Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

What would you do if Jesus showed up at your place for tea, unannounced? This sweet, short play is a commentary on religion, judgement, and who gets to lay claim to heaven- as well as how stressful it is when you have unexpected company. I would love to see it staged!

This short play is terrific. Maybe because it makes me feel better to think there are alternate realities in which Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election, but I suspect it’s actually just because Greg Lam wrote a great play. Smart, funny, and a whole lot of wish fulfillment.

"Sticker Guilt" is a funny-yet-sad-yet-alarmingly-relatable monologue about fear of commitment. I mean, don't we all have anxiety over where to stick those big fancy stickers? Best of all, the monologue is written so it can be performed by absolutely anyone, and it SHOULD be performed. It's great, and the final line is such a perfect, heartbreaking summation of what the character has been trying to say the whole time.

Oooh what a neat story! Maggie Lou Rader took the first documented case of spiritual possession in the United States and dramatized it, and it is incredibly engaging. I had never heard of Mary Roff or Lurancy Vennum, but you'd better believe I'm about to go google them. This would make a wonderfully spooky night of theater - and there's no swearing, so it could work for a middle or high school audience and maybe get them googling about the past as well.

This memory play is terrific! College-age Linda introduces us to her Irish Catholic family and together - with lots of asides, comedic interruptions, and requests for monologues - they tell the story of one week in 1973 that almost destroyed Linda's reputation forever. The characters are all so distinct, and I loved watching them interact with each other. I would love to see this one live!

Oh my gosh. This is the sweetest play. Just SO delightful. A messenger angel announces to Jordan that she is going to bear a child, and then you watch and laugh and cry with this incredible cast of characters as they come to terms with this news - and as the angel comes to learn what it means to be human, with all our wonderful and horrible complexities. I loved this. The dialogue is perfect, and the twists are unexpected and wonderful. I would love to see this staged and I'm sure a lighting director would love it, too.

Ooooh. I didn’t realize a one minute play could be spooky, but here we are. Hats off to Elijah Vazquez! This play is great.

Yes! This one minute play made me laugh out loud. So good!

Well, there goes Scott Sickles, disproving my belief that the sequel is never as good as the original. I love this trilogy, and I love this play! I loved watching the boys reconnect at 38 after thinking they lost each other forever at 11. I love how the climate emergency is woven into the play so completely, giving us a (scary! urgent! important!) preview of the kind of world we might be living in - and struggling to get off of - in 2046. I love so much about this. I'm sad I've only got one more play to go.

Oh MY! The blood, the warfare, the fantastical stranger, the heightened language - this feels like the kind of thing Shakespeare would write if he were still around, churning out plays. And I know comparing something to Shakespeare feels very over the top, but it was all I kept thinking as I read. This violent fantasy play grabs you from the start and doesn't let go until the stage is covered in blood. What a crazy trip! I loved it.