Recommended by John Busser

This was amazingly effective. I was hooked from the beginning of this technological ghost story. I would love to see this staged somewhere. Creepy and heart-breaking, Barry's play guarantees a captivated audience. Nobody will be texting during the performance. Possibly not after, either. A great showcase for an actor as well.

Short, sad and oh so relevant. I was moved by the simplicity of the narrative and the characters, in just a few pages, had me concerned about their fate. Not a showy play at all, it is quiet but powerful.

This should be played on a loop over a sound system to anybody in a race or a gym.

This play is a punch-in-the-face. Funny, infuriating, and disturbing in a whirlwind mix. Aimed like a gun at some very worthy targets. I'd love to see a production of this play and I know some actors that would kill Mamet or Weinstein to have the chance to do so.

“Oh my God. It takes.” That simple phrase in Daly’s monologue gave me a chill. This piece was by turns mesmerizing, squirm-inducing (I don’t know how women get through this but bless ‘em, they do!), and emotionally gripping. And of course, as life often is, messy. Not the procedure, but the aftermath. I loved this piece!

Schilling writes an all too plausible, Twilight-Zoned fun house ride that uses an actual immigration form as it’s foundation. I saw this performed at the Borderlight Fringe Festival in Cleveland earlier this year and it was both charming and alarming at the same time.

A silly play with a dead-on observation about the work lives we lead. Fast, fun and unfortunately true.

A romance blooming amongst the horror and gore of a haunted house display. What's not to like? I thought it was simple, effective and above all, charming. The visuals alone make this worth staging in multiple venues, just to see how different places would interpret it. Becky McLaughlin has written a winner here.

A nice reminder to us playwrights that although dialogue is king, we need to make the play visually interesting too. A nice silent treatment (save for the buzzing) for a gifted physical comedian.

In a short 3 pages, Mark Harvey Levine, spirals you down the rabbit hole of the ridiculous circular arguments that gun owners tell themselves, perfectly pointing out why any sort of sane gun control in this country is completely beyond our reach. God forbid we should try... so to speak.