Recommended by Rachel Bykowski

Old habits die hard. Even in quarantine, Hansen shows how human beings feel the need the pack their schedules so they can feel productive. What is "productive" in times on quarantine? What if we actually took a breath, sat, and did NOTHING? The thought is terrifying (to some).

An enthralling play that perfectly matches the tempo of "seventeen year-old"-dom, where you are on the cusp of adulthood, your life is moving a mile a minute, and are supposed to have everything figured out and fit into this mold society has carved for you. Goldstein brilliantly paints an honest depiction of friendship, love, sex, and most importantly human connection. The character Burbank sings throughout their multitude of layers and emotions and arrives not at an answer, but more questions because honestly, no one has anything figured out and a "correct" mold doesn't exist.

A relentless play full of grotesque beauty as we watch a character wrestle with the duality of her life. There is love and empathy tangled with lies and mistakes as a woman searches to redeem her greatest performance - her life.

This play is full of heart that shows the power of community. The stakes are incredibly high for Ambrose, as well as, all the other characters featured. While the plot keeps you on your toes, it is the characters that drew me. It is a web of important relationships, trust, codes, and understanding.

His Shadow tells an important struggle with ambition, jealousy, love, self-worth, and activism. When trying to accomplish our own goals, sometimes we forget we are all connected and part of a bigger picture. One small action or act of protest can change the world. A necessary play for those who wonder if they can make a difference, Webb lets her audience know that yes we can.

Agreed Upon Fictions explores the stories we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night. Monsters are not always what we think they will look like. Sometimes when they are standing in our own kitchen, our mind and heart get tangled and makes our eyes paint a different picture of them. Kennedy accomplishes a dynamic feat of showing how black and white reasoning can become murky. A complicated play that is not afraid to leave things unanswered because ultimately, it is whatever story you want to tell yourself.

A gorgeous, honest play about friendship, family, love, and self. This play transports you back to high school, but Palmer, within the teenaged anxiety, expertly weaves grounded, self-awareness that gives a refreshing look at high-schoolers instead of patronizing them on their journey to adulthood. I am so grateful to see a play that depicts women and LGBTQ characters in a story that is about so much more than just coming out.

Funny, daring, dangerous and full of truth. All the perfect elements you need for a great satire. I hate the fact this play is relevant but maybe with more writing like this, the Patriarchy can one day be dismantled.

This play is THE definition of theatricality. The last time I remember getting shivers like this from reading a play is the hat parade scene from Caryl Churchill's Far Away. Varga beautifully personifies love, happiness, horrors, and devastation in a way that only a heart is strong enough to handle.

Inna Tsyrlin painful depicts a gruesome side to the World War that is often lost to history. She demonstrates the strength of women and the difficult choice that is made between shouting the truth or just going along with the play. The whole gulag is a play within a play as the prison guards hope to put on a little performance to fool the Americans. In fact, everything in the play is a performance for each characters' life. It's when they break character and go off script that the truth of heartbreak and devastation sets in