“ Donna Hoke’s Brilliant Works of Art is… brilliant. Clever, sensuous dialogue that explores deceit, adultery, ambition, talent, disappointment, and shame. A fiercely independent sugar baby, the complex sugar daddy, and the insecure nerd of an artist form a triangle that slaps, punches, and surprises us right up to the final curtain. Can we have it all? If so, what price are we willing to pay? And what are we risking? Bravo! ”

“ Ross Tedford Kendall gives us a compelling drama that plays out in a locked university conference room over a game of chess. The masterful dialogue between an aunt and her niece, lubricated with scotch from the minibar, is smart and smartly-paced, whether examining the perils of judicial activism, chess, strategy, or sexual secrets. Bravo! ”

“ Brigid Amos has written a timely crime thriller. Don, a widowed small business owner facing financial collapse is coerced into partnership with an oily scam artist posing as an insurance adjuster. Christmas Eve, and the tension builds as Don wrestles with his choices. Stakes escalate when Holly, his daughter, arrives to interrupt the crime in progress. We're kept on edge as we wait to discover the consequences. What price Don will pay for his decision? What’s the end game for Holly? Is there a way out of this mess? And if so, what are the lessons? Bravo! ”

“ In a series of seven short plays, Philip Middleton Williams has written a poignant father-son saga. The vignettes are in chronological order; the impact builds as you move through the story from the beginning as it follows the relationship between Clyde and his younger son, Dan. Steve, the older brother, has an important role, too, at times as Dan’s protector but more frequently as the prototypical, favored son who highlights everything Dan is not. It’s the relationship between Clyde and Dan that steals our focus and pulls at the heartstrings in this great longitudinal study of father-son dynamics. ”