Recommended by Jason Parrish

Florida Rep was happy to showcase Daryl's work again in our 2023 PlayLab Festival. Mountain Mamas looks at a specific subset of southern women - coal miners in West Virginia. She tackles a huge issue with heart and humor (as always with Daryl). She makes you cry and laugh and shines a light on the special bonds between mothers and daughters. I highly recommend considering this play for your theatre and the actresses in your circle of artists.

For a 90s kid, this is a beautiful piece of nostalgia - and for everyone else, it feels like a period epic unfolding in a video store. This coming-out, coming-of-age teen love story tackles young love, loyalty, friendship, and LGBTQ issues with heart, depth, and humor. Florida Rep showcased this play in its 2023 PlayLab Festival.

Audrey Cefaly never disappoints. Strong Southern women, heartache, catharsis, magical realism, and some great laughs all in one place. Florida Rep showcased this play as part of its 2023 PlayLab, and the reading of an early draft left audiences in awe of how Cefaly tells a story with rich, deep, human (and not human) characters. Read it; it's worth the "trouble."

Brent Askari has captured white fragility at its most hilarious. John and Laura Baron could be ANY wealthy white couple who feel like their world is getting smaller and smaller as the headlines close in on them. Read as part of Florida Rep's 2020 Virtual PlayLab Festival, this play is a really crisp satire that resonated with an audience who has a lot in common with the Barons. WHITE PARTY turns the A.R. Gurney cocktail party play formula on its head with a modern-day unraveling. The characters are rich and the comedy crisp.

Read as part of Florida Rep's 2020 Virtual PlayLab, JEROME, is a must-read. This family saga deals with issues we all will face one day or another: what to do about our adult relations who need 24/7 care. The central character is a complex tour-de-force performance for an actor to dig into. The family dynamics explored keep you turning pages to the very end.

TABLESCAPE was read as part of Florida Rep's 2021 PlayLab Virtual Festival, and it was a welcome addition to the mix. Jeanette's characters are vivid, witty, and face real-world obstacles that surround adoption. The characters are unique and show is that family in 2021 can mean so many different things.

SPAY is a powerful and human story about three remarkable women living the daily reality of the opioid crisis in the American South. This play kept me turning pages until the very end. Madison's given us amazing roles for three young women, and their voices need to be heard. Florida Rep was honored to include this play in its 2020 Virtual PlayLab.

Good American was read as part of Florida Rep's 2019 PlayLab Festival, and was selected for a world premiere in the 2020-2021 Season. COvid postponed those plans, but Florida Rep hopes to produce the world premiere of this play in 2023. Bruce's play used McCarthy-era America to draw comparisons to the age we live in today. His play illustrates how fragile our democracy is when an authoritarian leader rises to power, and is a cautionary tale for the future - especially in the aftermath of the Trump presidency and the January 6th insurrection.

Will Snider has crafted an intriguing and complex two-person-play about a place and a set of issues that we know little about in America. Florida Rep's PlayLab audiences loved getting a front seat to this fascinating and tragic story. Will's characters are relatable and their story is so gripping.

Nathan Cann never disappoints. He's crafted a really gripping (and bitingly funny) play about a modern-day political dynasty. The Last Buckley is a gripping family drama that unfolds beautifully until the last of a series of revelations leaves the audience spent! The central Character, Candice Buckley, is a tour-de-force role that smacks of August Osage County, The Royal Family, Other Desert Cities, and so many where powerful women drive the narrative.