Recommended by Tom Moran

Pointed, trenchant, and toeing a line between overt satire and sorta-almost-believable, this play hits all the right notes. Plenty of laugh lines, a terrific and telling soliluquy, a wonderful and well-timed reveal that raises the comic stakes considerably, and a great coda at the end make this one pretty much pitch-perfect.

A hysterical retelling of the ghost Hamlet’s exhortation of his son that managed to be thoroughly modern while still staying true to the original characters. Laughs throughout, and especially benefits from an excellent twist at the end as well as a killer coda. Great fun.

A play that starts out small and ends up tackling the biggest topic of all, our connections to one another. Also plenty of awkward and absurd laughs along the way.

One of the more evocative elements of baseball is its lack of a game clock, and Higbee seizes on that to write a charming, wistful short about growing old and packing it in (or perhaps not.) What shines in this play is the affection for the game and the spot-on play-by-play - it feels authentic even as the events of the piece grow more unlikely (albeit still plausible.) Good to the last out.

It's hard to make an entertaining piece about a writer trying to write and failing (and who hasn't written one of those?), but this one works because of the unexpected and reality-bending conclusion. Engaging, amusing, and cleverly meta.

Sweet, tender, and charming, a play that rolls along on the strength of the two characters' obvious affection for each other and the steady stream of revelations that fill out the themes of the piece. About a gay couple, but really just about any two lovers facing the highs and lows of growing older together.

What seems like a simple job interview is anything but in this wonderfully sculpted, uproarious short piece. Williams does a good job ratcheting up the humor while still leaving the audience guessing as to what the hell is going on. All of which pays off in a terrific reveal at the end.

A wonderfully witty combination of the mundane (a neighborhood meeting), the despicable (runaway eminent domain), and the unexpected (just what the hell is that wolf doing there?). Romero has crafted a dark, funny-sad play that, delightfully, also happens to rely on heavy audience involvement. So if you want to give your audience members a chance to stand up and fight City Hall, or at least to cuss it out, "Bulldozers" is the play for you.

A witty, family-friendly romp about a girl raised by tigers, The Feral Child draws its appeal from lots of head-slapping one-liners and physical comedy. The plot is tight, engaging and briskly paced, characters are compelling, and there's a late twist that throws a nice wrench into the proceedings. Recommended for anyone looking for a full-length ready for all audiences, or for anyone who has ever owned a cat.

Two high-school age friends at a bus stop discuss the past and the future, and we gradually come to understand one of them has a serious-to-terminal illness. A heartfelt, quiet slice-of-life that doesn’t offer easy answers or a pat resolution, building interest and story through strongly-realized characters and the evolving relationship between them.