Recommended by Alicia Margarita Olivo

Complete with a giant spectral bird, Neighbor Jane is a delirious drama that proves that the relationships that save us sometimes come unexpectedly from the destruction of our lives.

Durkee captures the sickening, creeping realization that sometimes is not alright in your closest friendships. Despite their flaws and hidden intentions, each character is someone who you can't help but see yourself in. The Prying is one of those rare plays that makes you want to immediately journal about your own personal life as soon as you set the script down.

One of the loveliest hauntings I've ever read. Full of complex characters that transcend time in their home, Macedo has written something that begs to be seen on a stage. I'm incredibly jealous of whoever will get to design this show! I hope to be in audience when this is presented in-person someday — manifesting!

An exhilarating, hilarious, and loving tribute to being a Mexican artist in the city of Boston. alberdi deftly showcases how predominantly white institutions put us through the wringer, mangling us into something unrecognizable to our own selves, and our desperate journeys in making ourselves right once more. i didn't make this has some of the most uncannily recognizable characters I've read; regardless of who you are, you will see yourself refracted in each person onstage. Gorgeous. I hope to see it onstage, in person someday.

SAA (not that one) is truly an unforgettable play, and it's one that's been on my mind since I saw a reading of it for Teatro Chelsea's 2021 A-Típico: A New Latinx Play Festival. Herrera has crafted an amazing beginning, middle, and end that keeps you at the edge of your seat. The chemistry between the characters is incredible – you get so much about their personalities and feelings for one another very quickly, helping ground the play even as the protagonist's reality begins to crumble around him. I'm looking forward to the day this show gets produced!

Wickedly funny, Last Ship to Proxima Centauri does not give you time to catch your breath at any given moment. The content of the play is heavy, but it's never diluted by the razor-sharp wit as characters clash for their respective futures. It's a bummer we can't be in physical spaces together any time soon — this is the kind of show that would have me craning my neck to look at the reactions of my fellow audience members throughout, making me wonder which characters they identify the most with and what that means.

Simultaneously heartbreaking and gleeful, Ghosts of Bogotá is the play I wish I could’ve been able to read when I was younger. There is so much thematic material packed into this piece, and it never skips a step in telling a complex story about healing. I can’t wait for the day I get to watch this on a stage.

BW is a work full of light and love. A universal portrait of the struggle between choosing what you love and choosing who you love, and learning that those two choices can be the one and the same. I feel seen and loved by this play, and I can't wait to see it onstage someday.

Heartbreaking and ringing true, The House of Flightless Birds is a captivating exploration of Latinx masculinity, family, trust, and vulnerability, and navigating that as an autistic person. Shlichtman has written a work that will scoop your heart out right out of your chest, whisper to it, and put it back — and you will be grateful for it.

Scathing, hilarious, and visceral, Gut Punch does not play any games, despite its improv setup. Any performer of color who has gone through the unfortunate situation of having to constantly keep the people you're supposed to trust in check will get a gut-punch of their own after reading this.