Recommended by Cam Eickmeyer

Devastating beauty. Poetic and powerful words. A city trying to process the grief and find a way to move forward. "Eighteen bricks demolished from my foundation" is an amazing image. This short play deserves to be read widely.

Beyond awkward as well as delightful. The cis man asks and says all the wrong things and somehow manages to not chase away his date. The short play is littered with small moments that will generate big laughs.

An insightful, creative short play that puts the audience in the anxious shoes of a young girl forced to decide between her future and an enlisted man's life. The stakes for this time period were sky high and this piece effectively draws out the emotions that must have bubbled over in countless chapels, courthouses and living rooms in the 1960s. Would be really cool to see performed.

This short play has so much packed in it will take multiple reads or viewings to understand it all. As a father it made my heart dread the thought of one day letting my child go out into the world. The way Corley walks Baxter through this anxiety to a relative peace is masterful.

I was chuckling from page 1 and never stopped. I'm such a nerd that "However, I think you should know there are rarely two equal sides, Isosceles" slayed me like a prisoner in the arena. This play is smartly crafted, hilarious and would be a blast for the actors to showcase.

This vaulted to the top of my list of favorite plays. The authentic characters, dialogue and visuals are so well done my mind spent the entire time "watching" the play as I read. Like I wasn't even reading the words. Such a beautiful story happening to very likeable characters. Your audience will feel at home in that beater of a car.

How can so many complex topics (inter-generational dialogue, death, an effing pandemic, humility, on and on) fit into one page? This is a fascinating and vulnerable moment with a grandmother giving all of herself to her granddaughter. I was surprisingly stopped in my tracks with this short play.

The topic is suicide, but the core of this monologue is life in a very honest way. "I am frozen in this infinite loop of anti-destruction" is how I know I feel on most days. It's also a fantastic line in a terrific piece. If only we didn't take up so much space, maybe we could enjoy the space we take up is the thought I settled on upon finishing. I certainly identify with Jaye and I think most readers and viewers would as well.

The nagging grief that trails the loss of a parent plays out in a raw, vulnerable dialogue that emerges from two characters who seem to be the opposite of those characteristics. I think many fathers and sons would identify and remember this play for years.

Plays like this force Americans to investigate their role in the endless train of war and violence. The humanity of the conflicts is so often hidden behind mission patches and slogans. A powerful short play and is worth looking at, even if you don't want to.