates the depth of my engagement with them. This show poses some wonderful challenges for an artistic team. And thank all goodness for a complex, romantic role for an actor with a disability: a role there are far, far too few of.

This play is a punch to the gut -- the climax is inevitable but still caught me by a surprise that made my heart sink. Gershman has given us complicated characters who propel the story along with their terrible, noble, well-intentioned, and ill-intentioned choices. There are moments of transcendent beauty and outright horror, balanced on a razor's edge. If you want to produce a play that will stir discussion, you should consider producing this play.

This play will shake you to your core. Gorgeous, horrifying, necessary. There's not much more to say.

Funny, meta, tongue in cheek, and ugh so frustratingly accurate. The elevator setting is a bit of a genius move: both in the trope of "ooo let's trap these characters in a small metal deathtrap!" sense, and in the theme of escalation built into the script. A smart idea, well-executed.

A perfect cat and mouse, where the cat and mouse keep changing. Witty, smart, quick. I love these two women so immediately because they feel so true and so real. This would be an awesome addition to an evening of short plays.

Oh, lordy. This play is almost too real. It's so funny, so honest, and so full of that quiet rage that couples can develop after ten years together. But gosh, when that I'Ching voiceover starts, I about lost my marbles laughing so hard. I love Rachael Carnes' brain, her wit, and her striking ability to get to the very center of her characters. A perfect ten-minute play.

A play that cries out to be read out loud (which I did, to my dog), AN ACORN is a song of hope in a swirling wilderness of want, fear, and moral poverty. I love the form this play takes, the way it moves us from moment to moment, from voice to voice. Svich guides us with a gentle hand from this plays beginning to its conclusion; and when we hear the ocean say, "I'm in love; I love you all so much" -- I believe her, and I agree with her.

Oh my gosh. This play is so much fun with a terrific purpose. I love any opportunity to dive into the weird world of Asher Wyndham -- I consistently laugh, gasp, cry, or some variation of all three when I read his work! -- and SOME KID is no exception. I love presenting the importance of voting to kids in a language they understand. This will be a perfect addition to the Protest Play Project's voting plays.