Recommended by Jordan Elizabeth

Sweet, honest, and so moving. As a bearer of zombie thoughts myself, I wish I had had a tool like this play as I was growing up. This play is a game-changer for kids with anxiety disorders, and an incredible tool of understanding for kids who don't. Kids and parents everywhere will be incredibly grateful for this play.

A laugh-out-loud genius cultural mashup that celebrates nerd culture, drag culture, scifi, and the power of story. So funny, so sweet, and just such a fierce and wonderful celebration. No artistic team on earth would turn down the chance to develop the sets, lighting, and costumes for this perfectly-structured heroine's journey to self-discovery and fierceness. This is a show I would LOVE to see.

This play is so freakin sweet! Jeeze louise. Hayet never fails to make me laugh (this play had me laughing at the very first line), but there is a depth of familial love and understanding in this piece that pushes his normal wit and timing into a different dimension. It's just charming. And gosh, don't we all wish we could have a brief, succinct press conference with family after a significant life event?

Oooooh this play is just so pretty. There's a humor underneath the necessary drama of this piece that lights up the characters and situation, making the drama feel even more immediate and intense. A really lovely example of magical realism done right. I love layering this magic on top of an alleyway next to a nightclub. There's so much to this short play, which would be a treat for an artistic team to collaborate on.

A beautiful, lyrical play with depth and a complex conflict that exists between the spaces of anger/distrust and understanding/respect. I love the motion and sound of this play, with sections that are long monologue-style juxtaposed with call-and-response sections that feel like church. In the end, a story of connection and creation, with a resolution to create new things in solidarity with other creators.

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.