Recommended by Elana Gartner

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.

This play is adorable and sweet and funny. An entirely believable last-minute before a wedding ceremony scramble and some lovely reminders from the rabbi about what is truly important (which every couple that is getting married needs to hear).

So creepy and everything that could go wrong does go wrong. But I like how Dawes maintains the "rules" of the world her characters are working with regarding touching and different simulations. I love that one character is more into this as an actor and backstory, etc. while the other is simply in it to do it. Fantastic ten minute!

This snapshot of the now commonplace experiences of our children was shattering. How can they possibly be growing up with this? Kaplan kicks our guts with this understated piece.