Recommended by Brent Alles

Admirable work here, as Heyman sets the stage with nostalgia, to be sure, but there's a lot more going on here to ponder. The title alone really stuck with me in terms of its inclusion in the main narrative. A truly insightful piece on growing older and how we deal with that. I appreciate the perspective so much, and I think this will be a wonderful performance piece for actors moving forward.

An incredibly intense piece here that takes you places you don't think you're going to go, and then you're there, and you really don't know what's going to happen next. The climax is just stunning, and the play is going to sit with you a while after you've read or seen it. One of the best ten minutes I've read this year.

Wow, what an incredibly intense monologue by Xanthopoulou. The dread that builds up so quickly is just a marvel to witness. This would be an excellent performance piece for the lucky actor who chooses it. Highly recommended to actors who are looking for something that will make them stand out. Xanthopoulou's writing certainly stands out here very well.

An excellent idea put into effective execution by Radtke here as we do indeed get to examine all those wonderful tropes that have built up over the year. And yet, the neat trick here is that itself becomes a very suspenseful "ticking clock," and so we have a duality here that's quite thrilling to read and should be very interesting to see staged as well. A great short horror piece, to be sure.

Wonderful allegory by Palfi here... and yet I don't want to reduce this work just to that. There's more, more, more, in terms of some insightful character study and intriguing dialogue between Adam and Eve. A very interesting 10-minute that would be a great part of any festival that chose to have it.

An authentic and very amusing scene between some teachers and forbidden board games. Lots of laugh, and a neat twist at the end. Mostly harmless, but a lot of fun.

A wonderful monologue about the joy of teaching the written word. As someone who does that from time to time, it definitely resonated with me. The work it comes from, "A Good Year," is simply excellent, so there's no wonder this monologue is excellent as well.

Oo, this was a fun one. At first it's a charming little tet-a-tet between a married couple and then... well, you'll just have to find out for yourself. Don't sleep on this 10 minute play... it would fit well into any festival that would have it.

Tremendously funny holiday play. My favorite part was probably the carrot gag, but it definitely had competition as I loved all the funny/punny and pop culture references. You'll eat this up just like a reindeer eats... well, that would be telling. Delightful!

Good craic here with Fenton's deft handling of family dynamics and greater issues that shape them. Funny and touching in just the right places. A surprisingly good combination of elements, perhaps much like the mythical beast the characters hunt.