Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Wow, this one is short, but it packs a punch! We’re presented with two different ways of walking through the world, and the better choice is very clear. I especially loved the Child’s explanation for why he knew the buzzing creature was a bee and not a wasp. Lovely!

Well, I didn’t know I needed a play about bees flirting in my life, but here we are! This short is adorable and sweet and actually manages to fold in quite a few bee facts as well. The bees may be dying off, but that doesn’t mean they can’t find love along the way. Too fun!

Even the queen bees have a hard time dating! We watch Queen Bee’s suitors go quite literally from bad to worse in this short about a lonely queen looking for love and someone to rule with her. Everybody trying to navigate the harrowing world of dating needs a wing woman (wing bee?) like Beatrice. This short is lots of fun!

This short piece about a relationship that seems to be circling the drain is so true to life about those kinds of relationships: The argument is about the bees, but it’s also not at all about the bees. DC Cathro always writes the best dialogue.

No one writes plays about animals quite like Matthew Weaver! What a fun piece for actors (young and old(er)!) with good physicality to shine. A play with no words is hard to pull off, but this one does it fabulously - and the ending is perfect, too.

The best one-minute plays have a good twist to them (in my opinion) and this one fits the bill! We've all been where Harold is from time to time, kicking ourselves for not reading more carefully. Frustrating when it happens to you, delightful when it happens in a play.

I love that this short manages to be charming and informative while also being about the climate crisis (which is always ominous) and the ways people are grappling with how to navigate it - including doing some outside the box thinking, like Alex. I love how Alex has a good idea and refuses to be deterred. More of this in real life!

I did not see this coming! When I was in high school, there was a teacher who supplemented his income by working at the grocery store on weekends, but Fred has a much more interesting side job! When this short began with Fred's forced retirement, I thought it was going to be a sad, wistful play, but that is not where it went at all. What a hilarious, delightful surprise of a play.

This short about people folding origami bees - and the comments that they make about it - is a great metaphor for the creative process! This would be a fun play to see staged, as you watch the creation of all these origami bees in real time.

Oh my gosh, so sweet and sad!! This short is a beautiful exploration of the grieving process, and the reveal at the end is an ugly cry kind of moment. It's amazing how much you can feel in less than ten pages.