Recommended by Greg Mandryk

Rachel Feeny-Wiliams puts a hilarious twist on mob dramas by giving us a trio of dons who are less interested in territorial disputes and defending family honor, and more on the finer details of social etiquette. I'd like more plays like this, please!

I've recently met Daniel Prillaman in person. This is accurate (don't believe his lies). Also, there's so much whimsy in this short play that not smiling simply isn't an option.

I've never understood what compels some actors to go from theatre to theatre playing the same role in the same play over and over and over. After reading Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn's Veterans of Community Theatre, I still don't understand them, but at least I got to laugh at them. Three community theatre regulars admit a normal person into their midst and the results are hilarious with a streak of bittersweet truth.

Well, Snow White this ain't. It's SO much better! Daniel Prillaman takes aim at the ridiculous notion that, if animals took an interest in human romantic affairs, their involvement would be limited to helping a maiden do her chores so she could go to a ball, or maybe singing a catchy calypso tune encouraging a prince to go for that smooch. They're animals, after all.

Also, Toby is awesome.

If you've just read John Busser's Treasure (and it's a one-minute play, so why don't you?), and it bummed you out, New Girl in Town will cheer you right up (also in one minute).

I don't know how a third entry in the Backyard Stonehenge saga would work, but I hope we get it. Again, Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn infuses her work with oodles of heart, and reminds us not to despair over the hardships life gives us, but to appreciate the people who love us enough to help us through them.

The self-imposed rule of this short play starts out feeling like a gimmick, but quickly becomes a metaphor for our inability to connect with our fellow human beings on anything more than a superficial level, and the piece transcends being more than a writing exercise. It's 14 pages, but with almost every line being limited to one word, you have no excuse not to read it. So, stop reading this and start reading An Audience of One, by Michael C. O'Day!

Charles Scott Jones breathes so much life into the practically feral Spatsy Klotz. I would love to see this piece in the hands of a talented actress.

This is brilliant. The dialogue right from the start is crisp and outrageously hilarious, pulling you in right away, with characters who are both repulsive and wildly entertaining. The second act allows the humor to slip a notch, permitting us to see the tragic and malformed humanity of the play's central character beneath the quips and punchlines. Some taboos get broken, true, but David Hilder handles it all so skillfully, I never once wanted to hit the eject button and walk away. Extremely well done!

Like a bit of modern mythology where real world events are given divine explanations, Rachel Feeny-Williams’ The Council of Misplaced Things provides an amusing answer to why I keep putting my wallet down in places I’ll never think to look for it later. It’s good fun and, as someone who’s been scolded by his wife for forgetting to remind her about something she consequently forgot, I found it highly relatable.