Recommended by Asher Wyndham

This rhyming fairy tale for adults/kidults is parts delightful Dr Suess and weirrrrd as Robert Wilson's Black Rider. It's short, just 10 pages, but there so much for a director with an imagination like Wilson or Tim Burton. Thanks to zero stage directions and brief setting description, Szymkowicz leaves a lot up to creative artists. This can certainly be produced longer than 10 minutes with music, lighting, media, and other trappings of theatre. If only adults had heart and imagination of a child like Lucy...the world will be a kinder and magical place like the one in Szymkowicz's GOLDEN TOWN.

This is spot-on-satire -- captures through an animated, imagined voice of a smart device the annoying, unapologetic anti-hero within us - that voice of our obssesion, maybe our crippling addiction to information consumption on the Internet. Oh, those panda babies are so cute, those Facebook quizzes so funny, but all of it a waste of time -- you're not truly living, not truly connected with the world, with others offline. It's a challenge for the actor, something rare for theatre - an inanimate object animated through the spectacle of acting and theatre! If you enjoyed the monologue Helper, read this!

Clever play that would be a winning addition to a Sunday service or mass or any Christian educational setting. And also any comedy festival. The concept - so much fun! - genius. I'm part of the Steven G. Martin fanclub -- I recommend checking out his plays and joining the club.

To say something or not about a suspicious or left behind item in public -- most of us, aware of living in a dangerous world where terrorism could happen anytime, can relate to this situation in Bavoso's play. We're always looking around, wondering about that backpack... Are we overreacting these days about our safety in public? Should we always say something to authorities, or will it just be a waste of time? And then the play becomes something else, a shocking twist that I didn't see coming. Check out this topical play.

Bravo! A toast to Haas! An Italian family dramedy on mourning with plenty of food and fighting, distinct female characters that anyone over 40 shouldn't overlook. One of the best developed family dramedies I've read on New Play Exchange in a long time. This would be a sure hit at community theatres across the country.

Every beginning playwright should read this; it's a warning. And really funny. I recommend teachers put this on their syllabi. Maybe read this even before writing your very first play. This is one my favorite short plays about theatre, ever.

Harold Pinter (if he wasn't dead) would marvel at this play! The language of the dining guests reminds me of Pinter's Celebration while the surprise under the table (I won't tell - read it) gives this play a political edge that the master playwright would appreciate (if he wasn't dead). Check this out. This is political theatre that makes you laugh one minute and then angry the next. Just perfect for any political-themed play festival.

Anyone who is a hoarder or has way too much junk or keepsakes can relate to Edsel, even if they're not in their 70s. The story concept of moving boxes shifting -- and attacking -- is brilliant, and sets it a part of the other garage/attic/moving plays. Boxes are designated as characters in the character list -- that was definitely a hook! Several laughs a page. A great comedy for senior actors -- and they're rare on New Play Exchange.

This play woke me up like no short play has done in a long time. It's the kind of the play that reminds you're a citizen of a country with a terrible history and that you must always respond to it and do your part to prevent a repeat of history. The accumulation of stories of torture, captivity, separation -- injustice, racism, evil -- weighed on my heart. You'll marvel at the detail from Carnes' research, but marvel more at the minority voices she has brought to the page and stage. Carnes is a gift to theatre. Produce/commission her.

Hayet captured these kids, their speech and their responses, so perfectly! He's one of my favorite dialog writers on NPX. This is so so cute. This would be perfect for a classroom exercise in middle school or high school. And also perfect for a one-minute play festival.