Recommended by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn

Wow. This is such an original story. So very powerful. The ride will surprise you at every turn, even to the last page. But through the tragedies of these intertwined lives is beauty. We are all connected, even more than we know. This will have audiences gasping, sobbing and holding their loved ones even closer. An absolutely epic mosaic of life and love.

This is a tale of psychological horror that, until now, I didn't realize is a huge fear of mine! I won't be able to shake the feeling I get from Marcus' calm and wicked way of manipulation. Absolutely terrifying. Pete is literally getting something he wished for, but not in the way he had hoped.

Sometimes it does feel like theatres hate playwrights! This is so relatable and frustratingly so. If you're a theatre gatekeeper and this DOESN'T feel relatable, I know some playwrights that would LOVE to share some scripts with you!

Meta. Horror. This is something I have never encountered before. I love it. The actor in this monologue will get to chew the scenery and then the audience will be absolutely drawn in and hit with a sucker punch at the end. But they will never know when it is truly over...and that is the real horror!

This story is soul-tearing. We all have those intrusive thoughts. "What if I drove off this bridge?" "What if...I made poison punch?" The despair Audrey has for her impulsive actions are very real and powerful. And even more devastating is, apologies won't ever help. This would be a great piece for student actors to perform and really talk about after!

Stan's last monologue, although funny, is also quite beautiful. This play is actually a love letter to the little beauties of life. It's very easy to focus on the darkness and the negative. Easy to wonder who is allowing all the bad to happen. But, if you have the power and the privilege to see the little beauties, like Stan does, maybe that is the first step towards lighting the darkness?

This is a chilling story without gore. A great scary tale for student actors to perform. Perhaps even getting dancers involved. There is so much potential to this play on paper that every production can make it their own and audiences will be talking forever about this creepy story and wondering where other familiar folklore may have originated as well.

As a HUGE Billy Joel fan, the hidden song titles in the dialogue really had me giggling. But the underlying theme of parents wanting and expecting their children to basically be new versions of themselves and being shocked and even hurt when they aren't, well, that theme is universal. No need to ask Judy "why?" Just try to discourage Eddie from dating anyone named Brenda. This will be a very fun piece to perform!

Audiences will really be excited to see these familiar characters. Audiences will be really surprised to learn something new and very important from these characters. This is really a great scene for actors to perform! Layers of emotion and characterization. But also, the deeper layer of unrequited love and setting boundaries before someone gets too deeply hurt.

Funerals are for the living, not the dead, really. And sometimes we forget that. We feel we must only sing high praises of the one who has passed, despite the fact they were most definitely human. And some humans can do monstrous things. Rosalind's last monologue hits hard. Absolutely a play to start conversations. The truth isn't always kind, but without the truth, there would be no light to keep the other monsters from creeping in.