Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

This comedic short gives us the story behind the Christmas carol, as (good) King Wenceslas and his page, Jackie, recount what happened on the feast of St. Stephen. Jackie's frustration with the king comes through in quips and asides, and King Wenceslas himself is portrayed with great effect as a complex character, a well-intentioned guy whose privilege blinds him to certain things. They're a fun duo to watch. I'd listen to a hundred more of their stories.

I could not adore this more. I truly could not. A series (a herd) of short plays for kids all centered around elephants, these plays are adorable, hilarious, and the kind of bonkers insane creative stuff (a recipe for an elephant! A detective that hunts guilty elephants! A kid hallucinating elephants everywhere!) that falls out of the minds of children when they’re playing. This is a collection of shorts that would be beloved by kids and grownups alike.

What a great play for young audiences with a lesson on acceptance (both of oneself and of others) and some math facts as well. I love that the teacher is seen as an all-knowing, larger than life figure by the kids, which is how teachers are so often seen by their students in elementary school.

A rival to the Muppets in the search for the best Christmas Carol adaptation. I loved so much about this: the recurring cow jokes, the self-aware side remarks, the flipping of the script (in so many ways!) on a story we all know so well. What a joyful, silly piece of theater which would be a very special experience both for those who watch it and those who perform it.

This short is about a woman's frustration with her refrigerator that doesn't work correctly, and it's hilarious, but it's also about what it means to be broken and discarded and unwanted despite our best efforts, and by the end you will find yourself wondering exactly when you became so emotionally invested in the story of this woman and her fridge - which is the mark of excellent writing.

I love this. Like all the best plays for young audiences, this short both entertains and has a lesson baked in. It is sweet and fun and weird, just like kids, and it would delight kids and grownups alike.

The silliness of this play is delightful. I love the way the narrator teases and mocks Sir Llewellyn, even teaming up with the princess to mock him at times. The videogame structure is a blast, and David Lipschutz mines it for all possible comedy. This is that rare short play which can be enjoyed both by kids and by their parents - and everyone in between.

This short is a fun spin on a well-known nursery rhyme (with some moon facts folded in)! I love that every character is uniquely themselves - My favorite is Diddle, the concert violinist cat, who I heard with Antonio Banderas's voice, like a musical sibling of Puss in Boots. This play is too much fun.

Well this is adorable. A short play for young audiences, A Daffodilly-Ding-Dong includes jokes for kids AND for grown ups as well (my favorite was the calling out of the fact that the flowers and the human child were all the same size). What a delightful short!

I'm always in awe when I come across creepy ten minute plays. To build a world that makes an audience squirm in only ten minutes is a feat, and Hey Babe is a great example of it. I love how it goes from feeling slightly off, to definitely unsettling, to flat-out creepy. Great work!