Recommended by Jack Levine

RUBEN CARBAJAL has encapsulated the feelings of hope, despair, love, sadness, needs and wants, and the dreams broken with “The Quarantine” of love ones separated from us during this pandemic. We wish to be close to our family and friends, who have COVID-19. We want to hold their hands, try to bring a smile to their lips, give them and ourselves hope it will pass. This is a strong one-minute monologue.

EMILY HAGEMAN’s play, “The Blue Hour”, is one of the most powerful, thought provoking, and poetic stories I have had the pleasure to read. This play would be fantastic to watch onstage. You can learn so many lessons of life and death, such as the in-between of light and darkness, the generational differences and similarities, the connections between ourselves and those who we love so deeply, among other insightful realities. I highly recommend this play to one and all!

CINDI SANSONE-BRAFF is one of my favorite playwrights. “Welcome to the House of Karma” had me laughing out loud from beginning to end. I love Cindi’s wit! I think my next play will be ‘unscripted’ like a want-to-be actress in this play yearns for so she won’t have to learn lines. Buckle your seatbelt, so you won’t fall off your chair laughing. I really want to see this play performed on stage.

ROSS TEDFORD KENDALL has written a fabulous who-done-it short play. I loved reading it, and I hope to see this play onstage. “Riddles” is so well-written. It’s clever and will keep you guessing to the end. Great job! You will enjoy this play!

PHILIP MIDDLETON WILLIAMS is one of those playwrights who never disappoints. I just love his wit, his ability to keep you interested, and his surprise and fun ending. You will enjoy “Ask Me Anything”. I certainly did! I would love to see this play performed on stage!

MARK HARVEY LEVINE has written a witty play with repeated deaths and revivals, gorilla and pirates, and an Agatha Christie-like Inspector. I could envision this play onstage and laughing out loud so hard I would want to see the play again just to catch all the humor. “A Case Of Anxiety (A Ten Minute Play) is a sure winner. BRAVO!

ERIN BREZNITSKY’s play starts off with two sisters going through boxes of stuff left in the attic of their deceased grandparents. They are surprised to find something most unexpected - both in what it is and how it got there. Each sister has their own take on what to do with their discovery. “The Heirloom” shows us that our preconceived notions of people we think we know, may be far from reality. I enjoyed reading this play.

EMMA WOOD has written a hilarious satire of a workplace with a culture - at least in the HR (human resources) Department - of training interns to be just the opposite of what you would expect in a sane world unless you had an egocentric boss in charge of the training. In “Real World 101”, you would never want to ‘be there’ as an intern, BUT you definitely would want to “be there” in the audience as you laughed out loud. What a fun play!

JACQUELYN FLOYD PRISKORN’s “Birthday Beer” is absolutely wonderful! It’s funny, romantic, and the perfect story of a change in attitude of a twenty-eight year old on his birthday. This play is a must-see on stage. I just loved the way the dialogue flowed, the seamless transition of Dean from playboy to responsible adult, and Carla at first feeling betrayed and then being pleasantly surprised. A real fun play to read!

LARRY RINKEL's short play is a pleaser. An athletic teenager needs a nerdy teenager for more than an explanation of a semi-colon. "A Semicolon is a Double" shows there can be a connection between a jock and nerd. This is a very worthy play to be presented at a high school or anywhere else. BRAVO!