Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

Ominous. An innocent clue leaves the audience quite literally in the dark.

A beautifully wistful and bittersweet piece of theatre, lovingly crafted by Debra A. Cole. "What’s fair about what’s to come?" Nothing can truly spare us from heartache, but courage comes from knowing others have gone before and made it through. You'll want to hold all of these characters close and thank the playwright for "THIS".

A beautiful -- all-over-the-place-in its authenticity-- expression of the joy of true oxytocin-inducing love. Super.

With this short thriller, Kaminski skillfully demonstrates that every place --even a seedy motel in Las Vegas-- has "the potential to become a new battlefield." Audiences will "act accordingly"--you can hear the collective gasp toward the end.

I scream, you scream they'll all scream for ice cream! Super "I'll tell" banter back and forth and yes, what will those sprinkles do?! Fun.

A fascinating look into the mind of a killer, seemingly talking his way, "creating his way" into an assassination. Super use of the prompt: Erstwhile. Bravo.

Stellar! (pun intended) By the VO at the end, I was in stitches. But the interstellar voyage to get there is full of social commentary, humor, physical comedy and Star Trek references fans will cheer, and hopefully (literally) stand up for, and protect. Bravo.

Tolkien would be proud of this big-hearted-Hobbit-sized modern-day parable. Bonds forged through the millenia can remain strong, despite the hurt, oaths broken. It's never too late, not as long as all of us are working towards being our very "best elves" (love that!). "This quest is bigger than us" and wholeness is always possible. Just get that "moisture wicking crazy durable" gift to those halflings for the good of us all! Bravo, Vince Gatton.

This monologue starts out so evenly, calmly with our speaker reading off a list of things to be read at the grave site of his brother. But it turns suddenly as emotions, memories and details turn raw and we're brought back 30+ years, just as if the grave has been newly dug and is just now being dealt with. Poignant.

"Keep it simple. Keep it fun" and Dan West does even while teaching us -- and the next Bobby Fischers to come along-- some lessons we aren't likely to forget. Life isn't always black and white, but there's order to the chaos of our lives if we ‭"dig‬‭ down‬‭ below‬‭ the‬‭ readily‬‭ apparent." A ‬‭short, fast-moving, fun and wise piece. Easily staged. Great dialogue.