Recommended by Brian James Polak

With MINOTAUR Caridad Svich reminds me of her status as the great poet-playwright of our time. Full of wry humor (a fever dream as described) and emotionally packed, this play has me reflecting on the space I occupy and the others who this space with me both seen and unseen, recognized and unrecognized. I'm minotaur, you're minotaur, and we're all at the center of a labyrinth. Caridad continues to reveal an uncanny ability to craft narrative that washes over me, leaving me haunted and inspired.

I love this play. It is my favorite kind of theatre, exploring sincere characters who find themselves stuck and unable to move forward. Micaele does a fantastic job crafting an ensemble of characters each trying to make a life for themselves with challengeing and intersecting circumstances. This play is a reflection of lives that are rough around the edges, but full of people needing to give and receive empathy.

What a beautiful play this is. We often romanticize end-of-life scenarios but The Last Week avoids any of that. Our end will come how it comes and whoever is there is who's there. It reminds me to think about the people in my life while I have it and them.

This great play perfectly encapsulates what it's like for millions of people living in the United States. The writing is incredibly honest and unsparing in its depiction of lives trying to survive one month of bills at a time.

I love this play. It is so funny and a rollercoaster ride, with surprising twists and turns. Who knew a playwright could make Chekhov move so briskly? I am a huge fan of Chekhov and any adaptation or deconstruction of his work. This is one of the best I've read. Wonderful work!

I loved watching Dave perform this play. It's an engrossing and entertaining story.

This play is intense and powerful and moving.

This play is fast and funny and smart. It's a small play with a big scope. I love it.

So many laugh out loud moments in this great play! I love how the handles questions of identity as well as the varying ways in which people seek to identify themselves and how that intersects with the relationships in their lives. This play is funny and complex and I love it.

This great play has me thinking quite a bit about catharsis because it brilliantly withholds any obvious variation of such thing. The Question Game is a fantastic take on a parent/child reconciliation and satisfies on many emotional levels. Such confrontations don't unfold and wrap up perfectly in life and this play avoids simplistic and predictable plot points yet left me filled up in the end.