Recommended by John Busser

A sad, thoughtful and clever play about how traumatic experiences manifest and why. Partain literally shows us how our past is always with us and how we survive it's company. It's a monster of an idea that will stay with many who see it, but for the right reasons.

I loved this piece as it's absurd premise took me by surprise at the twist near the end of the play. I thought I knew where it was going and I just didn't. I'll bet audiences would love being blindsided like that. Well done Colleen.

A ruthless reminder to watch for what we wish for. This is heartbreaking in it's forward march to a total collapse of two lives. Both Mother and Daughter here suffer the consequences of their actions. Powerfully written.

What's scariest about this play is that perception by the audience is going to vary. This is a terrifying eye-opener to a situation that happens all-too-often between men and women. And our society has become all-too-quick to judge. This play SHOULD be performed often to give people pause to think "What is the other person really saying/doing here?" and even worse, "How are MY words/actions being perceived?"

I was stunned at how this hit. Mixing the festive with the horrific and then the REAL hit happens. That it all goes unnoticed by those closest. This is maddening and breathtaking at the same time. I've read this over 5 times in the last 5 minutes and it has power every single time.

I read this piece dreading the outcome as it's an all-too-familiar story today. That doesn't make this play any less powerful. Wyndham's writing takes an uncomfortable subject and adds one more knife thrust to it, by having the teacher say he was "trained" for this. As if that would help. Shining a light on the fallacy of arming teachers, this may be a play Wnndham shouldn't have to write, but it IS one that everyone should see performed.

The synopsis alone hooked me right away. Then I read this charmer. I have no idea how you'd stage it without stretching a tendon or two, but I'd love to see it. Not only fun, but you might just relearn something you've probably forgotten. How many other plays can you say that about?

Alien parasites! Lawyer jokes! Earth mating rituals! And some outright political satire! I am so in on this one. Lam's piece made me laugh and ponder just who might really be running things and why they are running them the way they are.

What a delight this was to read. I'll bet it plays even better onstage. A play about that special someone and what it means to meet to woman of your dreams. The punchline is worth the price of admission alone. Nicely done, Ken.

Pardon the obvious pun, but this piece gets to the "heart" of the matter of how difficult it is to sustain a relationship in the long run. Especially when one's perception changes over time but maybe the other person's doesn't. Max takes what could have been just a fun piece about a vampire (and make no mistake, there's plenty of clever humor here), and infuses it with both heart and soul. This vampire tale doesn't suck!