Recommended by Tom Moran

A fascinating, polished story of a little-known civil rights hero. The plain language and not-quite-a-monologue structure are well-suited to the subject matter; a solid and important story, well-told.

It's very easy to write a play about writer's block, but can be pretty hard to write an engaging one. Levine succeeds by adopting an absurdist, magical-realist premise and running with it. It's great fun and would be a very enjoyable (and unpredictable) piece to see on stage. And it ends on an excellent note.

A play that lives up to a great title. A funny concept that keeps building on itself with some solid sight gags, unexpected guests, and killer one-liners. Breezy in the best way (and some great character descriptions to boot.)

A sweet, nuanced, slice-of-life that touches on a lot of topics, but all boils down to themes of white cis male awkwardness: about race, sexuality, and most of all simple homosociality. It does a lot with <10 minutes, showing us the foundations of, if not a friendship, at least the sort of connection from which friendships are formed.

This play had me at the title. A funny piece about an oft-debated subject, made memorable by some good physical comedy, the strongly drawn satire of its characterizations and its dark gotcha ending.

A wonderfully creepy halloween tale. Excellent pacing, with tension kept up through gradual revelation of detail about both characters. Also very well-constructed as an audio play, with all of the description we need right there in the script.

A concise, well-sculpted one-hander featuring believable, likable characters and some excellent naturalistic dialogue - nary a moment feels unnecessary or forced. Left me with a smile on my face, which is a great thing for a 10-minute piece to aspire to and to achieve.

Can a play be a coming-of-age piece when the protagonist is like 25? It appears the answer is yes, because this deeply silly play is all about Ray conquering his fears, growing up and moving on. Kudos to Vansant for constructing an aggressively weird milieu and running it through to an appropriate absurd and satisfying conclusion. Lots of fun.

A clever take on the athlete(s) dying young trope - what about the other team? What I love about the piece is how the students are being perfectly sensible and empathetic human beings about their whole impossible situation, but it's the coach who's hopelessly emotionally stunted. Which makes for a great contrast while simultaneously mining both black comedy and legit pathos. Well done.

A strangely charming piece about two Iowa farm kids whose worlds are blown apart by a visiting movie star - and who react in sweetly cornpone fashion to some most unwholesome goings-on. The piece defies expectation in a very inviting way, and the ending is pitch-perfect.