Recommended by Michele Clarke

Get ready. There's a gut punch of a twist at the end of this thought-provoking two-hander.

Debra Cole has created a new genre - Cringe Cute! This would be a terrific scene in a full-length about planning a wedding.

Well crafted. The production design challenge here would also be a delight for the right team.

The more controversial your point, the more levity you need. H. Avery offers a masterwork of criticism here -- a comical/absurdist setup with inept parents that unleashes increasingly piercing rebukes of the medical establishment, the emotional-support establishment, the charitable fundraising establishment, the torture-as-conversion-therapy establishment, the sterilization-as-ultimate-goal establishment, the patriarchy-indoctrination establishment, those who pervert the intention of DNRs, and more. Very skillfully done.

A provocative piece that will definitely get audiences talking.

... but how did Sandy know about Emily and the green dress? This psychological thriller will keep audiences talking long after the performance.

Okay. Which theaters in Silicon Valley or Seattle are brave enough to stage this dead-on metaphor for the ostrich-head-in-the-sand 'morality' of autonomous driving executives, AI-industry executives, tobacco executives, etc etc etc. Just brilliant.

Kick off your evening of Irish plays with this gem. Kevin is a master of the genre - the conflicting motivations, the irresistable colloquialisms, and ending with the perfect twist.

Bone chilling. Also, something tells me their evening isn't going to end well...

Ever wonder what happens right before all hell breaks loose in a dysfunctional family? Jillian Blevins knows. This piece perfectly captures the sibling dynamic in a dysfunctional home and then beautifully writes the defining moment when those siblings decide to go to war.