Recommended by Tom Moran

A hilarious, frantic, and telling two-hander, built around a preposterous revenge fantasy. The exchanges are great and I could see this being a ton of fun for both actors, to say nothing of the audience.

A winning time capsule of the early days on shelter-in-place. I enjoyed the indeterminacy of the piece - yes, it's a horribly awkward "date," but never irredeemably so, and both participants end it in a state of limbo about the future- which makes for a fine microcosm of COVID as a whole. A sound, endearing and funny entry into the Zoom play genre.

A sprawling, incredibly theatrical, engrossing trip through the 60s, courtesy of three parallel stories intricately intertwined. I particularly admired the workmanship of the first section, in which each third of the stage tells a different story, yet all three are clearly linked thematically and occasionally through language as well. It would be easy for the play to lose momentum after such a memorable start, but the continual introduction of crucial characters, motivations and revelations keep it brisk and involving throughout. Would love to see this magic on stage.

A solid little gem of a one-minute play that ends on a wonderful twist - which is perhaps the greatest thing a one-minute piece can aspire to.

A very fun take on an old idea. The trope of the husband trying to catch his wife in an affair is a tired one (as the play points out) but Evan's unusual motivation for the maneuver makes this a different story altogether, one livened up by sharp and believable exchanges, absurdist details about single life, and a pitch-perfect ending.

Bill and Ted meet 1984 in this brief, taut parable about dystopian rebellion and rock and roll. The story advances at a breakneck pace yet still finds time to build out the peculiar details of this garbage world, I was particularly impressed by some of the characters' unusual speech patterns, which underscore the surreality of the whole enterprise. It all leads to a conclusion that somehow both triumphant and deeply uncertain.

A clever, sharply-written take on self-absorption. Funkhouser takes a funny premise, expands on it, and runs it through to a logical and satisfying conclusion. An entertaining read and, I expect, this would be very fun to see staged as well.

Holy cow. An impressively ridiculous script that dives headfirst into rhyme, assonance, consonance, and all the other 'nances. The plot is slight but who cares, this is a marvelously singsong piece that would be a joy to watch (or just listen to), especially if the whole cast slips into hardboiled detective cadence - which I assume is the idea. What fun!

Kudos to Baughfman for finding dramatic inspiration in an unlikely and yet obviously fertile place. A well-executed idea that uses a downright surreal turn of events to feed the rising action and supply the climax. Clever and funny, and love the title too.

A fantastic title and a silly, pun-filled play that lives up to it. It may be set 2300 years ago but The Karen is as terrifying then as she is today.