Recommended by Cheryl Bear

A powerful tale of patriarchy and a history lesson of a circumstance that was all too common. Well done.

The conversation no parent wants to have and there's no right way to have it. We would do anything to protect our children and there doesn't seem to be a way for us to guarantee they won't be harmed. The best we can do is prepare them for the reality of what could happen. Powerful and well done.

A teacher pulls on the craft of storytelling and art to safely guide her students, with the least psychological damage possible, through yet another lockdown drill. Well done.

A powerful piece of theatre that gives voice to the silenced third world in a community. Well done.

A slice of New York where some wisdom of life is passed on and an exchange one will always remember in the heart of your local shop. Well done.

A spectacular intergalactic preparation of theatre that is just so entertaining and so much fun. Well done!

A fantastic look at three women and the life they've lived with different perspectives on that past, but a common purpose that bonds them. Well done.

A play about motherhood and the weight of the responsibility to continue to both be playful and have the energy to create. Well done.

The devastating irony that all of the therapeutic measures to help children cope with the world they now live in are being taken away hits home. Well done.

The history lesson we either breezed over or never received. The paramount importance of knowing it so we can change things and do better hits home hard. Well done.