Recommended by John Busser

Oh how quick we are to jump to conclusions under adverse conditions. But this look at friends and colleagues turning on each other while playing musical chairs is both telling and hilarious. Would love to see this staged with rear projections of the screens dropping off one by one. A great visual for a decidedly static (at first) telling.

The best laid plans... rarely turn this funny. This is a wonderful holiday play about good intentions taking a wrong turn into hilarity. I know families EXACTLY like this. They love each other, but sometimes the best thing that could happen would be for them to stay the hell away from each other for their own good. A charming little holiday present.

What a beautiful (and wise) distinction between giving up and letting go. Everyone knows the heartache of being on the wrong end of a broken relationship, but fewer come to this smart decision so quickly. A terrific monologue by Eytan Deray.

Sad and sweet at the same time, this look into two sisters with different lives coming together to lay their mother to rest, it shows all the rivalry, pettiness and bickering that real family members engage in. It is all-too-identifiable in showing how a lifetime of choices can bring bitterness, regret and then, togetherness. It is, in the end, very human.

Would that all parents could look at a child the way this father looks at his son now. As if he still sees all the potential and spark he exhibited as a newborn. A wonderful monologue that should inspire as well as entertain.

One verbal twist and a man's destiny changes. What a wonderful little monologue. I laughed out loud at that verbal exchange I mentioned. I'm not much of a drinking man, but I'd raise a glass to Vivian's little shot of Kentucky Heaven here.

This is right up my alley. A theatrical supernatural thriller that gets you going in one direction only to subvert your expectations AND THEN DO IT AGAIN with a cool twist. This would be amazing to see on stage because I guarantee a few screams along the way.

I was on the edge of my seat reading this. In just a few pages, this went from amiable encounter to bullying and attempted assault to possible rape. And the ending is no comfort because you are left never knowing if this is salvation or an escalation of the ongoing events. What a finish! Would LOVE to see this produced!

A sobering look at the aftermath of not just this specific tragedy, but if any horrific act of violence. There is always a tremendous cost and this play shows that loss in the most personal of terms. Simple yet powerful.

After reading this, I found I want to hear more adventures of the Cat and Fish. Stranger friendships than this may develop but none this fun. I want to look back into this particular window again.