Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

The dialogue in this play is delicious. I can't praise it enough. A man is moving himself and his son to New Zealand to escape the horrors the US has devolved into, and his family tries to convince him not to go. This play touches on so many broken aspects of this country: gun control, treatment of veterans, divisive politics, etc, but despite the heavy topics, it's funny. It's hilarious. This play reminds us that feeling anguish is better than feeling nothing, and that everyone can do something - however small - to make things better.

This country is messing up its children. This devastating short follows three boys through years of lockdown drills as they grow into awareness and then numbness at what the drill are for. What a perfect play addressing gun violence in America. Hard but necessary theater.

What I love about this short is you're not entirely certain whose story is true - or if either of them are, completely. The twists and surprises keep you racing to catch up as you try to figure out where this whole thing is going and who is right - philosophically or otherwise. I've been thinking about this play all day.

There are so many lines I love in this short play about how women are punished no matter what they do. Using Greek mythology to explore how, as the Barbie movie states, it is literally impossible to be a woman is genius. The title is perfection for a play centering Medusa, and I want a sequel about the island commune. Fantastic.

Too much fun! What a gift for a pair of comedic actors this play is. It's broad and hilarious and light, and then all of a sudden you realize the play is giving you life advice - in a board, hilarious way. This short would enliven any evening of short plays!

What a beautiful short play! John Minigan plays are always more than they first appear, and I loved watching the story unfold, collecting subtle bits of exposition to piece together the back story of how these two women each ended up at the lagoon. There's so much richness and detail even though the play is only ten minutes long. What a lovely piece.

I could not love this more. I want Matt Barbot to rewrite the entire Bible. This 10-minute two hander between Joseph and a Bethlehem hotel concierge is perfection. If I saw this play in an evening of shorts, this would be the one I'd try to reenact the next day for all my friends who didn't have tickets. I wouldn't do it justice. You should read this.

I love Colette Mazunik's writing. The dialogue! The specifics! The callbacks that she manages to fit into a 27-page play without it feeling forced! Amazing. I love that we learn almost as much about these two characters from what's not said as we do from what's spoken. I'm going to be thinking about the ending and what it could mean for a while.

I was not prepared for this! This short play about two actors, each vying to play Madonna in the Madonna biopic, is funny and frantic - but also sad in what it reveals about being female in the entertainment industry, while at the same time managing to remain hopeful. There's a surprising amount to digest in this little short about a pop icon. Lovely!

What I love about this short is we can all relate to Carmen, as we’ve all had jobs that feel a bit over our heads- never mind that Carmen is an assassin. I love all the delightful little surprises as the story unfolds, and I would love a sequel to see what happens to these three next. (Especially Gino!)