Recommended by Asher Wyndham

I've never read a play before that can work so well as a multi-character play or a solo play. As a solo, 'Talking Points' could be a different play: the character could be practicing, going over his talking points, before Thanksgiving dinner. As a solo, it'd be a great challenge for an actor to create five others characters with distinct voices and reactions. And it would be hilarious! Structuring the play as a 'press conference' distinguishes it from other holiday plays.

If you enjoyed the movie Sausage Party, you'll have a sweet tooth for this f-d up shorty.

Put down your xylocarps and read this fun play. Xylophonists, Raymond Roussell, and Walter Abish would approve. Fun like xerography. People would pay 'xu' to see this.

What's in Daniel Guyton's fruitcake?!? A Christmas donkey, the best in Italy, needs a remedy for his laryngitis before traveling with Santa Claus? What a wacky play! Please, please choose this play for your Christmas festival. But make sure to give your audience egg nog and cookies. So when they laugh out loud they make a big mess.

A play for children and for the curious child in each of us that still asks those BIG questions on life and death. Surprisingly delightful despite the tough questions asked by the little girl. The Snowman's metaphysical monologues on existence, his answers that reflect on essence and purpose, all while knowing he'll end up a puddle by the end of the season, made me think of an old man on his deathbed. Simple story concept, a girl talking to a snowman, but complex in its character development through question-and-answer. Perfect for classroom, TYA festival, and competition.

A short play of unexpected intimacy and humor and discovery of desire. Lovely. Check it out.

An ambitious drama of historic scope covering significant chapters in Puerto Rico's fight for independence and its relationship with the US mainland. It's never a dense history lesson. A critical and intimate character study of both an island and its hero. A fearless docudrama that looks to the past - and at the inequities faced by islanders deemed as savages - while forcing us to consider the present: the US government's racist relationship with the island after the natural disaster. Highly-theatrical. Diaz-Marcano commands attention from page one. A playwright to keep on your radar. A play that needs your attention!

As with his other short plays, Cassidy lets you the reader - and the audience member - figure it out, put the puzzle pieces together to imagine the world beyond the play. His play 'Generation' gets under your skin like a tapeworm burrowing its way to your brain to suck. What - not who - is the woman giving birth to!?! This play and other short plays like Phases and The Unluckiest Girl would be smart choices for your Halloween show. His shorts are wacky like those by Roberto Augirre-Sacasa, but they're hell of lot creepier.

Werewolves howling in the darkness in a previous play, and now the legendary serial killer Ted Bundy enjoying a drink with a woman. Without putting on stage and on the page actual depictions of tragedy or evil, just referencing it, playwright Cassidy scares you! And it makes you think... We see so much horror on TV, we read about it night and day, but we sadly don't know everything that's terrible about the world. And that might be scarier than actually knowing what's scary in our lives. You never know you might be going home with a serial killer.

The mind's a spooky place, and Cassidy's mind is probably spooky. Maybe he wrote this under a full moon. Whatever happened that night when he wrote this, it resulted in a wacky, weird play. And it's a lot of fun. Has the appeal of a Scooby Doo cartoon, but it's deep and f-d up like a Twin Peaks episode. Great job building the eeriness and atmosphere. A good play to consider for your Halloween showcase.