Recommended by Paul Braverman

This is a wild ride that intersects a disjointed outer conversation with each character's inner conversation, then dips it all in subtext while sprinkling liberally with jokes. Have fun, and read it twice if you want to catch everything.

At one time or another, everyone has been bullied, and had to deal with how to respond. That relatability pulls us in to this dark, emotionally raw play. The chronically bullied Seo-Na-Ru must wrap their brain around what has happened and either accept it...or not. This short play will get under your skin (in all the best ways) and stick with you for a while.

Existentialism has never been so much fun! Terrific orchestration of dialogue and pauses to get effect. The actors will have a lot of fun with this, as will the audience. The twist ending is delicious. Beckett meets Carpenter!

As usual, O'Day's characters have an authenticity that is palpable. We immediately get pulled in, which heightens the impact of the various twists and turns. The dialogue is crisp and funny, filled with dark humor and real emotion.

Very funny play from Kyle Walker. Take all vampire tropes, add a healthy dose of real-world grounding, and put them in a blender. Walker manages to normalize vampires and vampire hunting, while still saying something about parental pressure and meeting the expectations of others, and he absolutely nails the ending. This is what it would look like if Serling wrote laugh-out-loud comedy.

Situation comedy is hard. Creating this much confusion and comedy in ten minutes is even harder, but Satta pulls it off in this hilarious short play. When this was read at the Midwest Dramatists Conference, the entire room spent ten minutes laughing non-stop!

It's not easy to create spine-tingling drama in ten minutes, but Peggy Powell shows how powerful it can be to subtly understate the horror present when grounded characters deal with relatable issues (in this case - loss). This play is "Poe-esque" in all the best ways.

Hilarious short play from Rand Higbee. There is absolutely nothing funny about a meeting in which someone is laid off, yet you will not stop laughing if you[re fortunate enough to see/read this play. Higbee balances absurdism with emotional honesty to make his point about antiseptic corporate downsizing. A gem!

This play was one of the highlights of the recent Midwest Dramatist Conference. Pulling off a sharp romantic comedy in ten minutes is quite a challenge, but Ruyle pulls it off in grand style. Simple to produce and the actors will have a blast!

Corbett's fun short play offers an entertaining view into the world of academia. The play's authenticity heightens the impact of what it looks like when we say the quiet part out loud. This piece manages to be both humorous and insightful. My favorite line - "Always fear the students." Great work from Ben Corbett!