Recommended by Asher Wyndham

The comparison between the downing of alcohol and the dissolution of marriage, the poetic descriptions of different drinks and their effects on the taste buds, the talk of children and of loss and unhappiness--all of it makes for a clever, insightful play.

A lot of WTF eyebrow-raising BDSM references, discussion of punishment and humiliation that could easily make some readers discredit this play as not serious. Sapio's play is serious, and it's sweet and sad in what it says about lonely hearts. A play just for kinky seniors...? Nah. It can appeal to kinky adults of all ages because of what it says about relationships, loss and rejection. The play may make you wonder what your safe word would be...

There are plenty of plays where strangers meet, but none are like the two prisoners in Diaz-Marcano's Prison Song. If you like the unexpected intimacy of Albee's Zoo Story or the philosophical intensity of Bernard Marie Koltes' In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields or the perversity and intimacy in the writing of Jean Genet, then you'll love this play. It doesn't matter if your values and morality are not exhibited by these characters; just experience the play, and you will discover something truthful about many relationships: love and violence, tenderness and cruelty are almost always entwined.

Raw emotion, brutal honesty. Not your average graveyard monologue. Your question, Why did she sell her parents' things so cheap? -- is given a shocking answer -- an unsettling revelation for the audience. Dynamic monologue for competition, classroom work, and production.

Like his other short plays, KiKi Pineapple and A Modern Miracle, Martin has created something truly original, I think. This short play is silly and smart, funny and serious just like his other short plays; and like them they can attract a wide wide audience, any demographic really, any community. For this play, the kids could be played by adults, the judges by kids; all adults or all kids -- many casting possibilities. Maybe one day an evening of his short plays in a neighborhood near you! If it happens here, I hope I'm front row!

Wow! I'm in awe of this play! My hands are in the air, thank you for this powerful play! From the first arresting stage picture to the last, I'm enthralled, fixed on the father-daughter's weird but familiar relationship. The intensity and intimacy reminds me of some moments from Samuel Hunter's plays. The familial relationship and the landscape these characters inhabit remind me of Sam Shepard's work. The not so realistic poetry reminds me of Sheila Callaghan's work. This playwright writes on a micro level, considers the space between characters, hears their breathing. I want to read everything by this playwright.

The most tragic day for a character ever in the history of theatre. Zany. Fun. The Mayfly experiences more tribulation than most characters in short plays.

A silly short play about connection in and outside the virtual world. The development of these two contrasting characters from disconnection to connection in only a few pages is impressive.

Marie's response to a terrorist attack that left her son dead, her grief and guilt --her trauma -- might make you remember your own personal/private trauma or consider your response to tragedy. The play might make you think about our collective/community/national/global response to terrorism and tragedy. Do you have anything in common with Marie? Read this play and find out! Scenes between Marie and her doctor where Virtual Reality therapy is used contains some of Shineman's best writing.

This is an amazing short play for many reasons. It brings to your attention an important issue of climate change. With that issue, it develops the emotional relationship of granddaughter and grandfather, each with a distinct need/desire and back story. That relationship is further developed theatrically with a memorable showdown in the last few pages --a spectacle of lyricism, sound, and imagery. A great challenge for a sound designer. Share this with a sound designer friend--and maybe he/she can get in touch with a director. Contains one of the best stage directions OF ALL TIME!!!