Recommended by Morey Norkin

Once you realize you’re in the viewing room of a prison execution chamber, you can hardly catch your breath until the end of this tense drama. Terrific examination of the death penalty and the multiple victims of a horrible crime. Well done!

Now I’m not sure I want to be able to communicate with my cat. I don’t think I can keep up with her thought process. What a singularly original and entertaining work! I love how the older cat teaches the younger similar to The Rain in Spain. Which makes me think, if this becomes a musical, there must be a song that starts “196,883 dimensions.” I would come to see this several times!

A gripping drama set during the early days of the AIDS crisis, Paul Donnelly’s MEMORIAL DAY unflinchingly captures the fear and hopelessness of that time, and raises the question of what constitutes ethical treatment. And even with the seriousness of the subject matter, Donnelly manages to lighten the mood with welcome humor, particularly with the presence of a free spirited spirit. A beautifully written play with well-defined characters, MEMORIAL DAY should be on your reading list and producers should take note.

I’m imagining an audience of my age (advanced) with the women nodding and laughing and the men, like me, with their mouths agape. This play is a very clever and funny look at the human lifecycle as ruled by estrogen, otherwise known as Big E. Afterwards the women are still chuckling about how spot on Deb Cole’s script is while the men are asking each other “did you know that?!” Hilarious and educational! Just what you expect from a teacher!

The first line is hysterical, and then a line or two later I’m made to feel guilty about laughing, which makes me laugh even more! I love how this play of fairytale princesses in a beauty salon never takes itself seriously. Time to give Steel Magnolias a rest and let the damsels at Fan C Cuts have their day!

It’s always fun to see the obnoxiously privileged taken down a notch. And Lindsey Brown does just that with the haughty Wilsons as they try to hijack a parent/teacher interview. Mrs. Crowe, however, is not one to be steamrolled. Lots of laughs in store in this multi-award-winning short.

Would you spend your afterlife in a stuffy college dorm room with two roommates and only two beds (sound like hell?) or do anything to win a ticket to heaven and leave the others behind to face God knows what? That’s the basic premise, but oh my there’s so much more to Peter Fenton’s amazing play! The soul-searching journey of the three recently deceased college students along with their demon guide is completely captivating and will likely leave readers/audiences doing their own soul searching. Brilliant!

A car navigation system with a mind of its own. Pure fun! Go along for the ride!

While Janina prepares a new Indian dish for her restaurant chain, it seems she’s also cooking up something nefarious. It’s never quite spelled out, and there are a couple of suspicious but unseen characters adding to the mystery. I could see this evolving into a full-blown mystery filled with recipes and intrigue. Even as it stands now this is one tasty morsel!

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For Elena, the journey outside her apartment and back into life is overwhelming since suffering a tragic loss. A hallway encounter with her neighbor could be the key to opening new doors. Jennifer O’Grady has beautifully crafted this tender story of loss and trauma and, ultimately, hope. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to see this in September 2023 as presented by PlayZoomers.