Recommended by Elana Gartner

"Otis" is a wonderful, fantastical play, examining relationships that people have with one another living in the same building. With all of the action taking place in the elevator, Reinhardt draws the most out of her characters in their interactions and brings the elevator to life in many ways as its own character. This is a beautiful, touching story about the struggle of loss and the way people do and don't connect while living in a busy city.

Portman does an excellent job of world building for the future while demonstrating the very real problems that her characters are struggling with regarding mortality, ethics and relationships. Well-written and engaging!

What a beautiful and surreal piece! Burbano deals wonderfully with abuse, family secrets and difficult relationships. Her use of mixed English and Spanish adds dimensions to her very well-drawn characters.

This phenomenal play shows the complicated manipulation of a masterful con-artist from her point of view. Dorothea is both endearing and frightening. Loewenstern walks the tightrope extremely carefully, allowing the audience to trust Dorothea and then judge her based on their own observations from her presentation of "the facts". The characters are unique and well-drawn. This is a fantastic play that would give a great evening of drama to an audience!

How lovely and sad. What a complicated relationship the audience is able to witness in such a short window of time! Well done!

A very sweet moment. I love the personification of the dogs and the short clipped dialogue. Excellent perspective piece.

"Embers" is a beautiful, harrowing look at the devastation of a marriage both before and after a fire. Through lovely metaphors, Amberly draws parallels between the growth of gardens and people, both of whom need tending, both of whom need love, both of whom need to rebuilding.

This script is a fantastic, complicated story of a small town wrestling with its own fate and how to guide it through some ethically and morally questionable times. Beautifully developed and rich characters make up the townspeople.

This is has heartbreaks happening in so many parts of the plot, so many characters being squeezed into places they are not comfortable. Hoke does an excellent job of bringing to life some of the real complications that face couples and parents as they approach having children and caring for them.

Such a sad play and extremely real to life. Everyone not listening, not hearing and not wanting to hear each other. The discomfort of the pool of pee on Allison's character creates a fantastic tension. Carnes creates a stark contrast by having the characters watching "Howdy Doody" where everything is happy and fun.