Recommended by Asher Wyndham

This monologue as an audition piece (in whole or an excerpt) will definitely wake up a director! Women with curves, with extra weight, women who have a sense of humor should check out this winning monologue.

This solo play about OCD addresses life as a 'web of instrusive thoughts, rumination and anxiety' - and makes you, the [un]diagnosed, wonder about the same. You might freak out because you might recognize yourself in the parts played by the character-actor, you might laugh because you might recognize certain behaviors (hand-washing) or thoughts (hurting people, Antonio Banderas). Theatre should be always be a safe place to feel uncomfortable -- to recognize our common anxieties and traumas -- and this powerful play in the right theatre can make that possible - and make it ok to laugh.

Yes, an incredible play - arguably a masterpiece of the short form, seriously. The atmosphere, the evocative setting, the poetic language - and its disturbing subject - create a thought-provoking play that may provoke a re-assessment of Thomas Jefferson. A man of great letters, a giant of history - and that should pale in comparison to his monstrous, evil abuse of power over a slave child. A must-pick play for any #metoo festival. Produce this now, share it again and again. This play is proof that Carnes can't be ignored. She's brilliant!

I've witnessed the erratic, aggressive behavior of an aging adult with dementia and its impact on a spouse - not as a spouse myself, but as a child as caregiver. Burdick is spot-on in capturing a volatile marriage in dissolution with one person with dementia. It's a painful read, its violent ending shocking but totally believable - it can happen; if the violent ending doesn't happen in real life, the spouse without the disease has probably thought of it. A highly recommended play for senior actors who love a challenge. Check it out.

Immediately I identified with Little Miss Muffet, the nerdy cheese-loving gal, and thought, something like, 'yeah it's about time I worked on my dating profile, went on some dates, and made some personal changes'...and then the lesson of the play, its moral, hit me, I thought -' yes, there's nothing wrong with me. I love what makes me odd.' Thank-you Muffet for being yourself. And thank you Hageman for this silly play. Highly recommended for kids and adults! I look forwarding to read more fairy tale shorts from Hageman.

You can always count on Lucy Wang for compelling, complex short works for teenagers, including this serio-comic monologue for an Asian female actor. Just perfect for competition. Check it out.

A weight on my heart after reading this. Not a far-fetched concept - what happens at the end of this short short play may be a reality in America in a few years. It may be a new morning routine after combing hair or brushing teeth - if there's no serious gun control. Wake up, America.

If you enjoyed - and hopefully produced and shared - Goldman-Sherman's serio-comic marriage play MAN & WIFE, then I highly recommend you check out her play 800 MILES in only 10 minutes. Taking place just minutes after dropping off their son at college - that being one a relatable event for many married people - the play switches gears and examines with intensity and intimacy the fracturing of a marriage. Using a rhythmic language characteristically her own, this affecting short drama deserves multiple productions at any festival focusing on relationships or marriage.

This may be the greatest short play about a pedophile ever written by a playwright in the history of American theatre or maybe the only one because other playwrights are sane enough to not go there. And this playwright goes there and pushes it further than I expected. An uncomfortable, WTF short play that switches the roles of victim/victimizer and f-s with your brain and tugs on your heartstrings when you don't want it. Guyton's expansive imagination sometimes creeps into a territory only a few playwrights wander to. If you delight in sick, dark comedies, then check this out.

This is one of my favorite short plays that speaks to living in the Age of Trump. What starts out as an average morning encounter between mother and daughter develops into a necessary story of survival for women who live in fear for tomorrow and the future. Just right for a festival on current themes or a political theatre festival.