Recommended by Morey Norkin

Wow! Intimate, funny, sexy, heartbreaking, and scary! All in ten minutes! The on again off again relationship between Rose and Mark seems to headed in the wrong direction for Rose. But Rose, the living Variety Pack (love that line!), may have the last word. If someone offers you comps to see this, I suggest you accept them. In fact, I would gladly pay to see this!

A story about storytellers told by a master storyteller, Christopher Soucy. I couldn’t imagine where this was going, but fortunately the storyteller has no lack of imagination. You want to read this, believe me!

As far as I’m concerned, you can’t go wrong with donuts and pizza! And Robert Weibezahl proves the point wonderfully. This play starts out so bizarrely funny with the somewhat unusual Colin encroaching on the park bench where Dominic is seated. The unwelcome conversation is at first hilarious, but the mood suddenly shifts. And out of a painful past experience comes understanding and acceptance. A beautifully told story ready for an audience.

Cole Hunter Dzubak certainly knows how to scare the daylights out of you! This play works brilliantly as audio only, which I was lucky enough to hear in a preview of season two of Theatrical Shenanigans. But don’t let that stop anyone from bringing it to the stage. A great ghost story can only benefit from the shrieks of others sitting close by. You will find your heart starts racing as the tension mounts for a group of students on a ghost hunt. Things turn scary and then! You’ll have to read it to find out!

Mike Byham has created one heck of a powerful family drama that focuses on regret and a decision that haunts for a lifetime. Things seem tranquil, almost idyllic, on the Scott farm in Southlake, Texas, with the occasional exception of teen trespassers. But there’s more beneath the surface, and Byham does a terrific job of revealing all at a deliberate pace, as one would expect given the setting. Charcter-driven, with an emotion-packed story, SOUTHLAKE is more than ready for an audience.

Misao McGregor weaves a beautiful tale of generations of women searching for their dreams but restrained by culture - first in their native Japan and then as immigrants to America. The desire, and in some cases the pressure, to maintain traditional values, poses unique challenges along generational lines. Highly theatrical, almost ethereal like the central character’s namesake, Hotaru (firefly). I hope this lovely play finds its way to the stage where it can shine.

Sweet, sad, and ultimately hopeful. This lovely short play from Claudia Haas in a sense turns the fairytale of a magical kiss on its head. No, there’s no prince or princess, but a first kiss from a long ago crush awakens something in Eva. The desire to finally discover herself. A beautiful piece for two actors and a pleasure for audiences lucky enough to see it.

A stranger on a bench who knows too much and has a phone that can do amazing things. Who could resist the opportunity to make things right in their life and settle old scores? Darrin Friedman presents this scenario and question in brilliant comic fashion. Revenge can be sweet. Of course, as they say, the devil is in the details. I would absolutely love to see this one on stage!

I would hate to over analyze, so I will simply state this play is brilliant and clever. Art is meant to be shared, and once that occurs, the artist has no control over how others will interpret it. That’s the beauty of art. That doesn’t mean an artist has to listen to an annoying presence like Sigmund Freud. This really needs to be produced!

I miss TCM, but with LOST STARLET, Scott Sickles provides the next best thing, or maybe even does them one better! This mockumentary provides a hilarious retrospective of two Hollywood legends. The flashbacks to their early films are so corny you can’t be sure if they’re made up or not. Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson, if you really want to save TCM, please consider adapting this now!