Recommended by Sarah Hajkowski

Incredibly lyrical and grounded exploration of how to be someone's child and the questions that so often leaves. To change one's name, to live their truth, to not know what that truth looks like, to need home still to be there when the world is a sunburn--this play dashes like light in snatches to be caught. Desperate to direct it, thoroughly theatrical.

With all characters being, as Carter Cooper recognizes, "real, distinctive people" this play does a magic trick. Not only does it convey the lived experience of public figures who colored literature and film in the mid-Sixties, the play is a masterclass in characters activated by need and history of relationship.

Witty and flowing, "Black and White Ball" rolls like a Technicolor Hollywood party. I started fantasy-casting the play in my head as I read. Long live dirty jokes in expensive clothes!

Joanne Michelson wasn't counting on the "plant lady" of the gods to be such a thrilling interview, but humans have wrought on themselves a goddess who is not only a queen of abundance, but also fired-up vengeful over their offenses. The play Puller has written technically ends here in-text, but the ethical ramifications the playwright digs into are thought-provoking a while after, and definitely suitable for all ages.

Bahahaha, "Santa is a Vampire" looks into a massively underrated curiosity lurking under our traditions for the end of year holidays. Why do the fanged undead have so much in common with the big man in red? Reminds me of dinner.

"A room should not be a pie" - Takacs' ten minute play sees stepson Leo oranging the basement walls. Stepdad Frank enters the result is an amusing and touching exploration of how we cope, how we get our sunshine.