Recommended by John Busser

As I read this I imagined actors performing this in a rapid-fire Capra-esque style of movies from the 30's and 40's. With anachronistic dialogue flying, David Hanson's Lombardo is a fun piece of whimsy, and I hope someone decides to produce it again.

A potent reminder that (if you believe in the existence of a Supreme Being) we are ALL God's creations and should be treated as such. Honest and frustrating in equal measures.

A Jack and Jill story unlike any you've read before. And yet, it's totally familiar. Greg Burdick's play is delightful fun. And psychologically revealing. Who hasn't seen something similar with their head in the clouds?

I read Steven Martin's "O.B.O." with a mixture of sadness and recognition. I know what it's like to have a love/hate relationship with a family member who has passed on (although for completely different reasons than in this instance). When a play can bring up familiar memories so adroitly, it is a testament to the writing done here. Martin has hit upon something that is universal here.

What a charming to minute piece. Tom Moran has created a terrific scenario and just has fun with it. Without trying to explain the logistics of it, he plows full speed ahead and presents us with a time travel romance that is as sweet as it is impossible. And it completely works. This is the kind of piece I love to find on here.

This is the kind of piece I love to see onstage. A tense two-hander with a sci-fi angle that doesn't seem so sci-fi the more you think about it. And while there can be a tendency to make a tech-driven play seem dry and uninteresting, Greg Burdick keeps the conversation lively and active while feeding you the tech part in a way that is engaging. I loved the idea of what those quarter machines are REALLY for. I played enough of them in my youth to connect with this wonderfully realized short piece.

This gets my highest recommendation (and I'm not making a bad joke there either). I was so caught up with what was going on that when it reached the end I said "NO!" out loud as I wanted to see where it went. Daphne Mintz has created a shockingly simple scenario that makes me wonder why hasn't this ever been addressed this way before. Maybe it has, but I am unaware of anyone else doing so. I would love to see this produced. Well done, Daphne.

What an absolutely charming way to start the day (or ten minute festival). I loved this piece by Tracey Jane. The perfect anthropomorphic companions we tend to overlook the importance of (well, okay, maybe not coffee), Jane's Bed, Alarm, and Coffee are vividly brought to life with all their own foibles and petty flaws. I would love to see somebody bring these characters to life on stage.

Another fun piece from Jeff Dunne. I love his writing. It's fast, witty and he comes up with some truly absurd premises. Like this one. And I mean that in the best possible way.

And it's cheesy. Also in the best possible way...

HA! What a fun little 10 minute play. Dunne's writing is fast-paced and witty. Watching the wheels turn in the Faux-Fortune Teller's mind trying to come up with a plausible explanation for a tarot reading is comic gold. I could DEFINITELY foresee (see what I did there?) this in any 10 minute play festival.