Recommended by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos

Energetic and engaging from the start, this monologue hits peaks and valleys with such precision, it makes a wonderful vehicle for actors to show their emotional range. A solid character with lovely, supporting dialogue. Favorite line "I finally got what you always wanted for me!". Beautiful!

Feeny-Williams has the British crime genre down pat in this short drama about shifting identities and shifty loyalties. Complex and layered, the writer leaves us hanging in a really fun way. And I enjoyed pondering what happens next. (Psst...I have faith Detective O’Phelan will catch up with the perps!)

I’m a sucker for metatheatre and a sucker for flip-flopping realities, and this play has both. But Martineau doesn’t stop at form, using the “diversity and inclusion” theme as his vehicle. A really fun, short play, perfect for high school festivals, that also carries a meaningful message. Got an upcoming competition? Check this one out!

Even if you don’t appreciate handmade soap, you’ll get where Ariel is coming from. A day in the life of lockdown and the smallest things that tortured or kept us going. Cathro captures that in fine detail through this short play.

This play will make you want to curl up in a ball and die laughing. If you’re a parent - or have ever been a kid- you’ve been here, though maybe not precisely in this form. Painfully funny!

Empathy and revenge are served raw in this short play set in one of the darkest places imaginable. Heavily laden with foreboding, it ends just as you know it will. And that’s what’s so upsetting. This one will stay with you a while.

The lesson of this play? Should you ever meet Satan, do not engage! A fun, irreverent short play perfect for any 10 minute festival.

Goldfish logic is something we can all get behind. A short monologue that simultaneously has me rooting for Gyda while being thankful she's not my partner. A fun read!

Ha! You really should be careful who claim you want to meet when you pass on. A fun, one-minute respite.

The host of the podcast, SHErmit, is understandably wound a little tight. Laid-off and living alone with two cats doesn’t bring out her sunny side. Who among us has not lived some version of this in the last year? This monologue/one woman show with miles of range would be a fine choice for competition. And a fun, well developed character to play, too.