Recommended by Paul Braverman

Scott Sickles uses language and setting to pull us into this world with just a line or two of dialogue. This one-minute play is well crafted, warm, and authentic.

This is a rustic, raunchy, very funny monologue from John Busser. The dialogue flows right along, painting a recognizably weird, hilarious picture of small-town life. Superb writing makes this a gift to anyone looking for a five minute monologue that will absolutely slay the room.

This terrific short play from Ken Love pulls you closer and closer to the edge of your seat with it's subtle dialogue and understated action. The only thing more dangerous than repressed emotion is what happens when it finally boils over. Great addition to any evening of short plays.

A lovely short play that does everything it intends in just a few short lines. Set us up, bowl us down, and end with a chef's kiss.

This two minute monologue from Dana Hall packs a punch, serving a strong reminder of how cruelly apathetic society can be. It's beautifully written and painfully honest. A great audition piece.

A well written, tight monologue from Soucy. An actor can really dig in here, as the context infuses the lines with plenty of subtext. The prisoner is a convicted murderer who is both an unapologetic and repentant. What great gift for an actor from Soucy.

In its own way, Lipschutz's short play is the romcom you didn't see coming. Like any good romcom, the characters' gender doesn't matter. They have real chemistry, thanks to a tight script and wonderfully creative situation. This charming play will be a hit at any festival.

A dark stage, combined with Matthew Weaver's well-crafted dialogue, immediately places us in Veronica's shoes, as we can't help but empathize with her plight. I'm reminded of Tom Petty's great lyric - "I woke up in between a memory and a dream." A well done, thought-provoking short play.

What starts out a clever, amusing satirical take on Hallmark takes a hard turn down an alley filled with dark humor. This wonderful short play holds a mirror to our current state of affairs, but it's a carnival funhouse mirror. Only a writer as talented as Dellagiarino Feriend could so deftly turn a sweet satire into such dark, biting satire, and somehow do it seamlessly.

This charming play is an entertaining slice of life, but at the same time shows three men in varying states of transition and discovery. The personalities of the well drawn characters and their verbal jousting will make you think you're sitting at the next table eavesdropping on their chat. At the base of it all is the true affection these friends have for each other, the full extent of which is revealed in a lovely ending.