Recommended by Morey Norkin

I have to echo Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn’s comment about Bob Newhart. If you’re familiar with Newhart’s telephone comedy monologues, then imagine him as Jesus making a dinner (make that “supper”) reservation! Hilarious! And requesting a table where all 13 can sit on one side… priceless!

Bullying occurs too frequently and in too many venues. And too often there’s a system in place that either protects the bully or blames the victim. Dan Taube does an excellent job of shining a spotlight on these issues in a high school setting, where the bullying is not just student-to-student, but teacher-to-teacher. In STICKS AND STONES, two targets of bullying are determined not to become victims. The story will at times have your blood boiling and at other times have you cheering. A great read that deserves an audience.

An absolutely adorable fish-out-of-water love story! Throw in some laugh out loud lines and a cute twist that costumers will have a ball with and you have a perfect little gem of a play!

Paul Donnelly’s DIVIDED REQUIEM is a heartbreaking story of a couple trying to cope with the loss of their son. Their different approaches to grieving unearth guilt, recriminations, and other conflicts. The dialogue is masterful, with so much emotion being conveyed not just in the spoken word but also in the silences. This absolutely should be produced!

Genius at work! Three acts in a single page! The shift in tone of the dialogue is hilarious. John Mabey and his vampire characters show us that immortality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Great fun for actors and audiences alike!

Scenes of a marriage rush by with the unpacking and packing of a set of fine china marking important events. Like the china, a marriage is also fragile and therefore something worth preserving and protecting. If performed with only a cast of two, Marj O’Neill-Butler’s superb script provides a challenge for the actors to instantly change age and show how this couple grows over the years. This would make a great addition to any festival!

My thumbs are speechless! And the rest of me is exhausted from laughing! Hilarity from the mind of Scott Sickles! What more do you need to know?

A sweet and tender scene of a grandfather reassuring his precious granddaughter that although grandma is gone, she is really all around in nature. And by sharing this explanation, grandpa is also able to find comfort. In just a few pages Rachel Feeny-Williams makes us care deeply for these two characters and leaves us with a smile and maybe a tear or two.

Fairytales leave us with the promise of living happily ever after. Of course, happy endings are never guaranteed. But as Dana Hall shows in this wonderfully constructed, charming tale, our own stories may include broken promises and disappointments; however, through self discovery and acceptance we can find a true measure of happiness. Perhaps CHASING CINDERELLA is the story young girls and boys need to see. I hope they (and I) get the chance!

I’ve been waiting for this one and it was well worth it! Crabs, dem O’s, what’s not to love, Hon?! Four lovable crustaceans on a blind date in the land of pleasant living! Thank you Claudia Haas for transporting me home if only for a brief but beautiful moment!