Recommended by Asher Wyndham

Poetry in motion. Expansive in emotion and intensity. One of the most beautiful solo plays I've read.

The image in your mind during reading this -- I would love to see actors and designers bring the hilarious situation to stage. Maybe on stage across the street from a church or in a downtown park.

I would love to see this staged. Maybe a spotlight on a teddy bear in a crib, no actor, just a voiceover. We can have theatre without an actor on stage.

I would love another scene! If not, what a great play for senior actors. It's rare to have a play with THREE roles for senior actors.
This one of Lermond's most poetic plays and most affecting in its thematic expressions. Poignant, funny, this romantic comedy will win over your audience.
Siblings will relate to the bickering between the sisters, and anyone who hasn't had a date or an interest in a serious relationship again could relate to Phyllis.
Also this is a great play for a scenic designer--how do you create a rocky shore in Maine on stage?

How does Miss Ella know this truth about love and lust? She must know from experience. She's warning someone dear to her, but you learn a lot about this woman, her perspective on life, love and sex in less than page. Another voice from Lermond that leaps off the page.

Packs an emotional punch in one page. A memorable portrait of a young mother in distress.

Builds from sisterly banter with laughs every page over a recipe on Zoom to an intimate, heartbreaking convo on loss and mourning during Covid. Every line seems perfectly crafted. You'll be in awe at the end of this play. If you're involved in Zoom theatre, read this, produce it NOW. Most ten minutes are forgettable, not this one.

A hilarious black comedy of manners and lack of, of generational divide that perfectly dispenses its exposition and surprises in a way that is suspenseful. And it does this without interaction between its characters. Ready to produce, this duologue, a rarity in theater, will leave your audience in stitches.

The same mistakes, the same structure forced on women's lives, same expectations and values of love/sexuality/marriage -- it hasn't changed for many women even after several decades of progress and social change. The playwright focuses on all of this through the believable, loveable voice of 60 year-old woman. This character speaks not only to her granddaughter but all granddaughters, all young women, forcing them to reflect. Do they really respect themselves and are in a relationship with a guy that truly respects them for who they are? A great addition to any festival highlighting senior voices and female stories.

Yeah, wow. This is one of the most active ten-minutes I have read, intensifying with crude humor to shocking climax and realization. What starts off as a comedy becomes a somber look at America's treatment of its veterans. Martin writes some of the most memorable ten-minute plays.