Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

This play about a couple trying to hold their family together is set in the 1980s, but the struggles they face - a lack of employment opportunities, violence against the LGBTQ community, raising teenagers - are ongoing struggles, making this play feel both of a time and timeless. Each character has moments to shine, and the audience will even pick up a little Slovak by the end.

This play is wonderful. A skeptical woman meets up with a teenager claiming to be the reincarnation of her deceased husband, and you spend the entire play trying to deduce who's earnest and who's deceptive, continually reeling and reevaluating as new information gets sprinkled in and what you thought was true turns out to be not quite. I loved every minute. With complex characters, stellar dialogue, one set, and a small cast, this play would be easy to stage and should be staged often.

Too much fun! 10 pages of silliness and pharmaceutical humor. A dad who can't joke is no dad at all - but luckily there's a cure! And if MorNorkin won't get you joking and laughing, a John Busser play will. Especially this one.

Oooh an apocalyptic battle between a ragtag group of outcast heroes and American God (you can imagine what that character is like). This play is funny and epic and poignant, and there are so many little moments of magic which I would love to see a production team pull off. The metaphor of Eden is so well done, and The Star Spangled Banner playing when the American God enters is genius. I can't wait to read Part 2!

I love this play. Three congressional interns are trapped in their congressman's office due to a bomb threat, and what follows is a study on American politics, idealism, desperation, and whether or not one person has the ability to make a difference. I absolutely adored it. The dialogue is sharp and funny and SMART, and the play gives the audience a lot to think about. Plus, with a cast of 4 and the action taking place almost entirely in one location, it would be an easy play to stage - and it should be staged often.

This is too much fun: A series of shorts woven together around and inspired by the 12 things listed in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas." It's so theatrical, with themes and characters who resurface, and I love how it gives the actors opportunities to play multiple parts - and the audience opportunities to watch the actors tackle a variety of roles. There are some beautiful monologues in here which can stand alone in their own right as well. What a wonderful piece to stage during the holidays!

This play grapples with truth and justice and their definitions and throws in some relationship drama for good measure. The audience has so much to think about, even among the jokes as the three characters ping pong back and forth. Some of the points made by the characters are uncomfortable, but that's the point. I especially enjoyed the monologues between scenes, which were beautifully written and provided insight into each character. With three characters, one set, and a boatload of topical issues, this would be an easy yet powerful play for a theater company to stage.

The puns and the dad jokes come fast and furious in this sequel to (A Day in) The Life of Pie. Any play with a comma joke is a play for me. This silly noir spoof is a lot of fun - and hard to read without singing. I can't wait to see what PI Joe Pie gets up to next.

The puns and the dad jokes come fast and furious in this sequel to (A Day in) The Life of Pie. Any play with a comma joke is a play for me. This silly noir spoof is a lot of fun - and hard to read without singing. I can't wait to see what PI Joe Pie gets up to next.

A writer past his prime hires a male escort in this engaging two hander, and the night goes anywhere except where you'd expect it to. I was hooked from the awkward prattling Beck engages in when Jumper shows up, and I loved watching it all unfold as they slowly reveal more and more to each other. With a cast of two, a simple set, and a compelling story, this would be an easy one for any theater company to stage - and they all should.