Recommended by D. Lee Miller

With great dialog and characterizations, Emily Hageman introduces us to a family dealing with a family problem: who takes care of the parent. We recognize all the lives on pause - most especially the father's, whose life has already lost his character. Our nightmares and our family problems are presented in this often universal portrait - with a ray of hope, when one sister takes a giant step. Nicely done.

Here is 'what you didn't hear' before the news sound bite of 'Hero Homeless Man Delivers Safety'. Four distinctly different characters are in a subway accident. This is a well-written picture of New York characters who never would have spoken otherwise, being made to cooperate. It is suspenseful, real and an interesting addition to any festival.

This is a beautiful and heartbreaking play about the strength of the heart. The characters are immediately recognizable as caregivers and care losers at the fringes of dementia... This chapter of some peoples' lives is hard to bear but Flo, newly heartbroken, is helped by Ed, who has learned to live life in a new way. It is hopeful, well-written and a lovely play.

What a charming comedy! Her folksy quality and his worldliness may not mesh in black and white but their hope for company brings this well-written play to a heartwarming end. So nice to see seniors using zoom - which buffets this time of growth during Covid. Would make a lovely add to any evening of plays - on zoom, of course!

There is family talk and there is family talk. Most only get one of those kinds. Clyde's family gets both. Williams knows how to take our everyday actions and cut through them to the matters of consequence. And when it is something of importance, Clyde and Dan take you along their journey where you come out the other side. There is no perfect family, but is one every audience can relate to because the 'center' holds. A wonderful addition to this set of plays.

The princess has been begging for a rewrite and Lermond supplies it in this comic monologue. We learn the truth of the princess' marriage to the prince -- and a new version of what 'happily ever after' can be about! Perfect for any festival!

Practically a piece of Americana, Lermond nails the sins of childhood in this perfect remembrance. Well done!

The fireball female character in this play brings such intensity into her story about Henry. There is something wrong totally wrong here - we wonder about her sanity. She has such a hateful yet taut connection with her ex - (the thin line between love and hate) -- This play is sincere and off in a humorous way. A field day for an actress.

A scrumptious play where you can play along and know exactly what you'd do and what Sol would do -- or do you? A perfect curtain raiser or festival play!

A Conversation About Mom is a short play about reconciliation. As a family play, it reveals the pains of the outlines of our lives - and it is a very good outline, hurting as only a family can. A short play that stings like a dart.