Recommended by Barry Wallace

Love this! Escape rooms are spooky enough on a good day, but when there truly is no escape and the walls are seeming to close in, the tension goes through the roof. Love the Egyptian details, which give it a Raiders of the Lost Ark vibe.

Time travel stories are definitely my jam, so I love reading anything with a new spin on the old trope, and 11:11 certainly does that. The story features a pair of friends who keep meeting up in the future, the past, and wherever the story goes next. Butterfly effect hijinks abound, but ultimately, like many good stories, it comes down to the relationship between two friends and how changing circumstances also change their dynamic. Can apply to any relationship change, really. Very well done with fun effect challenges.

A great short play that makes us look at our own legacy in a different light. Will we life forever? As long as someone remembers us, and was affected by our presence.

This monologue hits home in a big way. As one with aging parents, and not getting any younger myself, the time will inevitably come when I have to go through the same thing Cynthia speaks about. The power of memories to attract, repel, heal and burn. Very nicely done.

Amusing, cute Christmas short play like so many others, but with just the right dark turn at the end to set it apart. Reads a bit like an SNL Christmas skit, but that's not a bad thing at all. Would be fun as part of a holiday showcase.

This is an extremely enjoyable holiday comedy with crackling dialogue and characters. Everyone is richly drawn and distinct, without falling into stereotypical caricatures. A holiday gift achieves an odd value as it's passed around from neighbor to neighbor, and we get sneak peeks into the stingy, boozy and henpecked lives of several different couples (or in one case, a trio) at Christmas. This play would be a dream for a director and actors with comic chops - the dialogue moves along at a brisk pace, and each character is unique with fun dynamics and relationships.

I can definitely picture not a few number of "church ladies" from my youth and not-so-youth that would fit right in with these two main characters. I mean, they only meant well, didn't they? Never quite knew where the story was going, which is as it should be. But just try fitting the title on a playbill...

Two strangers, alone in a deserted subway station? What could go wrong? Fun, suspenseful short play where you're never quite sure if it's something human, something heavenly...or something else. Great piece for 2 actors and some fun, minimal sound and lighting effect opportunities.

There's nothing like a good juxtaposition! Take a scene from "Leave it to Beaver" and combine with the setting of Buffy or The Walking Dead and you have a short play that makes you laugh and scream (at the same time). But there's more than just 50's thriller here, the struggle to understand the relationship between husbands and wives is illustrated beautifully, where neither really listen to the other until it's too late. Would love to see this staged.

This is a perfect example of what a 10-minute piece should be. A problem, a conflict, a resolution, and someone is changed. And we (and the characters) move on with life. A Grove, Again also provides a misdirect at the beginning to begin expectations in one place, then everything changes in a heartbeat. Very well, done, easily presented.