Recommended by Jennifer O'Grady

As the parent of a girl who hated girly Halloween costumes I can so relate to this, but the underlying message here is that parents need to stop forcing their children into gender pigeonholes, something Vulture Girl already understands at her young age. Terrific monologue!

Gorgeous, moving, and brave play about grief and love that anyone can relate to. Highly recommend!

Theatrical and compelling play with two super-strong roles for female actors. Cooper puts the stories of six, mostly forgotten female sports stars on stage and shows us, in a few moving and condensed scenes, their determination and the obstacles they faced, while two contemporary women simultaneously try to tell those women's stories to the larger world. I love how these women are brought to life for us. We need more plays like this!

Beautiful and fascinating monologue that explores the different facets of love and self with enormous and heartbreaking honesty. I would love to see this performed.

I love that Wyndham has given voice, and a role, to someone with Down syndrome, who is also, wonderfully, a school janitor with something to say. Wyndham's monologues are always so affecting. This one lingers too.

Lovely and moving play centering on an historical person about whom little is known, and Lawing fills in the blanks to give her a voice and a story that should be told. So much in so few pages!

Another gem from Goldman-Sherman--a masterful and very funny short play about the long-married, with two fabulous (and so rare!) roles for actors in their 50s. I would love to see this on stage.

Who could resist a play with this title? But beyond the title it's terrific. I love the dark, surreal humor, as well as the undercurrent of grief and loss these two bewildered characters experience and struggle to express. So much in so few pages.

A moving and very real-feeling minute of theater, which I also had the pleasure of seeing livestreamed by Gi60's One-Minute Play Festival this year. Makes one think hard about how we raise boys.

A gem of a play--so funny and so relatable for anyone who's ever owned a TV. Would be a joy to watch and perform (and direct!).