Recommended by Asher Wyndham

Hernandez uses every second of this one-minute play to the fullest.
This is a physical piece that makes the simpliest gestures highly theatrical.
Beautiful writing.

Sickles captures that spark of attraction, that longing for connection just perfectly.
Ollie's monologue might get under your skin. You will easily identify with this character because you've been there - in a room with a sexy stranger that makes you picture a life together.
Consider this for your queer showcase, maybe for Valentine's Day.

In 2 pages, Yarchun says a lot about our fears, anxieties, and thoughts during the pandemic. And it's funny.

Rosendorf is a rare playwright that knows how to create a play with time transitions. Jarring, quick, sometimes fluid transitions from past to present from the perspective of soldier Kyle will create an unforgettable spectacle for your audience. A spectacle that's a minefield of explosive emotions. Rosendorf achieves that while exploring subjects of masculinity, male body, gay sexuality, trauma, and war.
This is one of those plays where total design - media, lighting, sound and set - could achieve something spectacular. What a challenge for designers!

Who's the most famous sock puppet in American Theatre? It should be Minky from Carnes' Sock Monkey Cycle.
Carnes gives us a silly play with a side-splitting-joke every page but it's more than that. Carnes says something serious about human connection, communication, trust and survival in our unpredictable/scary world right now.
If you're an actor that doesn't have a part right now, get your camera out, a helper and sock puppet and have fun! This play and the other plays in the cycle should go viral (for all the right reasons).

Now this is a monologue! In barely a page and a half, Sickles' perfectly-structured monologue takes a cliche story concept - a marriage proposal - and surprises us more than once.
Any actress would be lucky with this monologue -- consider it for KCACTF competition or a festival on love/marriage.

The actor that gets to audition as the teenage Aura has a perfect challenge - play the dark comedy but at the same time deliver the emotional depth that's needed. The length that Aura will go to protecting her father is disturbing (you're left wondering if she's joking or not), but anyone with a heart will be won over by her.
Consider for your college showcase or competition.

Just like her play TWO DEGREES, the personal and the political are blended with painterly strokes.
Palmquist's THE WAY NORTH shows us empathy in action - that's the stuff of drama here - it's so reviting. You'll lean forward reading this on your laptop.
There's an optimism here, a hopefulness that we urgently need now in theatre. Thank-you.

Only a minute, but the tension and seconds of silence between the characters is palpable.
And the ending, though inevitable, is surprising, delightful and sexy.

A monologue that will shock the competition judges.
Part history lesson, part revenge, this monologue will delight any creepy girl.