Recommended by Rand Higbee

Fun and funny little crime spoof in the style of 1940s Hollywood film noir. Made for young audiences, but the adults will enjoy it just as much. It left me wondering: Does Beak E Baxter solve any other cases? I will become a detective and search through Robert Weibezahl's other plays to find out.

When does forever not mean forever? Or does it really ever? A nice, simple little slice-of=life play from Tom Cavanaugh about an attempt to memorialize forever something that is only ephemeral.

I was drawn to this play because I dabble in sci-fi plays myself. Then I was drawn into it by, amongst many other reasons, Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos' use of Midwest idioms. (Yeah, No.) This is a fun, quick play that answers the burning question: Is there internet after death?

A fun and funny love story where the actors are playing off different drafts of the script. Kudos to John Busser who must have had excellent notes to make this all work. In other hands this could have been just a confusing mess, but Busser brings it all togther to work like a charm.

I was drawn to this play because some of the plays I write myself are rather sci-fi in nature. Jack Levine didn't let me down. He has written a quick but thought provoking little gem here that I can almost hear Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy arguing over. Read for yourself! It's fast!

"And Be Gay" is essentially a one-joke play and if you write a one-joke play that joke better be funny. No worries! It is! A very quick, fun read from DC Cathro. What are you waiting for?

I saw a reading of this play at the 2019 Valdez Theatre Conference, so I was happy to find it here on NPX so that I could relive the silliness. Did I just refer to it as silly? Well, yes. But any play that speaks of an "Eternal Bed of Dough" obviously has its thoughtful side as well.

A small slice of life play where an adult son meets up with his estranged mother he has not seen since he was six years old. The play is at times funny and at times sad, but the emotion that comes through the most is one of hope. One is left yearning to see scene 2.

Rebecca and Henry have a happy marriage. Or do they? They know each other so well, every little routine. Or do they? The play is a silly little comedy. Or is it almost unspeakably sad? Tara Meddaugh packs a lot of conflicting emotion into this short little comedy/drama. It makes you eager to read more of her work.

I have had the pleasure of meeting Anna Fox at a few theatre conferences and her work always intrigues me. "Alaska in the Summertime" is a half poem, half play, that I would really love to see staged. So many possibilities!