Recommended by James McLindon

In this quietly beautiful story, beautifully told, Lauren Smerkanich demonstrates how much power can be packed into a short play.

Last Breath is a quiet play that nevertheless packs a punch and provides a bit of comfort in dark times. The moment of the play is both small and somehow profound. In short, it's the sort of script that demonstrates well how powerful the short play form can be.

GRACE is a captivating, terrifying tale about abuse and resilience, a story that slowly gives up its secrets on the way to a satisfying conclusion.

This one crept up on me, a seemingly pleasant little comedy that suddenly blossoms into a fiercely funny satire that reminded me of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. (And it's really not such a bad idea if I'm honest...)

This play manages to be a charming and funny delight, despite dealing with the sadness inherent in aging and in caring for the aging. It deserves a lot of productions.

An absolutely charming and funny play about grief, long-term relationships, and pigeons.

It's hard to pull off a very quirky, very off-beat play that takes some unexpected twists and turns, biut still lands in a very satisfying place, Scott Mullen has done it in Backseat Driver. Read and enjoy!

What a fun dollop of absurd humor, made all the more enjoyable by its spot-on characterizations of a cat and a dog on a date. This unique comedy deserves a lot of productions.

A wonderful concept executed with a triumph of dialogue, Broker's Holiday is also a wicked satire and a whole lot of fun. Read it and produce it.

This play is as wonderful as it is weird, and the fact that I can't really say why is part of what makes it so wonderful. It's perhaps the saddest comedy I've ever read, and yet quite funny, but also profoundly hopeful, too, about the possibility of healing after profound grief. Brilliant.