Recommended by Ava Love Hanna

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    At first glance, I Love You More looks like a simple brunch between siblings, but Heyman hides real ache and vulnerability inside the quick, affectionate banter. A well-crafted short play that offers a realistic view of an adult sibling relationship and the quiet reassurance that love doesn't shrink as life expands.

    At first glance, I Love You More looks like a simple brunch between siblings, but Heyman hides real ache and vulnerability inside the quick, affectionate banter. A well-crafted short play that offers a realistic view of an adult sibling relationship and the quiet reassurance that love doesn't shrink as life expands.

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    Cathedrals is a breathtakingly beautiful, compact poem of a monologue. It takes the audience on a winding journey through a garden of abstract stone art and deep into the bruised heart of a narrator seeking sanctuary from the ache of unrequited longing. Sickles masterfully overlays art, stone, and self-deprecating humor amid classic literary nods and extended metaphors. It's painful and lovely and achingly familiar. An absolutely gorgeous piece for all actors.

    Cathedrals is a breathtakingly beautiful, compact poem of a monologue. It takes the audience on a winding journey through a garden of abstract stone art and deep into the bruised heart of a narrator seeking sanctuary from the ache of unrequited longing. Sickles masterfully overlays art, stone, and self-deprecating humor amid classic literary nods and extended metaphors. It's painful and lovely and achingly familiar. An absolutely gorgeous piece for all actors.

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    Mathew Green's This Office is Permanently Closed is a fun, brief romp through 1980s corporate America, complete with a hilariously big brick cell phone. The dialogue is snappy, and as the recently laid-off employees wallow in their miseries, Green adds an entertaining pivot that reveals that things could always be worse.

    Mathew Green's This Office is Permanently Closed is a fun, brief romp through 1980s corporate America, complete with a hilariously big brick cell phone. The dialogue is snappy, and as the recently laid-off employees wallow in their miseries, Green adds an entertaining pivot that reveals that things could always be worse.

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    In Oversight, L.B. Deyo delivers a clock-ticking (er... egg-timer-ticking) thriller that perfectly captures our current cultural anxiety at the crossroads of unregulated tech domination and political incompetence. Balancing dark humor with rising tension, Deyo handles a terrifyingly relevant subject with incredible wit. A timely play that will hook audiences.

    In Oversight, L.B. Deyo delivers a clock-ticking (er... egg-timer-ticking) thriller that perfectly captures our current cultural anxiety at the crossroads of unregulated tech domination and political incompetence. Balancing dark humor with rising tension, Deyo handles a terrifyingly relevant subject with incredible wit. A timely play that will hook audiences.

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    FOOLS is a fun, fast-paced comedy about mid-life and identity. The best part? It explores deep domestic anxieties via id-driven, truth-telling puppets. Masterson uses these irreverent, farting truth-tellers to poke at serious questions about marriage, parenting, and career burnout, and manages to end the whole thing with a bang.

    FOOLS is a fun, fast-paced comedy about mid-life and identity. The best part? It explores deep domestic anxieties via id-driven, truth-telling puppets. Masterson uses these irreverent, farting truth-tellers to poke at serious questions about marriage, parenting, and career burnout, and manages to end the whole thing with a bang.

  • Ava Love Hanna: THE EGG by Noah Masterson
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    The Egg is a wildly inventive, structurally daring comedy that earns every absurdist flourish. Masterson's writing is precise where it counts and delightfully unhinged everywhere else. This play is a defense of the sacred weirdness and messiness of being human and hides a genuinely tender question inside the joke: what do we protect when the world wants to process everything into data? Incredibly smart writing perfectly blended with heart and absurdity. I can't wait to see this one on stage.

    The Egg is a wildly inventive, structurally daring comedy that earns every absurdist flourish. Masterson's writing is precise where it counts and delightfully unhinged everywhere else. This play is a defense of the sacred weirdness and messiness of being human and hides a genuinely tender question inside the joke: what do we protect when the world wants to process everything into data? Incredibly smart writing perfectly blended with heart and absurdity. I can't wait to see this one on stage.

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  • Ava Love Hanna: Spellbound by Matthew Everett
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    Spellbound is a beautifully crafted romantic comedy that deftly navigates the murky waters of love and friendship, free will, and consent. The combination of magic with characters that are messy and deeply human is a fantastic contrast. While the dialogue is sharp and often hilarious, the play is anchored by a sobering exploration of agency and connection. The play, much like the song that anchors it, is skillfully composed and built with a resonant, theatrical rhythm. An absolute delight.

    Spellbound is a beautifully crafted romantic comedy that deftly navigates the murky waters of love and friendship, free will, and consent. The combination of magic with characters that are messy and deeply human is a fantastic contrast. While the dialogue is sharp and often hilarious, the play is anchored by a sobering exploration of agency and connection. The play, much like the song that anchors it, is skillfully composed and built with a resonant, theatrical rhythm. An absolute delight.

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  • Ava Love Hanna: WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN? by Donna Latham
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    A fantastically hilarious bite-sized comedy. Latham takes the iconic opening of Macbeth and pivots to the modern horror of trying to sync schedules with busy friends. Watching powerful witches succumb only to their packed calendars is a fantastic twist. A relatable, cackle-worthy short!

    A fantastically hilarious bite-sized comedy. Latham takes the iconic opening of Macbeth and pivots to the modern horror of trying to sync schedules with busy friends. Watching powerful witches succumb only to their packed calendars is a fantastic twist. A relatable, cackle-worthy short!

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  • Ava Love Hanna: Wayfaring Strangers by Dan West
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    A fantastic modern retelling (extension?) of the Orpheus myth. West does a fantastic job of contrasting the passion of a new marriage that ends in tragedy with the comfortable sameness of a stable long term marriage. Gut punching lines like "Maybe being Orpheus means losing Eurydice... every time" are not only beautifully written, but wind in themes of fate and predestination. A lovely, poignant piece about how choosing the 'well worn shirt' of a stable family is its own heroic journey.

    A fantastic modern retelling (extension?) of the Orpheus myth. West does a fantastic job of contrasting the passion of a new marriage that ends in tragedy with the comfortable sameness of a stable long term marriage. Gut punching lines like "Maybe being Orpheus means losing Eurydice... every time" are not only beautifully written, but wind in themes of fate and predestination. A lovely, poignant piece about how choosing the 'well worn shirt' of a stable family is its own heroic journey.

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  • Ava Love Hanna: Two Have Clipboards (short) by David Hilder
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    An absurdist gem. I love how disorienting this short is -- who's questioning who? Why? Whom can we trust? In ten short minutes, Hilder takes us on a journey from a bizarre clinical intake to random office chatter to vivid childhood memories and back again. With rapid-fire dialogue and quick scene changes the audience is kept as off-kilter as poor Smith. A perfectly unsettling and entertaining short play.

    An absurdist gem. I love how disorienting this short is -- who's questioning who? Why? Whom can we trust? In ten short minutes, Hilder takes us on a journey from a bizarre clinical intake to random office chatter to vivid childhood memories and back again. With rapid-fire dialogue and quick scene changes the audience is kept as off-kilter as poor Smith. A perfectly unsettling and entertaining short play.

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