Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

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!

I am obsessed with this play. It is so well done, and there's such universality in the specificity. I saw Searching for Abuelo as part of Powerstories Theatre's Voices of Women Festival (where it won 1st prize!) and as someone who historically isn't wild about one person shows, I wasn't expected to enjoy it too much, but HOLY COW, what a pleasant surprise. I could not love this more. What a beautiful tribute, what a moving piece of theater. Somewhere out there, I'm sure Gretchen's abuelo adores this piece as well. Gretchen has created something to be proud of.

This is a wild ride. What fun roles for comedic older actors! I really enjoyed watching everything devolve into calculated insanity as the play progressed. This would be an easy play to produce, as it all takes place in the bakery, and it's full of roles that let actors shine. Great work!

A play centering four older women in which nobody is dying of Alzheimer’s? YES. I was lucky enough to see this play as part of Powerstories Theatre’s Voices of Women Festival, and I really enjoyed watching these women create new beginnings for themselves later in life. Each character has her own unique voice, and I loved watching them interact, grow, and challenge each other. I’d love to live in this house with them!

This is such an interesting piece, centering around the question of what truth is and what happens when what is truth is not agreed upon by everyone. I really enjoyed watching everything ramp up and explode. I especially enjoyed how every character managed to be uniquely defined and how nobody felt cartoony, which can sometimes happen in stories centered in very religious homes. This is an engaging, thought-provoking one act.

I love stories that call out the nonsense in fairytales, and this one does it in such a beautiful, engaging way. I saw this as part of Powerstories Theatre’s Voices of Women Festival, and I was struck by the complex characters and fabulous message. Such a lovely play!

Where does Daniel Prillaman come up with this stuff? This entire play takes place in a giant hole in the ground, and it somehow manages to not just hold your attention but to be engaging and hilarious and heartbreaking. The dialogue is delicious and the whole thing pulls you along until you can't believe you've already reached the ending. Now I need to go google the answers to all the riddles Hat told Glasses.