Recommended by Victor Lesniewski

A wonderfully woven family tale which dives unabashedly into the complications of politics and sexuality between cultures and generations. Fabulously deep and interesting roles for actors. Bravo!

So incredibly of the moment that you can't help seeing yourself in there. And about a dozen other folks in your local theatre community as well. As hilarious and insightful as it is cutting, which is quite an achievement!

Wonderfully imagined design elements are worked in and throughout this piece to create a stunning thematic feast. Angels. Purgatory. Los Angeles on fire. And thoughtful explorations of pressing social topics to boot.

Delightful in its restraint, yet revealing deeper emotional complexity with each page, this play paints a full portrait of our unbridled American spirit and imagination.

Not only a love letter to LA's silent movie scene, but also to the subtle ways we keep our lives afloat amid difficult and disconnected relationships. Full of unique, complex characters and situations.

I had the pleasure of seeing the production of this play hosted at Oregon Contemporary Theatre. It's a brilliant and beautiful piece of storytelling that brings difficult subject matter to the audience in a funny and heartfelt way. Beyond the page, it's a virtuosic solo performance that is always accompanied by an engaging post-show talkback. It's incredibly inspirational to see an artist really putting into action her concerns for social justice and helping others heal. Stay on the look out for a production near you.

A wonderfully insightful drama that ties together seemingly disparate topics from the Department of Homeland Security to Quebec Separatists to Green Lantern. By doing so it invokes our shared humanity, while at the same time skewering that which we let stand in the way.

I was lucky enough to catch a reading of this play at Benchmark Theatre's Fever Dream Festival. It's quite a ride. A smart, savvy, reflection on life and death, it pulls no punches when it comes to the depression and violence rampant in our society today.

Abbey writes fascinating self-contained little worlds whose rules slowly, and often devastatingly, reveal themselves over time. This piece is no different, merging both history and her own unique voice. It is both darkly comic and irreverent. And let's not forget: devastating.

A potent exploration of how and why we mourn, this play plumbs the depth of our psychology and unearths hard truths about our self-preservation in the face of mortality. It's a must read.