Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

A wedding, a blizzard, a haunting, a giant fish painted like a clown… This comedy is a fast-paced, hilarious ride with rapid-fire jokes coming fast and furiously, making the dramatic moments hit that much harder when they arrive. I especially liked the running joke of the bride’s insistence that the ghosts show up when 6 people are in the cabin, and every time they became a group of 6, she would shriek about the ghosts and run out. I saw Theatre of Note’s production of “Clownfish” this weekend, and both the audience and cast were clearly having a wonderful time.

This short is DARLING. I love it. Tim is such a sweet, articulate kid and sees with way more clarity than the adults. I love the reveals and the ghost and the fact that it’s about sports but not about sports, because I’m with Tim: plays about baseball are better than actual baseball. Delightful from start to finish!

I read this short play based on the title, expecting it to be a comedy, and it IS - a very clever one - but it’s also got sadness, unfaithfulness, issues of trust, mental health, and faith… so much in such a short play. I loved every minute and would love a sequel to see what happens to Marcus and Joey next.

This play about a pair of siblings who just buried their mother and are trying to keep their magic shop afloat in a gentrifying neighborhood plays with form and time and has several moments that I would love to see on stage to see how on earth they're pulled off. This play reads like poetry and is full of its own kind of magic.

This romantic comedy feels very true to life, as the couplings and uncouplings are messy, complicated, and don't always include a fairy tale ending. The dialogue crackles with humor and there is a universality within the specificity of the relationships among the members of the Pearson family. Lovely work!

This short play is a sweet and poignant study on grief, love, being true to oneself, and those who love you for who you are. I was looking forward to seeing it in the St. Sebastian Players' 10 minute play festival, but since that was canceled, reading it is the next best thing. There's a certain universality within the specificity here - This play made me think of my own grandmothers, and now I'm smiling remembering them. Lovely work!

This short play is a sweet and poignant study on grief, love, being true to oneself, and those who love you for who you are. I was looking forward to seeing it in the St. Sebastian Players' 10 minute play festival, but since that was canceled, reading it is the next best thing. There's a certain universality within the specificity here - This play made me think of my own grandmothers, and now I'm smiling remembering them. Lovely work!

Oh my gosh. This play. It’s a love story, it’s a PSA, it’s a comedy that is clearly having fun and not taking itself too seriously. I used to write and perform sketch comedy, and my favorite sketches by other groups performing in the same shows were ones that had me giggling while a person sitting nearby whispered “What?” to themselves under their breath. This feels like that kind of thing, and I love it. The energy is great, it would be a blast to perform, AND I learned something.

This short play was NOT what I expected it to be! A short horror play about poop? HERE FOR IT. I read this for giggles because of the title, but it, like a pile of poop hidden in the grass, surprised me. (But unlike poop hidden in the grass, this was a good surprise.) Weird and wonderful!

Ha! Writers can definitely relate to Sisyphus in this clever one minute play. And not just writers - creative types and procrastinators in general. This is a delightful origin story with a big message for only one page. I love it.