Recommended by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos

Sometimes serendipity can come from the most unexpected places, ushered in by the most unexpected people. A short play about being open to possibilities in all their shapes and forms. Sweet!

A bird with a message provides mother and son an opportunity to learn about science and compassion in an unexpected way. And maybe just maybe...dad really is behind the message all along. Warm, thoughtful, and poignant. Just lovely.

Psychics always prove to be fertile ground for hilarious miscommunication (because of course), but Loraine’s play brings a warmth to this short comedy. A lovely piece about connection, loss, and the meaning of caring - and the many ways we go about it. Sweet.

A clever interrogative improve or an improvisational interrogation, this silly mash up solves the crime and surreptitiously exposes some latent inclinations, making Milch the most brilliant detective ever. A lot of fun!

Like Waiting for Godot set in the womb, this funny yet oddly warm short play explores life on the inside. A lot of fun!

What I look forward to most in a Max Gill play is being shown a familiar slice of Americana through a unique cultural lens and the prismatic effect it creates. A lot of peaks and valleys are traversed in this one-act. We exercise loss and grief, freedom and obligation, as the binds that keep people together while also driving them apart. "I can’t think of anything else that everybody gets in life, so why should everyone get love?" Authentic and moving. A lovely play.

This 10 minute political play about paranoia as a contagion is some dark fun with an even darker ending. With five varied roles, it’d make a great choice for a short play festival. I look forward to reading more from this Indiana playwright.

Such a fun short play that pits sister against sister and realm against realm - with an ironically unsuspecting, third-party, psychic caught in the middle. And a perfect, pregnant ending, too, to button it all up!

I saw this performed at a short play festival this weekend, and it just happened to be the perfect opener for post-pandemic times, even though it’s not about that at all. Emotionally pitch-perfect, funny, and bit pointed, too. I admire Martin’s more experimental work and this is one of his best. Recommended!

Now these are some Commitments I can get behind! I love the anachronistic mash-up of the Biblical with modern technology. Not only are we trying to figure out what Ted's trying to say, we're trying to make sense of (just as Ted is) what it is he is actually saying. And therein lies the fun. And for goddsakes people, 'do not fall for bare witless neighbors!' So funny!