Recommended by Robin Rice

I don't know that I ever got chills reading a play before. It's a 90-degree day in my office, but reading this play, in the moment of realization a chill hit me like a wave. Beautifully observed, wonderfully specific, gorgeously understated. Excellent!

I don't think I could write a farce. Rachel Feeny-Williams has co-opted the field. This fast-paced, emotion-driven, unfolding mystery twists and turns with never a dull moment. Who is who and why and how and when - with an unexpected twist at the end. Nope, I'm not even going to try to write a farce.

How we mislead others - our neighbors, audiences.... - and how we mislead ourselves. The reversal creeps up on you, then comes the Oh yes! Realism isn't always straight-forward and honesty isn't always the best or easiest path to take at first - in both life and in a well-written play.

Will those who need to hear the last line in this monologue ever really hear it? If so, this playwright has accomplished what so many others have tried (and are still trying) to do. It takes you by surprise - a right between the eyes zinger!

"The Birds Are Feeding Me" - those words sum up what so many of us experienced during the pandemic lockdown. This play calls up different but intertwined feelings, experiences and attitudes toward our neighbors the birds. I heard this play read and it touched off immediate discussions - a playwright's dream!

Sickles has the enviable skill to capture in these few pages what it takes most of us an entire play -- or evening -- to say. The backdrop of the ocean with loud disco music as a counterpoint frames and highlights the subject and action perfectly.

It's not easy or expected to have such fun in so few pages! Lermond is a master of the short mystery form.

In addition to what other recommendations say, I want to put in a vote for a full-length play about the marvelous Stillwell sisters!

Love the Stillwell sisters! Fun on speed. The radio version would be wonderful!

Quick, witty, unexpected - bullseye!