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Recommended by Greg Mandryk

  • Everything Here Is So Delicious (short) by David Hilder
    7 May. 2024
    “ With Everything Here Is So Delicious, David Hilder puts blinders on his audience, so they are only able to view a couple of old friends enjoying a fine dining experience, while being constantly bombarded with clues as to how far gone the world just outside their view has deteriorated.

    This is a horrifying vision that works both as a prediction of a dystopian future that may come to pass and as a bleak metaphor for the one we currently live in. Creepy, chilling, and very well done! ”
  • SELLSOUL by Jonny Bolduc
    25 Apr. 2024
    “ Jonny Bolduc gives us a Faustian bargain with a comic spin. A writer sells their soul for $10,000 (which should cover a lot of submission fees).

    I particularly loved the "polite cultist". Just because you're acquiring souls in service to your demonic master doesn't mean you have to be a jerk.

    It's short. It's fun. There's no reason you shouldn't give it a read. ”
  • mrs. reynolds by Ian Donley
    24 Apr. 2024
    “ This is an absolute whirlwind of absurdity that will help to fill that Christopher Durang-sized hole in your heart. Highly recommended! ”
  • RAVINE by Michele Clarke
    22 Apr. 2024
    “ Michele Clarke packs a lot of drama into a few short pages. A good play for reminding your audience to drive home safely. ”
  • The Fifth Horseman by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
    20 Apr. 2024
    “ This is funny, charming, and kind of adorable! Plus, there are lots of opportunities for some hilarious visuals. I’m particularly fond of the four horsemen (five, sorry) as children, with hoods. Good stuff! ”
  • a seussified grindr date by Ian Donley
    20 Apr. 2024
    “ Online dating apps can lead to some pretty dark places. Having Sam’s innocence and awkwardness interpreted as Seussified prose is a truly inspired choice in this dark yet hilarious short play. ”
  • Assassinating Zeus by Daniel Prillaman
    16 Apr. 2024
    “ Okay, first of all, when a play has "Zeus" in the title and "goose" in the synopsis, you may cringe a little at the possibility of an upcoming "bow-chicka-wow-wow" moment. Relax. It doesn't go there.

    What does happen in this play is some expertly crafted dark comedy and a touch of glitch-in-the-matrix flavored paranoia that lands somewhere in that area between horror and comedy. ”
  • The Garden Path to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos
    16 Apr. 2024
    “ Wow! Hazel is definitely a do-it-yourself kind of gal! Whether it’s gardening or… other things you normally would call a professional in for! I don’t want to give too much away, so just go ahead and dig in! ”
  • Kevin and the River Flan by Brandon Urrutia
    15 Apr. 2024
    “ First of all: heed the "bi-lingual" bit in the subject matter keywords. There are huge chunks of Spanish here with no translations.

    For a play that focuses on the issue of suicide, Kevin and the River Flan manages to feel fairly light and breezy. Brandon Urrutia's sense of humor and some mythical whimsy keep things from wallowing in the muck of its depressing themes of suicide and mental illness. If you're bi-lingual (or not quite. Two years of Spanish in high school and little Duolingo before a trip to Barcelona got me through this), KatRF is well worth a read. ”
  • Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
    14 Apr. 2024
    “ Pangea is meant to work as a standalone play, but if you’re on NPX anyway (and you are), reading Marianas Trench first is definitely the way to go.

    The world building in this play is off the charts, but Scott Sickles never loses focus of the relationship between his two protagonists at the heart of this play. When the world is going down in flames, the hand you hold matters. Or will humanity be saved?

    On to part three!

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