Recommended by Nora Louise Syran

Nine tableaux with ten characters blending through each other's story lines; Donnelly crafts separate, well-defined characters, but the themes develop from one scene to another just as one character moves from one scene to the next, pushing the play forward. You'll care about each of these characters, and in wishing to see them again, or at least in seeing only one half of each story again and again, will find the threads that bind them, and us, all together. Lovely work.

What is a Busser play made of? "Faith, mostly" -- faith in his actors and audience to not collapse into giggles alongside Peter, Paul and Chris...Jesus and the "Gethsemane Giggle Grass". Fun!

From prayers of protection to an invocation of peace, this thriller doesn’t let go. Grief, regret, and inner demons are juxtaposed with sibling tenderness, nostalgia. These two— never good Hindus— navigate a cross-cultural road trip through Indo-American, Hindu-Christian imagery and “acres of grief.” What begins with shades of American Werewolf in London transforms into something profound and deeply human. I’m in awe of this playwright’s ability to merge horror and universal truth.

A modern Promethean tale in a world that needs a fresh start. But "everyone's the protagonist of their own story, right?" So who knows what to believe. Prillaman deftly traps the audience themselves along with his characters in a dark, windowless basement, the perfect pathetic fallacy for this slush-pile of a world full of "a rather striking amount of unread hopes and dreams." Don't leave this one unread or un-produced.

"Scrawny little underfed pussycat" bank employee, George, has quite the day off and audiences will have quite a laugh on this wild ride of a physical farce. Highly amusing!

The undulating pace of this short piece will keep you transfixed, walking along a canal with these two as they fall in love. "Identity is complex and labels are tricky." Lovely.

Love the setting, the time period, the feisty Lillian and the clear characterizations throughout this fast-paced romantic period drama. Bravo, playwright.

Leave it to Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend to come up with a quirky, quip-driven romantic-espionage-comedy all set in a hot tub! It's delightfully modern and yet grounded in old screw-ball comedies of the past. The set and sound designers (what does "a cry of an attractive man" sound like?!🤣) will have a ball!

Warning: this play is not for children. It will yank anyone out of the zombie-like power of their delusions: Peter Pan Syndromes, Mother/Mermaid Complexes and the whatever it is that keeps us bound, needing to be set free. Favorite lines: "To live will be an awfully big adventure" and "Pretend I made pancakes." 🤣

Lilies are overpowering; their symbolism, like their fragrance, hard to ignore. And yet, Plumridge, in his lovely ode to his faithful friend Layla, faces them and his grief and heartache, head on. Courage.