Recommended by Joe Swenson

Impossible not to recommend this series of short plays about the latest craze! This show does it without taking sides too. Fun, exhilarating, and with a xeric sense of humor to boot! This show is great!

Philip Middleton Williams has once again proven that he is a master at dialogue story telling. This time through the eyes and interactions of Marc Griffen. The teacher is the student metaphor fits perfectly in a year in his life. This is different than his previous shows as tension and release ebb and flow throughout to give a true "A year in the life" type story. The word that keeps coming up for me is authentic. A Good Year is an authentic look into fictional characters.

Melisa Tien has written a raw, dramatic, tension filled full length show about a kid who becomes a YouTube sensation. Some hit it big and care about that, some don't care about that. Melisa Tien gives you bits and pieces of information as Boyd ages and with each morsel you the audience make judgements and assumptions only for Tien to either confirm them, let the tension build about them, or casually dismiss them as part of the story. It's also unique conceptually as this show could be edited for only Zoom/Skype/YouTube and still tell the story.

Jason Cirkovic has built a really great monologue about an Autistic Blogger who is in a therapy session. It's not in what Cirkovic has the character say, it's really in the amount the character says that you see the true reflection of self, others, and the need to keep talking which ultimately keeps the noise out. In this case Cirkovic builds a menagerie of instances from tying to shoes to critiquing art work to establish the need for the protagonist to be in therapy. Ultimately Jason Cirkovic finds the right emotion, speed, and distraction in Connor Billings to be effective!

Rachel Feeny-Williams does it again. This brilliant little comedy had me making faces throughout and pausing and pretending to be director. The dialogue was so engaging that I thought I was at the dinner table with the family. I don't want to ruin anything (which means I've probably already done that), but the ending is fantastic! Kudos to another great 10 minute play Rachel!

I absolutely loved this play. It's fantastic from the end/beginning to the end/end. The entire end (including the verbiage used for the song "Revolution"). Lisa Dellegiarino Feriend has struck gold with this fast-paced comedy. It has everything you want in it without intentionally defaming the original content. Ultimately, there's a lesson in this about life, love, and family. No matter your religious affiliation this is a must see, must be seen, play. Would make a tremendous radio show as well! Brilliant!

What a fantastic short play! The ambiguity, the rising tension, the mystery, and finally the song. Quick progressing dialogue speaks to Nathan Christopher’s artistry and gives the play a sense of familiarity and authenticity! Fantastic work!

What a trip! Rachael Carnes takes you on the Zoom ride where nothing is off limits and technically there aren’t any limitations. The dialogue lends itself to a frenzied pace where you are forced out of your mainstream box. My favorite line was about the toaster needing to be unplugged between uses. Fantastic play!

This play is beyond awesome. Whatever word you can come up with that is beyond awesome, that's this play. The characters are clever and absolutely consistent with their assigned roles in life. Adam has built a fun, comedic triumph where good or unfinished beats evil or evades the inevitable. I laughed out loud reading this multiple times and even better, I smiled through most of it. Excellent work by Adam Richter!

The final installment in the series, Philip Middleton Williams takes you on an unexpected journey. In this final chapter of Clyde and Dan's relationship, he introduces an emotion/event/situation as a character. Grief announces themselves as a necessary part of the relationship between son and father but declares that he's there for the son in an unexpected way.

Philip takes us on this journey of discovery, relationships, and has us rooting for Dan all along the way. Beautifully done. Expert dialogue. I'm rooting for Philip's brilliance and can't wait to read/see more!