Recommended by Brian James Polak

This is an incredible play about the age of becoming in an era when one is unable to be their true self. Sadly as true in 1890 as it is in 2025. I know little about the book Mrs. Dalloway or about Virginia Woolf herself and neither of those facts lessened my enjoyment of this great play. In fact, it made me more curious and interested in reading the book and learning about the author. This play is incredibly well constructed, cleverly written, and full of beautiful and poetic imagry.

Dunk City is so funny and surprisingly sweet. It can also be scary if you're like me and afraid of families with no boundaries.

Gorgeous, moving, funny, and powerful. This play is full of beautiful writing.

Like any Gina Femia play, THE VIOLET SISTERS goes deep, exploring the vulnerabilities and challenges between siblings with shared experiences yet on divergent paths. These characters have really been through it in their lives and we get to see them excavate their pain and find ways to nurture each other in the aftermath of tragedy. It's powerful and moving and so tightly constructed. I loved every minute of it.

This is an incredibly tense and deftly crafted play. It is remarkable how a play about such a particular moment in history can feel so present. I am left thinking about how people become activated to stand up against oppressors and how far people could be willing to go to fight for change.

This play is hilarious, imaginative, and brilliant. It left me thinking about what we leave behind in art and history, and how we do and do not--can and cannot--impact change.

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.