Recommended by Asher Wyndham

Transcendent. Evocative. And that's rare in short works. Could be a great challenge for a media designer.

I'd love to be front row with Dennis Cooper watching this.

I definitely want the full length. This is a brilliant comedy like something twisted from Terry Gilliam with a bit of Ionesco and the TV show Dinosaurs. It is outrageous, but it says a lot about the haves and have nots and inequality. A dream come true for designers. Connect with this playwright.

The character of Danielle is a dynamic role for an auditioning or competing actor - dynamic even though she's severely depressed and a few days from losing her father to cancer. What's surprising about this monologue's execution is that it's not a one-note, flatlining monologue on melancholy. It's a believable voice of youth, angry and confused. It's a genuine examination of grief, and you may agree your worst day doesn't compare to hers. I would love to read dozens of monologues written by Hageman!

First, I shouldn't speak for God, but I think GOD WOULD LOVE THIS PLAY. He/She would give it four stars. Second... if it can't be staged on the altar stage, it could be staged in your church's other room or some other stage space -- a Monty Pythonesque Christian comedy that forces its parishioners/audience members to examine their own and humanity's behavior, selfishiness, and relationship with God, and also the purpose of prayer. This concept could've been easily a Saturday night sketch, but in the masterwork hands of Guyton it's quite the opposite.

If you love madcap comedy and sex farces, if you want to see something screwy like a John Waters film, something bonkers like Charles Ludlam, if you're not a prude, then park your butt in Paradise in Orloff's play. Read it, produce it, your community needs some entertainment from this master comedy playwright.

Wow. Beautiful. The richness of spirit this playwright's lines summon, even if the topics are mourning and life after the loss of a lived one, is impressive. There's a Dickinson-like intensity to this monologue, a world building of the past in the smallest details that was breathtaking. The part about the woman seeing Emily in candlelight was...wow. If you're producing a showcase of historical monologues or just monologues on women, pick this. I want to read more monologues by this playwright!

Although the behavior and responses are the stuff of ridiculous comedy, the unfortunate situation -- a grocery guy pouring out expried milk -- is all too common. Will this play, when produced, encourage audience members to persuade grocery stores to change their tune and donate their milk and food to shelters? Probably not, there's too much in the way, as the play informs us. But it may remind us to not toss away unconsumed food or drink, and give it to the poor. Or maybe make us laugh, especially at the end-- a chorus of milk containers singing!

A comedy on a taboo subject, suicide -- kind of dark funny like a Martin McDonaugh play without the violence -- but with an expected tenderness and an ending that breaks your heart. Highly recommend for comedy showcases. Another gem from McBurnette-Andronicos.

This monologue play will be a hit at State Fairs (if they do theatre) or any middle school in Washington state, or anywhere in rural America, maybe anywhere! I remember one State Fair listening to the young farmers giving speeches -- it was fascinating -- these kids are the future of rural America. This play reminded me of them. We need more Onion kids, more kids like the kid in Weaver's monologue -- their enthusiasm for agriculture needs to be celebrated. And we celebrate them with laughter and applause when we read this play. The dance, the juggling -- hahaha.