Recommended by Paul Braverman

I highly recommend this touching, honest short play. In ten minutes, we get to know and love the two characters on stage, as well as the one who is gone but still very much present and accounted for. In the end, father and daughter bond, as if he is an atom that needs an electron and she has one to give. This is a great reminder that we can help ourselves through times of loss and grief by connecting with those who are still here.

This lovely play shows us two birds of a feather falling in love as they firehose each other with every single thought that pops into either of their heads. Charming, funny and relatable, it's fascinating watching Isaac and Bascom navigate the perils of building a relationship as lust slowly turns to love.

This is a funny, wildly creative one-act that manages to be both silly and pointed. I found myself laughing out loud at the Wonka-esque set-up, but things start to go a bit sideways as Anita's objective becomes clear. For me, the big tilt later in the play was both unexpected and great fun. Extra points for referencing pneumatic tubes. This well written, entertaining play will have you laughing, and also thinking about the subjective nature of attraction and beauty.

This moving and powerful monologue explores loss and pain with evocative imagery. Beautifully written, this piece is a reminder of the dignity contained in self-empowerment, especially after someone has let you down.

If Tennessee Williams, Sigmund Freud and Colonel Sanders collaborated to write a comedy, it would still not be as funny as John Busser's puntastic take on chicken family dynamics. This short play is loaded with some of the silliest double entendre this side of Laugh-In. Actors will have an absolute blast with this one!

This is a great intersection between modern western and absurdist comedy. The names alone are worth the price of admission, but this is also great storytelling. Actors, directors and designers will all have a blast with this one!

This charming short Christmas play creates fun energy in the opening line, and keeps things moving along until we find ourselves in an amusing variation of the Nativity scene. This sweet holiday play is good fun.

This touching short play is a lovely "slice of life", as two carriage horses contemplate their situation. They are indeed enslaved and Jennifer O'Grady shows the contrast between resigned acceptance and the desire to be free. I found myself hoping each horse gets what they want.

This short, scary play feels like either the opening scene or the closing scene of a very good horror story. This one takes less than ten minutes to be totally unnerving.

Every line is a laugh line in this meta noir send-up. I think we all can relate to being haunted by characters from our past, especially if they come bearing the gift of your next plot. The jokes come fast and furious in this one, along with a more-than-average number of John Busser references.