Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

I saw a portion of this play in Bramble Theatre's Festival of Unfinished Work, and I had to come to NPX to see how it ended. This play is so many things: dystopian, hilarious, tragic, passionate - Chris is so passionate about Stanley Kubrick that he almost Tom Sawyer'd me into watching a Kubrick film. There is so much for actors to mine in this. In a dialogue-driven medium, the long stretch without any speaking in this play is impressive - and somehow remains engaging. A great play.

Oh man. It was funny and then it got creepy and then it got scary - and it wasn't a very long play! What a masterclass. Erin Moughon knows how to tell a story that gets you.

This hit the spot. What a fabulous, absurd fever dream of a short play.

So funny and so uncomfortable. This parody of a late night show with a host who behaves badly and is indulged every step of the way will make you laugh and cringe. It's a great commentary on fame and the fame-adjacent, with a fantastic monologue about doing improv in college. I truly didn't know what was going to happen next from moment to moment as I feared for the women and tried to will Buddy to step up and step in. With engaging characters, a single set, and audience participation (but not in an uncomfortable way), this play is great.

Writing a powerful one-minute play is a very rare and particular skill set, and hoooo boy does Ruben Carbajal possess it.

Well, this short play is great. I don't want to give anything away, but I thought I knew what was happening, and then I realized I was wrong, and then I realized what was actually happening, and then I was like Wooow what an emotional rollercoaster for only 7 pages. I'd love to watch this one in a theater, where I can hear people react to it in real time.

What a wonderful play for high schools to perform - or anyone, really, but as a show that can accommodate a large cast, with a story that's engaging and entertaining for the parents who will feel obligated to attend, this piece is a rare and special unicorn. I love all the mythology woven through and how storytelling is celebrated in this piece. What a special play.

I love how this play toggles between the past and the present both in the storytelling and in the set design. We get to see life and memory literally crash into each other. I also really enjoyed the dark humor, especially the big showdown at the end between Jules and Mallory.

This play is dystopian, but also whimsical, and the combination is the best kind of mashup. You follow these kids as they grow up through snapshots of their lives in a stairwell, watching their imaginations and books - and each other - save them from the oppressive, cult-like society they're growing up in. This play is beautiful and unique and very producible, as the whole thing takes place in a stairwell.

Oh my gosh, a farce that makes you feel things! This play is so funny, with mistaken identities and earnest, enthusiastic characters, and then all of a sudden it’s poignant, and it catches you unaware and it’s magical- just like the actors in this play would tell you that theater is at its best. A great short piece!