Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

How many of your principles and core values are you prepared to toss to the side in the name of Art? A paycheck? Staying relevant? This short play's interesting premise is explored as an actor swears she will absolutely not do a topless scene in which a giant monkey gropes her - but will she? It's a clever concept and a fun one to watch play out!

I spent this whole ten-minute play wondering what on earth was going to happen next. The twists! The turns! The arsenal of weapons! This dark comedy is great.

This short gives you everything you could want in a one-minute play: A quickly grasped set up, good dialogue, and a twist ending - all in a page!

This one act following a family through 6 decades manages to feel both epic, as it covers multiple generations, and intimate, as it takes place entirely inside a car. Another paradox it pulls off is the universality within the specificity of these characters and the details of their lives. Small and large, specific and universal, the fabulous dialogue takes you on a touching journey through time and Christmases. I love it!

Well this is fun! I love that the Seven Deadly Sins bicker and needle each other like human siblings - and also like human siblings, come together when they need to. (I think the pettiness of Envy was my favorite.) What dream opportunities for actors to run wild with!

This is bonkers in the best way. I love it. I love that Entenmann's is an interdimensional provider of baked goods with unspeakable power (It makes sense if you've ever tasted their chocolate chip cookies - the owner of that recipe clearly holds great power), and I love the button at the end.

This short play is sweet and funny and sad all rolled into one. Like life, I guess. Both Debbie and Mark make excellent, relatable points, and I love the takeaway message.

My favorite depiction of Santa anywhere, ever, for all time. This short play is such a pure delight. So funny (and dark!) and also with a little moral to take away in the end. This would absolutely be the play that stuck with me on my way home after a night of shorts.

A billionaire trying to buy Alaska, setting terrible events in motion, and TV journalists acting like nothing strange is happening shouldn't feel like the real world, but here we are! I love this comedic take on the tragedy of our current state of affairs - and the best part is it would work equally well on stage or on a podcast!

I enjoyed every last moment of this campy horror-comedy. So clever ("urban wolves" was my favorite) and impressive (Willa's monologue she delivers while cursed!!). And the best part is, the play takes place on Christmas Eve and involves a wreath, so this could be in a night of holiday plays, where it would come sailing out of left field to surprise and delight the entire audience. The mind of Daniel Prillaman is bonkers in the best way.