Recommended by Rand Higbee

I was fortunate enough to see a reading of this play at the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference in Kansas City. A marriage comes to a crisis point when the wife, Eliana, realizes that her husband, David, has not been honest with her...or with himself. I can't explain it adequately here because the playwright, Everett Robert, has packed a great deal into this short play. You need to read this one for yourself.

I was fortunate to see a reading of this play at the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference in Kansas City. Does Alexa drive you nuts? How about AutoCorrect? Do you find that these and other modern "conveniences" that are supposed to improve our lives actually cause more trouble than they're worth? Then this is the play for you! A fun short piece by John Buster. I mean Busser! Stupid AutoCorrect!

It's a short play about two cows but Playwright Brian C Petti manages to pack a great deal into it. As they face imminent death at the slaughterhouse, one cow waxes philosophical while the other decides they need to make a break for it. Despite the life and death struggle, there are plenty of laughs as well in this mooooving drama.

I saw a reading of this short play by Paul Braverman at the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference in Kansas City, and trust me, I was laughing throughout. But how to describe it? A man arrives at his psychiatrist's office for his therapy session but...does he really? It's David Lynch meets "The Truman Show" meets "The Outer Limits" meets... Let's just say that you need to read this one for yourself.

I saw a reading of this play at the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference in Kansas City where the audience gobbled it up. Husbands Monty and Aiden are writers who both just received honors at an awards show. They should be in great moods, but on the limo ride home they bicker about the meaning of success. Funny and insightful, this is an excellent short from Ward Kay.

A vampire hunter breaks into a vampire's lair to put an end to the beast. Yes, yes, you've seen it before, right? But Kyle Walker has a way of taking a familiar plot like this, turning it on its head and completely overturning your expectations. Lots of fun and lots of laughs! One of the best plays I saw at the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference.

Actors will do anything for work! An actor auditions for a sex romp comedy believing that he has a sure-fire scheme to assure that he will get the role. But as he tries to explain it all to his boyfriend the plot begins to unravel. A quick and fun play by Larry Rinkel.

One can almost hear "The Twilight Zone" theme and the voice of Rod Serling introducing the tale. In a twist on "The Monkey's Paw," with the help of three wishes a man brings his late lover back to life. But he may not have thought this wish all the way through. Proof that a play can be fun and sad at the same time.

This is a very timely piece from Philip Middleton Williams. Pete and Gordy are a couple in their 50s trying to elude immigration by taking refuge in an old cabin by a quarry pond. Benjie is the young immigration agent who finds them and attempts to bring them in. However, Benjie's true motives remain unclear and several twists and turns follow. This is a play about home and belonging and it includes William's usual brand of both humor and wisdom.

Two American women visiting Amsterdam decide to visit a marijuana cafe. But one of the women is a newcomer to pot and the experience might prove to be too much for her. A fun and funny play by Mara Dresner.