Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

DC Cathro blends grittiness and warmth together in an atypical play perfect for the holidays and all year round. Natural dialogue, easy to stage. Bravo.

"The fells are falling!" Beatrix Potter is summoned by her creations to help save her "brave land". Lovely premise, dialogue, imagery and message. Favorite moment: Miller's image of "the flint of sun on the smoky rocks" conjured up Beatrix Potter's watercolors perfectly. I've such a soft spot for her creations, her-story and the blending of art and science. Brava!

Such mischievous fun. Oh the poor producer! This would be a perfect surprise piece in a holiday short play festival line up. Wondering what other strike action is to follow? Abuse toward Gnomes? Trolls? Which other holiday abuses or lies exposed?

Tension rises as card after card spell out the same message which Brooklyn is having trouble reading. Her trusted friend Serena is intuitive and sees the message, but will Brooklyn? Bluestein-Lyons has crafted a fate for her protagonist and sealed it with, well you'll see.

This short holiday piece will certainly strike a chord with all playwrights (and we can hope, dodgy producers). These Wise Men are indeed wise--a bit naive and ignorant--but certainly wise. While they might not know the true value of their gifts in today's "bucks," they certainly know the creation they are seeking is something special. Their story is something special. Will the Producer have his own Epiphany and book their show!? Read it and find out.

Who would have thought you could skip all the complicated conjuring stuff and just sneeze and call up a demon!? Good to know. And dropping things over and over? In this demonic "pourquoi-play," Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn delivers up the demonic goods in the way only she is master of: it's "infested" with sweetness, tender realizations, and plenty of humorous bodily functions!

Only Scott Sickles would have subject matter keywords as follows: "christmas, bad people, front porch, porch drama, police, marriage"! Merry Christmas, ho ho ho! AND (bonus) catch Miranda Jonte's reading on her Back Porch Theater. She's anything but "middle aged, bedraggled, slovenly, and ornery" but hey, she's a darned good actress :)

This holiday season and for years to come, "approach the grouch!"...the grinch, whatever! But do open and read this little golden gelt of a play which will touch everyone's hearts!

Beautiful. Builds beautifully. It's hard to know where the piece is going until you're there and in tears of anger and joy. Lovely work.

Elephants, Bears and Wallabies, oh my! Totally insane, irreverent, politically in-correct madness. Bravo!