Recommended by Jordan Elizabeth

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.

THIS PLAY IS PERFECT. I laughed. I cried. I laughed again. Lorraine and Sasha's relationship is so real, so immediate, and so honest. Their love for one another is so tangible it hurts, especially in their moments of anger with one another. The time capsule is a bit of a genius moment: it works theatrically as well as metaphorically. If you're looking for an exemplary one-act, look no further.

A beautiful short play by Franky Gonzalez that reveals just how deeply the river of love flows between siblings. Gonzalez has done incredible work to capture the rhythm of boxing with his words. This was be a gorgeous addition to a festival of short plays; the boxer would be a rich role for an actor/ess to dig into.

This play perfectly captures being sixteen, being a young woman: all of its excitement, horror, lust, fear, and confusion. This is the world of a teenage girl's body -- a battleground of others' expectations, ridicule, and intentions, both good and bad.

"The world's a small circle drawn around us." I love every little thing about this play: the self-made traps these women find themselves in, the generational curses, the missing things, the secrets and the stories hiding in the very walls.

"I didn't know that living and surviving were two different things, but they were."

This play is haunting, moving, and gorgeous. I had major shivers at the end. Femia's poetry and rhythms get lodged inside your head and work away at you.