Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

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!

I don't know a thing about Shonen, and I am here to tell you that you don't have to in order to enjoy this musical. It's a wonderful vehicle for young actors with great songs and a lot to say about what it means to be an artist and whether or not a "winner" can ever truly be proclaimed in a subjective field like the arts.

I really enjoy stories where everyone becomes friends by the end, and that's maybe not QUITE what's going on in this short, but it's in that vein, and I'm here for it. I loved the banter and learning insights into each woman's marriage to Henry slowly as the play went on. Henry himself is a character you'll find yourself hating, even as he never makes an appearance on stage, turning up only as a voice offstage. What a fun, fresh short play this is.

Oooh I love this! Three monologues are presented independently and then swirled together. They're powerful on their own, especially as your emotions start to shift as the twist slowly appears, but hearing them delivered together, alternating lines, is magic. What a great concept.