Recommended by Jack Levine

We learn more from our experiences than from what might be said or read. In this fascinating sci-fi, a young lady is magically transported to a world beyond her wildest imagination. FENGAR GAEL has a marvelous creative mind, and she uses her immense talent of storytelling to create a musical comedy (with fascinating possibilities) in her play, “The Buttonhole Bandit”. I thoroughly enjoyed the witty dialogue, and I couldn’t help but hope that someday I would watch this play performed onstage.

MATHEW GREEN has written a murder mystery with Al-Mee, a robot, who may have committed a murder. I love to read sci-fi plays, and this is certainly a fun read. It’s titled “Hello, Al-Mee’, and it’s a fun read.

JOHN BUSSER is one of those playwrights who never fails to write wonderful gems, “All Too Human” is a witty and dramatic science fiction, which asks a central question: Will AI become indistinguishable from humankind? This play is relevant, well-written, and thoroughly entertaining. I highly recommend it be produced. Bravo, John!

We need family, friends, acquaintances, as social beings. It becomes especially important when we may be most vulnerable, needy. A person wants to be loved, seen, relevant, especially near the end of their life. JESSIE SALSBURY has captured this profound truth in her short play, “The Last Week”.

This play completely blew me away. I was struck by the deep dive into the complexities of life in a fraternity. The ‘black experience’ is beautifully told with the intensity, intrigue, and intimacy of a black brotherhood. Loyalty, greed, lust are at play, MARCUS SCOTT uses all-manner of plot, character, dialogue to highlight the ‘politics’ of being young black men. “Sibling Rivalries’ scores an A-Plus in all respects: Powerful, witty, relevant. This play needs to be put onstage. It’s brilliant!

We can experience loneliness that can be overpowering. But, if we keep searching and open ourselves, perhaps, we will find that special someone. At least, we should try. In EMMA GOLDMAN-SHERMAN’s “Heaven’s A Motel”, we get a glimpse of life with its opportunities, choices. I found this ten-minute play to be entertaining and well-worth the read.

We are in a world that makes sense and doesn’t make sense. We know so much but yet so little, I love thinking about the universe with all its mysteries, including “Dark Matter”, which is the title and subject of CHRISTOPHER SOUCY’s ten-minute play. Scientists will continue to expand our knowledge, but still, we will have questions. This is a fun play to read, discuss, and produce.

MIKE BYHAM hits the mark, exceptionally well, as he gives us a very funny political satire. In “The Body Politic”, we learn that ‘honesty is always the best policy’. It’s so true that many politicians will say or do anything to get elected. Some are of the belief that ‘winning is everything’. Hopefully, there will be enough politicians who put the good of their constituents over their own selfish desires. I highly recommend this play.

A jury of ‘average citizens’ with no formal education or experience in the law, is likely to use their ‘guts’, emotions and prejudices, to decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. In “Reasonable Doubt” by PHILIP MIDDLETON WILLIAMS, we learn a well thoughtout justice system has its flaws, especially when it relies on the opinions, judgment, and prejudices of the jurors. I found this play to be enlightening, entertaining and engaging. I highly recommend this play. BRAVO, Philip!

In the “Exorcism’, by Nora Louise Syran, two priests try to use the power of their faith to overcome the evil in the members of the United States Congress. But, these holy men are thwarted by the Devil, who plays upon the greed, dishonesty of the politicians. This play is a wonderful political satire. It has a lot of truths and is relevant in today’s political environment. I recommend it.