Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Oooh I would listen to this radio drama for SURE. A firefighter moves to Detroit and begins to realize that the rest of the people in her apartment building are not quite people at all. Their supernatural abilities, coupled with a mysterious string of fires in the city, made these three episodes very engaging. I want to know what happens with Amy and her neighbors, and how Detroit holds up against the arsonist! This is a fun story with all the delicious little character details that I've come to love from Jacqui's work.

This play is beautiful! I didn't want it to end - I would love to see a full length version of Chelsea and Devon protecting each other from reality. I also loved the banter between Chelsea and her mom when they broke from the story to comment or talk to the audience. I adored the fantasy world Devon created, and it was heartbreaking to see real life break through into it. What a fabulous piece for young actors to shine in!

Two unhappy people taking a much-needed break from a baby shower strike up a conversation about metaphorical heartbreak water and what kinds of vegetables people are like and and, before they know it, they have made each other feel less alone. This short play is a compelling comedy about feeling like you don't fit in or can't be seen, and learning that there is, in fact, space for you. It's funny and poignant and a very good time.

Oh my gosh, this play is GREAT. A perfect commentary on the ulterior motives of those who do group exercise with an ending I did NOT see coming. I especially loved Andrea's monologues about motherhood, which were both hilarious and 100% accurate. I would love to see a production of this one, both for the physical comedy and to see what the ending looks like outside my head. So much fun!

What an interesting concept this play has! We seen nine different vignettes which end with nine different dead people, and then all nine of them gather outside the gates of hell and are sorted into where they will be spending eternity. Dante would probably enjoy this fresh take - and be disappointed that heaven is still so old fashioned after all this time.

This short play made me smile. And nod. And groan. We've all gotten feedback like this - well, maybe not QUITE like this. The know-it-all respondents with personal grudges against each other kept me entertained as the poor playwright tried and failed and tried again to get a word in. Thoughts and prayers to this playwright as they struggle to make sense of the feedback received - but no such thoughts and prayers are necessary for Philip Middleton Williams, because his play is stellar.

Oh wow. Three working women living in Whitechapel in 1888 work to improve the lives of working women, and when Jack the Ripper begins killing women in their community, they refuse to back down from that fight, too. This is a fast and furious story of three marginalized women who realize that no one is coming to save them, so they'd better figure out fast how to save themselves. This play touches on what it means to be a person allowed to live in this world with dignity in so many different respects: race, class, sex, occupation... Beautiful work.

This short play is perfect for the Halloween season! Camille is trying to find her great-grandmother's grave before the cemetery is cleared out for development. The sun is setting, Cooper's ghost hunting app is detecting activity, but despite this spooky set up, at its heart this is a story of a woman trying to hold onto and honor her past, which was a lovely juxtaposition and made this different from other plays set in possibly haunted graveyards.

I love this clever spin on the Cinderella story. Cinderella brings up some valid points about the problems with those shoes and with Prince Charming's notion of what love is. Also, she corrects him when he calls women "girls," and it made me want to be best friends with her - but she would probably say that I don't understand what it means to be best friends, if that's all I think it takes. Because this Cinderella knows who she is, is comfortable in her own skin, and doesn't really care what other people think. What a great short.

This 10 minute play is bizarre in the most wonderful, wonderful way. I was laughing from the opening stage directions. What a crazy trip. I used to write sketch comedy, and one of the guys (Trevor) in my troupe would always submit sketches which caused another guy (Conor) to sigh, "Goddamn it, Trevor, what is wrong with you?" and this play feels like the kind of thing Conor would have that response to, and I don't know how to pay it a higher compliment than that. Wait, yes I do: My friend Trevor would LOVE THIS.