Recommended by John Busser

I sat, stunned for a few minutes after reading this. A beautifully written confession of a man grieving his inability to grieve. The breadth of loss is brought to light so elegantly. This is wondrous writing about a tragic story. I don't think there would be a dry eye in the house of wherever this is performed. The true loss would be to not have this realized on a stage.

Of all the things I miss during this pandemic, the one that tugs at me most is sitting in the dark theater with family or friends, enjoying a movie. Robert Weibezahl captures that perfectly for me and also provides a story of family coming together from opposite sides of a generation gap. Mom is clawing her way up into the 21st Century with a daughter who is too wrapped up in her own lifestyle to hold onto the rope and pull her up. Eventually, the lure of the big screen pulls them together. A gentle and tender winner.

As we lose ourselves in endless hours of playing games on our phones and tablets, we are really in danger of losing so much more of what humanity should be. Lawing shows us in a unique vision that maybe we should jump into the deep end and immerse ourselves in each other, before we find ourselves in over our head with nothing to show for it but a high score. This piece should make you think a bit more than usual.

A fun radio piece that gets you thinking one way and spins another way completely when these troopers are facing their own time on the chopping block. A PERFECT radio play since you don't find out till the end who these soldiers are. I loved it.

In this short-but-sick one minute play, Scott Sickles sets up a familiar premise in the guise of acting out the scenario and in one line, flips our expectations, and shows us that some experiences are more universal than gender roles usually portray. You got us all, Scott.

You can choose to mate for life but you can't choose to be the right mate for life. This is a slick little look at the trials of togetherness and childcare when you really just want to go fishing. I liked it!

Oh that evil bastard! That was perfect. What better way to portray the Devil than one using marketing and rebranding to work his charms. A fun little play!

I haven’t been on this kind of a roller coaster ride in a long time. I don’t mean the kind where you go for an exciting ride. I mean the kind where you are whipped back and forth between revulsion, shock and fascination all in the space of a few heartbeats. This ride hurts in the best way, because physically you’re fine (if not a bit queasy afterwards), but in your head, this will stay with you for a long, long time. Outstanding!

This is a play about overcoming expectations. What I loved most about this was the switching of the gender stereotypes. In so many plays of this type, the woman is shy and demure, the man aggressive but bumbling. In this case, that trope is flipped on its head, and the result couldn't be more charming. I also liked that both characters take an active part in continuing the relationship rather than make this about one pursuing the retreating other. Both characters are willing to take the chance and are stronger for it. A winner.

Hahahahahaha! This is a great little piece where a zombie infestation is reduced to a pest control problem. One character refers to them big, smelly raccoons and that is pretty much what you get here, zombies as nuisance. Jacqui Floyd-Priskorn has written a funny satirical look as what many places run the risk of becoming. Talk about (sub)urban blight.