Recommended by John Busser

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.

Phillie's Trilogy should be required reading or better yet, viewing. A complex saga of family and how the bonds that connect us are both connecting and imprisoning at the same time. Those that have our backs are sometimes the same ones who stab us in them, and yet, somehow, we continue to orbit each other in a never ending spiral of need and longing for acceptance that sometimes never comes. My favorite character is Phillie's mother, Veronica. Phillie may not know whether she truly loved him, but I feel I do. This is just terrific.

A touching reminder that Christ was a man with all the fears of man. Bringing this truth to modern day and a recent past memory of a shooting brings home the point that we are all mortal and should treat life like the true gift it is. This is a wonderful monologue for an actor while being about a horrific subject. Jennifer O'Grady has written a simple but important piece about mortality.

Wow, was this a shot in the arm! Taking an uncomfortable subject and placing it right where it plays at its most awkward, a restroom. Running the gamut of touchy subjects in today's society in a very funny way. Plus, the playwright gives us both sides of each flipped coin, gay vs straight, black vs white, men vs women in a way that plays naturally. Holbrook spins a lot of plates here and keeps them all going. Well done.